Quiz 1: Origins of Religion

Islam was the first religion on the planet.

• True

• False

Why study religion?

• learn about God

• learn about humans

• learn about how to live peacefully with others

• understand history, culture, art, literature and politics

• all of the above

Sigmund Freud argued that religion was used by the ruling classes to suppress the underclass.

• True

• False

Two of the main issues in the Philosophy of Religion, according are Gill, are: (1) the structure and meaning of religious language and (2) the study of religious rituals.

• True

• False

Religions come from:

• Dreams and altered states of consciousness

• A desire to understand the changes of nature

• A desire to control nature and other humans

• All the above explanations have been used