Module Week 3 Introduction To World Religion and Belief System Mdcratio
Module Week 3 Introduction To World Religion and Belief System Mdcratio
Module Week 3 Introduction To World Religion and Belief System Mdcratio
This module was designed to provide you with fun and meaningful
opportunities for guided and independent learning at your own pace and time.
You will be enabled to process the contents of the learning resource while being
an active learner.
What I Need To Know: This will give you an idea of the skills or
competencies you are expected to learn in the module
What’s In: This is a brief drill or review to help you link the
current lesson with the previous one.
What I can Do: This section provides an activity which will help
you transfer your new knowledge or skill into real life situations
or concerns.
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At the end of this module you will also find:
References
-This is a list of all sources used in developing this module.
1. Use the module with care. Do not put unnecessary mark/s on any part of
the module. Use a separate sheet of paper in answering the exercises.
2. Don’t forget to answer What I Know before moving on to the other activities
included in the module.
3. Read the instruction carefully before doing each task.
4. Observe honesty and integrity in doing the tasks and checking your answers.
5. Finish the task at hand before proceeding to the next.
6. Return this module to your teacher/facilitator once you are through with it.
This module was designed and written with you in mind. It is here to help
you understand key concepts, underlying principles, core competencies of
Introduction to World Religion and Belief System as well as its importance in real
life. The scope of this module permits it to be used in many different learning
situations. The language used recognizes the diverse vocabulary level of students.
The lesson is arranged to follow the standard sequence of the course.
The module is composed of one lesson entitled Understanding the Nature
of Religion
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Objectives
Let us start your journey in learning more on the brief history, core teachings, fundamental beliefs, practices of Judaism. I am
sure you are ready and excited to answer the Pretest. Smile and cheer up!
What I Know
Let’s find out what you already know about the topic by taking the pre-test.
Direction: Write P if the sentence expresses positive effects of religion to a person
or society and N if the sentence expresses otherwise. Write your answer on a
separate paper.
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Lesson
Positive and Negative
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What’s In
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4.Religion encourages people to render services to the poor and the needy
and promote their welfare. It develops a sense of giving among people. Because
of this, help and assistance is being extended to those in need due to religion
inspiration. It is believed that one can obtain the cherished goal of religion by
way of giving alms and assistance to the
helpless and needy persons. It also inculcates
the habit of charity among people who opened
charitable institutions like hospitals, rest
houses, temples to help promote the welfare of
individuals, groups and communities (34).
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5.Religion promotes art and culture. Religious leaders often were dedicated
to art and culture. Throughout the world, beautiful, architecturally creative and
magnificent buildings and churches were constructed in the name of God and
gods wherein stunning, brilliant and impressive paintings and works of arts
were hanged on the walls of great museums and galleries (36).
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Negative Effects of Religion
1.Religion often times inhibits protest and impedes social changes which
may even prove to be beneficial to the welfare of the society. All protest and
conflicts are not always negative. It is often become necessary for bringing out
changes. Some changes would certainly lead to positive reforms. By inhibiting
protest and preventing changes religion may postpone reforms, like the issue of
the family planning, death penalty for heinous crimes etc. (38).
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6.Religion results or causes conflicts and divisions. Religion results in
inter- group conflicts by dividing people along religious lines. It is deeply related
with conflicts of beliefs. Wars and battles have been fought in the name of
religion. For example, the case of Isis or Hamas or the “Crusaders” during the
medieval period, the religious was between the protestant of North Ireland and
the Catholics in the South Ireland in the early 19th and 20th century (39).
9.Religion promotes fanaticism. Religion has made people blind, dumb and
deaf to reality. They have faith without reasoning. On the contrary, it has often
made people to become bigots and fanatics. Bigotry and fanaticism have led to
persecution, inhuman treatment and misery in the past (39).
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To sum up, there are many ways in which religion can affect our society
and people’s lives. Some of which can be good while others can be bad.
Whatever religion you belong, it is an expression of man’s nature as creature. In
other words, when man encounters truth he can’t explain, realities deeper than
his own experience, and wonders beyond imagination, he naturally becomes
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religious. Meaning, when man finally realizes that he is but a part of creation,
and not the whole creation, he becomes religious.
What’s New
What is It?
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According to Jack Miller, Philippines proudly boasts to be the only
Christian nation in Asia. More than 86 percent of the population is Roman
Catholic, 6 percent belong to various nationalized Christian cults, and another 2
percent belong to well over 100 Protestant denominations. In addition to the
Christian majority, there is a vigorous 4 percent Muslim minority, concentrated
on the southern islands of Mindanao, Sulu, and Palawan. Scattered in isolated
mountainous regions, the remaining 2 percent follow non-Western, indigenous
beliefs and practices. The Chinese minority, although statistically insignificant,
has been culturally influential in coloring Filipino Catholicism with many of the
beliefs and practices of Buddhism, Taoism, and Confucianism.
(https://asiasociety.org/education/religion-philippines) https://www.statista.com/statistics/1116815/philippines-
importance-religion/
Filipino Catholics also adhere to cultural values that influence the ways in
which they perceive and interact with society. One frequent cultural expression of
Filipinos is the saying “bahala na” as a way to normalize and cope with life
challenges. Translated, it means “never mind what happens” but it is deeply
connected to the notion of “it’s in God’s hands” or “leave it to God” (Dancel, 2005).
The word bahala is believed to stem from the Tagalog word for
God, bathala (Gripaldo, 2005). This phrase can be seen both as a positive way of
letting go, and also as a fatalistic way of approaching the world (Tuason, 2002).
The latter may reflect the resignation of a people long accustomed to a history of
repeated colonization (Agbayani-Siewert & Revilla, 1995, Enriquez, 1992,
& Sustento-Seneriches, 1997). This expression bahala na may also help explain
the importance of religiosity and spirituality in the way many Filipinos approach
decisions towards health and healing.
Another Filipino cultural value is that of reciprocity, or utang na loob.
Utang na loob dictates that help and support are provided to an individual with
the understanding that the individual will repay that debt in a reciprocal manner
(Nadal, 2009). This involves more than just reciprocity for Filipinos; but an
indebtedness of good will (Dancel, 2005). Utang na loob is usually practiced
towards benefactors, parents, and/or the supernatural as a way of showing one’s
loyalty, gratitude, and obligation when repaying the “debt” that is owed (Dancel,
2005). For instance, Filipino children usually feel indebtedness to their parents
for giving them life and providing them with basic needs, thus they feel the need
to take care of parents in their old age to show utang na loob. For many Filipino
Catholics, a prayer answered from God, a patron saint, or the Virgin Mary will
also yield utang na loob. Both bahala na and utang na loob express Filipino
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cultural values that are pertinent to care meanings and practices that have an
important relationship to religion for Filipinos.
Biblically it is true on Romans 12: 19, “Beloved, never avenge yourselves,
but leave it to the wrath of God, for it is written, “Vengeance is mine, I will repay,
says the Lord.” Let God, still do good to others. Let God handled all. Bahala na is
a cultural values which religion is connected with.
What’s More
After discussing the positive and negative effects of religion, now let us
make an activity.
CATEGORY 4 3 2 1
Creativity All of the graphics or Most of the graphics or Only a few graphics or None of the graphics
objects used in the objects used in the objects reflect student or objects reflects
collage reflect collage reflect student creativity, but the student creativity.
creativity in their creativity in their ideas were typical
display. Student display. Student only rather than creative.
utilizes numerous uses pictures to depict
materials for texture. the themes, symbols,
&/or characters.
Design Graphics are cut to an 1-2 graphics are 3-4 graphics are Graphics are not an
appropriate size, lacking in design or lacking in design or appropriate size
shape and are placement. There placement. Too much shape. Glue marks
arranged neatly. Care may be a few background is evident. Most of the
has been taken to smudges or glue showing. There are background is
balance the pictures marks. No tape marks noticeable smudges or showing. It appears
across the area. are obvious from the glue marks. little attention was
Items are glued neatly front. given to designing the
and securely. NO collage.
FRAYED EDGES! No
tape is showing from
the front! Looks
professional and could
be displayed with
confidence.
Number of Items The collage covers the entire There are a few white The collage has a few The collage has more
page, leaving no white space spaces showing. No large pictures, but does white space than
showing. repetition of pictures. not cover the whole pictures.
paper.
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TimeandEffort Much time and effort went Time was used wisely, It appears the student Class time was not
into the planning but student could have didn’t put in a lot of used wisely and the
and design of the put in more time and effort before the student put in no
collage. It is clear the effort at home. Project presentation. The additional effort.
student worked at was complete but only project is unfinished or
home as well as at showed the basics. completed without
school. The project color.
shows great detail and
followed the proposal
exactly. Student
worked on this project
at home and during
study hall.
Titles and Text Titles and text were Titles and text were Titles and text were Titles and/or text are
written clearly and written clearly and mostly clear and hard to read, even
were easy to read were easy to read somewhat easy to when the reader is
from a distance. NO close-up. Possible read close-up. close.
SPELLING OR minor spelling errors. Spelling/Grammar
GRAMMAR ERRORS! errors are distracting
from the project.
Attention to The student gives a The student gives a The student gives a The student's
Theme reasonable explanation of reasonable fairly reasonable explanations are weak
how explanation of how explanation of how and illustrate difficulty
every item in the most items in the most items in the understanding how to
collage is related to collage are related to collage are related to relate items to the
the book. “No leaf is the book. For many of the book. book.
left unturned” the items, the
relationship is clear
without explanation.
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You did a great job! After learning different terminologies and concepts
regarding the religion and beliefs system, please answer the table below. Fill it up
based on your perspectives. Each answer is equivalent to 2 points.
Example:
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What I Can Do
Write your response on the other long bond paper.
How are you now? Are you ready to continue? At this point, let us focus on
the effects of religion to your life. By answering the question “how religion influences
me or affects me personally?”, gives you the privilege to reexamine your life and
become a better and a mature individual. What you are now, and what you will
become, is because, you have someone whom you believe He will. And just like
among others who believed that religion as an expression of their very nature, you
too will prove it through writing a poem.
Activity 4. Poetry.
1. Write a three-stanza poem with four (4) lines per stanza which expresses
the importance of religion to your personal life.Create your own title.
2. Be imaginative and creative. Use a long coupon bond.
Remember!
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services to the poor and the needy and promote their welfare; promotes art and
culture; serves to calm the person in times of suffering and disappointment;
shapes domestic, economic and political institutions. Religion supports
institutional pattern more explicitly; and, exerts great influence over economic
and political life.
•Aside from its positive functions, there are also considerable negative
effects of religion to us. And these negative effects are the following: it inhibits
protest and impedes social changes which may even prove to be beneficial to the
welfare of the society; it fosters dependence and irresponsibility; promotes evil
practices; contributes to exploitation; promotes superstitions; results or causes
conflicts and divisions; causes economic wastes; weakens unity; promotes
fanaticism; and it obstructs progress.
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Assessment
Write your answers on a long bondpaper together with the pre-test answer.
Directions: Give your own evaluations or observations on the positive and negative
effects of religion to human person and society. Use separate paper for your
answer.Give atleast 5 each effects.2 points each.
Positive Effects Negative Effects
Human Person
Society
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References
Online Sources:
https://www.etymonline.com/word/religion
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_and_geography#cite_note-Kong2010-9)
http://marripedia.org/effects_of_religious_practice_on_society
Books:
Serapio, Maria Perpetua Arcilla. Introduction to World Religions for Senior High
School. Mindshapers Co., Inc. 2016
Acknowledgements
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