Moonlight Wolf (cuteness)
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This is very long, so unless you are willing to put in the time, don't bother.
Ok so this is a basic collection of ideas for my first paragraph but as you can read It isn't about psychology at all. I have gotten off track, can someone tie in a connection between these paragraphs and psychology?
When looking through the world’s major religions, many examples of attempts at social control can be seen. In Christianity, the Ten Commandments and the teachings of Jesus Christ can be viewed as attempts to control through fear. An example of this is divine retribution if an individual should not follow these rules (hell). In Islam, The Quran provides the same basic framework, but on a much deeper and intense scale, i.e. how a person should live their day down to the hour. Religion gives a sense of identity and unity to large amounts of individuals; if another individual does not share the same world views, the individuals differ and a point of divide is made.
The tribal instinct of human beings has been with us since the beginning. Families lived together in groups, and another family group could be seen as a threat. This differentiation was key to our survival 40,000 years ago, when groups of humans would have to compete for food and territory. The straightforward ideal of ‘You are not from my tribe therefore you are different and potentially dangerous’ became harder to distinguish as larger groups of population came together in villages of hundreds, or sometimes thousands. Religion can be seen as a uniting force, and can be used to easily distinguish the ‘others’. One village may worship the Sun and another may worship cattle. You can see this same mentality today. The very definition of western culture has become ‘not Islam’.
Thanks if you read through all that. Now how can I make the connection to psychology, or expand the idea of control further?
Ok so this is a basic collection of ideas for my first paragraph but as you can read It isn't about psychology at all. I have gotten off track, can someone tie in a connection between these paragraphs and psychology?
When looking through the world’s major religions, many examples of attempts at social control can be seen. In Christianity, the Ten Commandments and the teachings of Jesus Christ can be viewed as attempts to control through fear. An example of this is divine retribution if an individual should not follow these rules (hell). In Islam, The Quran provides the same basic framework, but on a much deeper and intense scale, i.e. how a person should live their day down to the hour. Religion gives a sense of identity and unity to large amounts of individuals; if another individual does not share the same world views, the individuals differ and a point of divide is made.
The tribal instinct of human beings has been with us since the beginning. Families lived together in groups, and another family group could be seen as a threat. This differentiation was key to our survival 40,000 years ago, when groups of humans would have to compete for food and territory. The straightforward ideal of ‘You are not from my tribe therefore you are different and potentially dangerous’ became harder to distinguish as larger groups of population came together in villages of hundreds, or sometimes thousands. Religion can be seen as a uniting force, and can be used to easily distinguish the ‘others’. One village may worship the Sun and another may worship cattle. You can see this same mentality today. The very definition of western culture has become ‘not Islam’.
Thanks if you read through all that. Now how can I make the connection to psychology, or expand the idea of control further?