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The Meaning of Religion Religion is not a means to avoid the problems and uncertainties of life, rather it is a means to face them, to take them on. In effect, religion denies the ultimacy of life's absurdities, pain and injustice and provides the emotional, insightful and reasonable resources for coping with the inequities and injustices that life presents us. As Hans King states:
- "...religions offer an answer to the question of the meaning of everything, of life, of history, in the light of an ultimate reality which already has an effect here and now--whether this is described with classical Judaism as "resurrection", with Christianity as "eternal life", with Islam as "paradise", with Hinduism as "moksha", with Buddhism as "nirvana" or with Taoism as "immortality". Precisely in the face of many frustrations and many experiences of suffering and failure, religions can help to lead people on by offering meaning beyond death and giving meaning here and now...
- Religions speak with absolute authority, and they express this authority not only with words and concepts, teachings and dogmas, but also with symbols and prayers, rites and festivals--i.e., rationally and emotionally.
- -Religion can communicate a specific depth-dimension, an all-embracing horizon of meaning,