AGMSPRITE Analysis - Early Religions
by Victor Drucker
A: The early religions: Vedic, Zoroastrianism, and Hebrew Monotheism had art sculptures, paintings, etc as symbols and to worship their gods and show respect. The Vedic religion made bracelets they would wear, paint paintings of special events, and built bronze sculptures; these things were very important to their religion.
G: The geography of a civilization can also affect the religion. In the area where the Vedic religion is present, there are many river and bodies of water; we know that the Vedic people worship the elements like fire and rivers.
M: Military had a crucial effect on these early religions especially the Zoroastrianism. When Alexander the Great conquered the area the Zoroastrianism religion was damaged. Loosing their religious texts and scholars the religion was in danger of becoming extinct.
S: What the early religions contributed to societal values were that they introduced for the first time, a singular point of worship, much more concentrated than the early polytheistic, religions. With one deity being the sole outlet being of the people's faith, and the new ethical values that were introduced by Zoroastrianism and Hebrew Monotheism, namely in the Judaic Ten Commandments, people's views on morality and worship in general, were changed forever. The Vedic Religions instilled for the first time a system of logic and syllogistic
P: Many of these religions placed members of the priest or clerical social classes in a higher echelon of the social, and especially, the political pyramid. This directly affected the manner in which political leaders made decisions or proceeded with legislation, often times consulting with their religious consuls before all others.
R: What these new religions introduced were essentially the foundations for modern world religions such as Hinduism, or the Abrahamic religions, Christianity, Judaism, and Islam. With the tenets of faith included in the scriptures of Zoroastrianism and Hebrew Monotheism, it set the basis for the ways in which religion was viewed from there on out.
I: The Vedic religions, which were a precursor to modern day Hinduism, encouraged it's followers to use a cognitively systematic form of logic and reasoning to become more successfully prominent members of their everyday lives, to think more clearly and freely of bias.
T: New technologies were used to create sites of worship, such as pottery used for religious imagery.
E: Religions had a big influence for laws and these laws were used to regulate economy and tax.
G: The geography of a civilization can also affect the religion. In the area where the Vedic religion is present, there are many river and bodies of water; we know that the Vedic people worship the elements like fire and rivers.
M: Military had a crucial effect on these early religions especially the Zoroastrianism. When Alexander the Great conquered the area the Zoroastrianism religion was damaged. Loosing their religious texts and scholars the religion was in danger of becoming extinct.
S: What the early religions contributed to societal values were that they introduced for the first time, a singular point of worship, much more concentrated than the early polytheistic, religions. With one deity being the sole outlet being of the people's faith, and the new ethical values that were introduced by Zoroastrianism and Hebrew Monotheism, namely in the Judaic Ten Commandments, people's views on morality and worship in general, were changed forever. The Vedic Religions instilled for the first time a system of logic and syllogistic
P: Many of these religions placed members of the priest or clerical social classes in a higher echelon of the social, and especially, the political pyramid. This directly affected the manner in which political leaders made decisions or proceeded with legislation, often times consulting with their religious consuls before all others.
R: What these new religions introduced were essentially the foundations for modern world religions such as Hinduism, or the Abrahamic religions, Christianity, Judaism, and Islam. With the tenets of faith included in the scriptures of Zoroastrianism and Hebrew Monotheism, it set the basis for the ways in which religion was viewed from there on out.
I: The Vedic religions, which were a precursor to modern day Hinduism, encouraged it's followers to use a cognitively systematic form of logic and reasoning to become more successfully prominent members of their everyday lives, to think more clearly and freely of bias.
T: New technologies were used to create sites of worship, such as pottery used for religious imagery.
E: Religions had a big influence for laws and these laws were used to regulate economy and tax.
