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Date: 2015-10-07; view: 480.

Religion

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion)

Religion is a collection of cultural systems, ­________ systems, and worldviews that relate humanity to ________ and, sometimes, to moral ________. Many religions have narratives, symbols, traditions and ________ histories that are intended to give meaning to ______ or to explain the origin of life or the universe. They tend to derive morality, ________, religious laws or a preferred lifestyle from their ideas about the cosmos and _______ nature. According to some estimates, there are roughly 4,200 religions in the world.

Many religions may have organized behaviors, clergy, a definition of what constitutes adherence or membership, holy places, and _________. The practice of a religion may also include rituals, sermons, commemoration or veneration a god or gods, sacrifices, festivals, feasts, trance, initiations,________ services, matrimonial services, meditation, prayer, music, art, dance, public _______ or other aspects of human culture.

The word religion is sometimes used interchangeably with faith or belief system, but religion differs from private belief in that it has a social aspect. A global 2012 poll reports that 59% of the world's population is _______, 23% are not religious, and 13% are _________.

Vocabulary:

Part 1. Creator God, inherently, irreconcilable, imam, agency, muslim, quantum uncertainty principle, incompatible, the Big Bang, (G)genesis

Part 2. Undergird, squabble, divine intervention, Jewish background, transcendence, imminence, reductionist, self-refuting, intelligible

Part 3. Secular, revelation, conundrum, irrational, intervention, holy spirit, alpha course

Part 1

Listen to the beginning of the radio program and answer the questions.

1. What does the book by Lawrence Krauss “A Universe from Nothing” imply?

2. Are physics and God irreconcilable? What is the opinion of each of the guests in the studio: Dr. John Lenox, Dr. Usama Hassan, and Dr. Mark Vernon?

Part 2

Listen to the second part of the radio program. What do the speakers say about the following: Galileo, Kepler, Medival Bagdad, Isaac Newton, Einstein, physics of the XXth and of the XXI centuries, Michio Kaku.

Part 3

Listen to the third part of the program. Fill the gaps with the words from the audio.

Grey's interest to science was ________ by a primary school teacher. He was of the ______ that physics explained everything and there was need for a God. The idea of the Creator first was presented to him through the idea of fundamental _________ that govern the Universe. He believes that these constants are finely _____ so that we can be here. When he was having a relaxing holiday he started to think about the _______ of information we have about the universe through the approved technology and it presented a kind of a _______ to him and he was thinking about the various options of ________ or the Creator. It came to him as a bit of a shock and he felt _______ about these thoughts. He calls it an intervention by _____ ______. The revelation changed his life and he attended an ______ course. He says he wouldn't disregard his _______ experience of God even if the opposite can be proved.

Grammar

1. Read the true story from the Religion News Service. Write a verb from the story in each space.

Present Simple ____________

Present Continuous_____________

Present Perfect Simple_____________

Present Perfect Continuous______________

Past Simple_____________

Past Continuous____________

Past Perfect_____________

Past Perfect Continuous_________

http://www.religionnews.com/culture/social-issues/catholic-priest-suggests-satan-made-james-holmes-a-killer