World Population by Religion: a Global Tapestry of Faith – Population Education

Non-realists have noted the alleged failure of realism to provide evidences or justifications for the truths of any particular religion, or of religion in general, and argue that projects in natural theology-the attempt to demonstrate the existence of God from evidence found in the natural world-are abject failures. Furthermore, two thousand years later, with the existence of Islam, Christianity, Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism and other religion, Animism still exists in some parts of Indonesia. On January 27, 1979, a presidential cabinet meeting took place and it firmly decided that Confucianism is not a religion. Yet, in the same year, Suharto addressed “The Confucian religion deserves a decent place in this country,” in front of the PKCHI national convention. With the fall of Suharto in 1998, Abdurrahman Wahid was elected as the fourth president. Under Suharto rule, the anti-China policy was applied to gain political support from the people, especially after the fall of Indonesian Communist Party, which is claimed to have been backed by China. Many atheists bite the bullet and fall into nihilism. Modern royal children are educated at the finest private schools, but this wasn’t always the case.

Displays of leaders in the form of posters or statues may be mandated in public areas and even private homes. It is generally recognized to include related freedoms applied to the religious sphere, such as the freedoms of speech (evangelism), press (production and distribution of literature), travel for pilgrimages and meetings, and public assembly for religious purposes. Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion; this right includes the freedom to change his religion or belief, and freedom, either alone or in community with others and in public or private, to manifest his religion or belief in teaching, practice, worship, and observance. Also included is the right not to follow any religion and to deny or doubt the existence of any deity. But admitting the possibility that we have not seen all that nature has up her watery sleeve is not the same as conceding the existence of creatures that defy the laws of physics, chemistry and biology. In ancient societies, the king was often also the high priest or even seen as the incarnation of a deity.

These petitioners have played an important role in enhancing civil rights in matters of religious practice, for it is due to their intervention that the various issues were brought before the High Court of Justice, providing the court an opportunity to give these positive social developments a judicial seal of approval. However, these totals are likely high, due to the fact that practitioners of Confucianism and Daoism, which are not considered official religions of Indonesia, referred to themselves as Buddhists on the census. A number of historical heritages can be found in Indonesia, including the Borobudur Temple in Yogyakarta and statues or prasasti (inscriptions) from the earlier history of Buddhist empires. Buddhism is the second oldest religion in Indonesia, arriving around the sixth century. The arrival of Buddhism began with the trading activity that began in the early of first century on the Silk Road between Indonesia and India. He was also backed up with the history behind the Indonesian version of Buddhism in ancient Javanese texts, and the shape of the Borobudur Temple. Animism (the belief in, and worship of, spirits found in nature or people) has existed since Indonesia’s earliest history. However, this belief is not accepted as Indonesia’s official religion as the Pancasila states the belief in the supreme deity, or monotheism.

Following the downfall of President Sukarno in the mid-1960s, Pancasila was reasserted as the official Indonesian policy on religion to only recognize monotheism. It seemed like a perfect night for the president to relax. Like countless other peoples. Like Superman, our opponents are all stars from big-name movies, books and comic books. Or how it is different from the other books revealed by the Allah Almighty. These include the belief in one Almighty God, belief in the souls and spirits and karma or the belief in the law of reciprocal actions. Unlike other religions, Confucianism evolved more into loose individual practices and belief as a code of conduct, rather than a well-organized community religion, or way of life or social movement. Freedom of religion is a political principle guaranteeing freedom of belief and freedom of worship for individuals and groups. The conference, which was attended by ASEAN countries, Australia, Timor Leste, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea, was intended to discuss possible co-operation between different religious groups to minimize inter-religious conflict in Indonesia.