Do You Think Religion Is Mostly About Having Right Beliefs

question 12

Essay

Do you think religion is mostly about having right beliefs (orthodoxy), about performing right rituals and moral deeds (orthopraxis), or about one's personal feelings (religious experience)? Or can these parts even be separated? Try to explain how these parts are interrelated in religious life, using some examples.

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Definitions:

Delayed Reinforcement

A technique in conditioning where a reward or punishment is given some time after the desired or undirected behavior occurs, which may slow the learning process.

Immediate Reinforcement

the prompt delivery of a reward or consequence following a behavior, which strengthens the likelihood of the behavior being repeated.

Law Of Effect

A principle of learning proposing that behaviors followed by positive outcomes are likely to be repeated, while those followed by negative outcomes are less likely to be repeated.

Reinforcement

The process of encouraging or establishing a pattern of behavior by offering rewards or consequences.