Interactions between beliefs today does not occur the way founders intended because.....
Humans can never cease to innovate. With new ideas come new perceptions of reality and
why and how we got here. Belief systems tend to challenge other belief systems’ veracity. This leads
to ideologies adapting to other philosophies which ultimately causes cultural diffusion. During the
foundations time period, people only had what they were given in their environment and culture.
Today, people can build off what other civilizations have already made because of widespread
communication and education, which therefore allowed the creation of more modern ideas.
Due to scientific furtherance and cultural diffusion there has been a significant change in the interaction between belief systems from foundation time periods ( 8000 BCE - 600 CE) to today which has importance in that though core aspects of the foundational belief systems have survived through all the alterations of society, science, technology, and cultural diffusion led to drastic changes in the rituals, practices, and interpretations of belief systems from their founders’ original intent.
In the foundations time period before major cultural diffusion with widespread
communication as a result of technological innovation, belief systems had a direct correlation with the environment. An example is Mesopotamia, where the Tigris and Euphrates rivers flooded unpredictably and violently. Their gods effected this by being unpredictable and relentless. Yet once a civilization ends or moves to another region, their belief system or systems become outdated forcing the creation of other belief systems or causing the original belief to adapt. As trade with other regions became more common,
various belief systems slowly morphed over time. Today, the region of Mesopotamia, modern day Iraq, is
predominantly Muslim. Interactions of belief systems, in this case through trade, can change the interpretations of various belief systems in different ways as it affects how the world perceives them. Through the spread of culture, technology, and scientific discovery, the belief systems of a civilization shift significantly.
Some belief systems had many rituals, and followers focused much more on their religions than they
do today which shows how the lack of scientific development led to religious focus.In ancient India, during foundations time period, people had beliefs that were very restricting. People invested much of their time in so many rituals and meetings since they wanted to answer questions like “why are we here?” and “what is the ultimate truth?”. Then came Gautama who altered the way people think. He brought a more altruistic system, Buddhism, which promoted the idea of equality among the beings and didn’t have cruel caste system like Hinduism. Thus, Buddhism attracted many lower level casts like Untouchables, Shudras and
Vaishyas. However, Hinduism adapted to some of Gautama’s beliefs. Then Gautama and his
followers influenced other countries, but they also adapted to some of Hinduism’s components. This
was cultural diffusion. So Hinduism expanded and it expanded Gautama’s beliefs (Buddhism), which
helped Hinduism maintain its position as one of the major religion, even today. This cultural
diffusion wasn’t expected by the founders of Hinduism and Buddhism; the founders just wanted to
get as many people to believe what they believe. Then the scientific developments allowed more
interaction and civilizations could, using new inventions, to go to other civilizations and influence
their belief systems. So these scientific developments and cultural diffusion brought a massive
change in civilizations’ beliefs.The process of cultural diffusion played a big role in developing the
foundations time period belief systems into other philosophies, just as scientific furtherment
changed the interactions of beliefs. Therefore, although the main beliefs of a certain belief systems
might have stayed constant forever, the scientific development helped build different types of relationships
between religions, thus significantly affecting each other, as they aid in determining the effect of a
belief systems or a philosophy on particular types of regions.
Scientific development did and still does play a big role in the changes of belief systems.
They had to create everything using their imagination because they lacked scientific knowledge such
as what causes flooding and climate.The Mesopotamian civilians, in attempts to answer life’s
common questions, used their imagination to develop gods that reflected their environment. As
humans learned more about science and environment, the ideas of gods controlling the weather
seemed less likely and so people were more likely to accept religions such as Islam that do not
contradict the scientific explanation of weather. Since the founders of belief systems didn’t have
international trading technologies as we do today, they didn’t anticipate that they will ever have
more resources to help them collaborate as a world, to combine their different ideas. Even parts of
many major religions today contradict with scientific explanations, so it changes how people practice
and view their religion. For instance, in the Bible it is written that the world was created 6,000 years
ago, but science indicates that the world was formed billions of years ago. This has caused some
Christians to question the Bible, put together under the reign of Emperor Constantine with the
Council of Nicaea, others to convert to other beliefs, or to reject the ideas of science altogether.
Beliefs will continue to shift as more scientific discoveries are made; they will keep swaying each others in different directions, as they make use of scientific developments, to shape each others' structure in societies.
Today, cultures are still diffusing and science and technology are still developing, which is vital in changing future belief systems. These two things have brought a significant change from foundations time period to today, but it will be easier to communicate these ideas of culture and science as we find new means of contact such as the
internet. The environment posed many challenges to the foundations time period in their abilities
to communicate, so cultural diffusion and scientific discoveries were slower to occur. There were
mountains and deserts that isolated regions like sub- saharan Africa and Latin America. Therefore,
those two civilizations had many factions so they couldn’t interact within the civilizations themselves
and with other civilizations. Ancient India as well had difficulties travelling across the mighty Indian
Ocean and the various mountain ranges surrounding their region. Almost all civilizations traded along
the lengthy, inconvenient Silk Road. Currently, there are cars, boats, airplanes, and ships which are there
for countries to interact. It is very easy for trade to happen around the world today. This shows in
today’s schools, as foreign languages are commonly taught to children so that they will be able to
communicate with people from other areas of the world. People have more information to aid in the
inventions of new things that will change the way people think of this world tomorrow. Evolution
cannot be stopped; it will always alter belief systems. Today there are not as many belief systems as
there were in foundations time period since several religions have culturally diffused. Others have
disappeared in practice, but their ideas have melded into other religions. Scientists can disprove some
things a belief system says to be true, as well. For example, the ancient Egyptians believed that there was
a sun god (Ra) who created all things on earth. Now scientists know that the sun is just a huge burning
ball of helium and hydrogen, and that evolution is a more believable theory of why we are here. These
scientific developments change how beliefs are perceived by the masses, and cultural diffusion
helps to integrate popular beliefs together to create other ideas. The founders of these foundations
time period beliefs never expected so much interaction between belief systems as at the time,
correspondence between regions was limited. But however, these interactions are very important since
they prove how the impact of different belief systems' proliferation can cause cultural diffusion, as the
various beliefs overlap, leading to flexibility in religions to accept and adapt to different beliefs or using each others’ resources as scientific development occurs to bring change in beliefs, especially religious beliefs.
The founders also had no way of predicting how many things would change and develop in
the centuries to come in the ways of socialization between cultures. They didn’t expect that
there would be exponential growth in scientific development either. The founders were set
on practicing their belief system in certain ways and over centuries those certain ways
(rituals, involvement, etc.) have been redesigned by cultural diffusion and discoveries.
Founders originally didn’t plan for communication between other philosophies, but science
and diffusion made communication and interactions happen on a daily basis. Although
people are not as involved in belief systems today as during the foundations time period,
since religions in today’s world are not greatly focused by all people like it was back in the
time at their establishment , they are still a major part of our lives. This is significant because
even through all the changes of society, those beliefs are still studied and widely practiced in
modern times, providing the backbone to further societal changes.
why and how we got here. Belief systems tend to challenge other belief systems’ veracity. This leads
to ideologies adapting to other philosophies which ultimately causes cultural diffusion. During the
foundations time period, people only had what they were given in their environment and culture.
Today, people can build off what other civilizations have already made because of widespread
communication and education, which therefore allowed the creation of more modern ideas.
Due to scientific furtherance and cultural diffusion there has been a significant change in the interaction between belief systems from foundation time periods ( 8000 BCE - 600 CE) to today which has importance in that though core aspects of the foundational belief systems have survived through all the alterations of society, science, technology, and cultural diffusion led to drastic changes in the rituals, practices, and interpretations of belief systems from their founders’ original intent.
In the foundations time period before major cultural diffusion with widespread
communication as a result of technological innovation, belief systems had a direct correlation with the environment. An example is Mesopotamia, where the Tigris and Euphrates rivers flooded unpredictably and violently. Their gods effected this by being unpredictable and relentless. Yet once a civilization ends or moves to another region, their belief system or systems become outdated forcing the creation of other belief systems or causing the original belief to adapt. As trade with other regions became more common,
various belief systems slowly morphed over time. Today, the region of Mesopotamia, modern day Iraq, is
predominantly Muslim. Interactions of belief systems, in this case through trade, can change the interpretations of various belief systems in different ways as it affects how the world perceives them. Through the spread of culture, technology, and scientific discovery, the belief systems of a civilization shift significantly.
Some belief systems had many rituals, and followers focused much more on their religions than they
do today which shows how the lack of scientific development led to religious focus.In ancient India, during foundations time period, people had beliefs that were very restricting. People invested much of their time in so many rituals and meetings since they wanted to answer questions like “why are we here?” and “what is the ultimate truth?”. Then came Gautama who altered the way people think. He brought a more altruistic system, Buddhism, which promoted the idea of equality among the beings and didn’t have cruel caste system like Hinduism. Thus, Buddhism attracted many lower level casts like Untouchables, Shudras and
Vaishyas. However, Hinduism adapted to some of Gautama’s beliefs. Then Gautama and his
followers influenced other countries, but they also adapted to some of Hinduism’s components. This
was cultural diffusion. So Hinduism expanded and it expanded Gautama’s beliefs (Buddhism), which
helped Hinduism maintain its position as one of the major religion, even today. This cultural
diffusion wasn’t expected by the founders of Hinduism and Buddhism; the founders just wanted to
get as many people to believe what they believe. Then the scientific developments allowed more
interaction and civilizations could, using new inventions, to go to other civilizations and influence
their belief systems. So these scientific developments and cultural diffusion brought a massive
change in civilizations’ beliefs.The process of cultural diffusion played a big role in developing the
foundations time period belief systems into other philosophies, just as scientific furtherment
changed the interactions of beliefs. Therefore, although the main beliefs of a certain belief systems
might have stayed constant forever, the scientific development helped build different types of relationships
between religions, thus significantly affecting each other, as they aid in determining the effect of a
belief systems or a philosophy on particular types of regions.
Scientific development did and still does play a big role in the changes of belief systems.
They had to create everything using their imagination because they lacked scientific knowledge such
as what causes flooding and climate.The Mesopotamian civilians, in attempts to answer life’s
common questions, used their imagination to develop gods that reflected their environment. As
humans learned more about science and environment, the ideas of gods controlling the weather
seemed less likely and so people were more likely to accept religions such as Islam that do not
contradict the scientific explanation of weather. Since the founders of belief systems didn’t have
international trading technologies as we do today, they didn’t anticipate that they will ever have
more resources to help them collaborate as a world, to combine their different ideas. Even parts of
many major religions today contradict with scientific explanations, so it changes how people practice
and view their religion. For instance, in the Bible it is written that the world was created 6,000 years
ago, but science indicates that the world was formed billions of years ago. This has caused some
Christians to question the Bible, put together under the reign of Emperor Constantine with the
Council of Nicaea, others to convert to other beliefs, or to reject the ideas of science altogether.
Beliefs will continue to shift as more scientific discoveries are made; they will keep swaying each others in different directions, as they make use of scientific developments, to shape each others' structure in societies.
Today, cultures are still diffusing and science and technology are still developing, which is vital in changing future belief systems. These two things have brought a significant change from foundations time period to today, but it will be easier to communicate these ideas of culture and science as we find new means of contact such as the
internet. The environment posed many challenges to the foundations time period in their abilities
to communicate, so cultural diffusion and scientific discoveries were slower to occur. There were
mountains and deserts that isolated regions like sub- saharan Africa and Latin America. Therefore,
those two civilizations had many factions so they couldn’t interact within the civilizations themselves
and with other civilizations. Ancient India as well had difficulties travelling across the mighty Indian
Ocean and the various mountain ranges surrounding their region. Almost all civilizations traded along
the lengthy, inconvenient Silk Road. Currently, there are cars, boats, airplanes, and ships which are there
for countries to interact. It is very easy for trade to happen around the world today. This shows in
today’s schools, as foreign languages are commonly taught to children so that they will be able to
communicate with people from other areas of the world. People have more information to aid in the
inventions of new things that will change the way people think of this world tomorrow. Evolution
cannot be stopped; it will always alter belief systems. Today there are not as many belief systems as
there were in foundations time period since several religions have culturally diffused. Others have
disappeared in practice, but their ideas have melded into other religions. Scientists can disprove some
things a belief system says to be true, as well. For example, the ancient Egyptians believed that there was
a sun god (Ra) who created all things on earth. Now scientists know that the sun is just a huge burning
ball of helium and hydrogen, and that evolution is a more believable theory of why we are here. These
scientific developments change how beliefs are perceived by the masses, and cultural diffusion
helps to integrate popular beliefs together to create other ideas. The founders of these foundations
time period beliefs never expected so much interaction between belief systems as at the time,
correspondence between regions was limited. But however, these interactions are very important since
they prove how the impact of different belief systems' proliferation can cause cultural diffusion, as the
various beliefs overlap, leading to flexibility in religions to accept and adapt to different beliefs or using each others’ resources as scientific development occurs to bring change in beliefs, especially religious beliefs.
The founders also had no way of predicting how many things would change and develop in
the centuries to come in the ways of socialization between cultures. They didn’t expect that
there would be exponential growth in scientific development either. The founders were set
on practicing their belief system in certain ways and over centuries those certain ways
(rituals, involvement, etc.) have been redesigned by cultural diffusion and discoveries.
Founders originally didn’t plan for communication between other philosophies, but science
and diffusion made communication and interactions happen on a daily basis. Although
people are not as involved in belief systems today as during the foundations time period,
since religions in today’s world are not greatly focused by all people like it was back in the
time at their establishment , they are still a major part of our lives. This is significant because
even through all the changes of society, those beliefs are still studied and widely practiced in
modern times, providing the backbone to further societal changes.