How are newer religions different from older ones? How are they similar?
I think a lot of the newer religions are different from older ones in a lot of their secondary messages. I think that newer religions leave a lot of room for interpretation for science and today’s culture to fit in whereas older religions don’t really include that. For example, the bible straight out condemns homosexuality but many new denominations and religions don’t say yay or nay about it. Also there is the controversy of science vs. religion and specifically evolution vs. creation. Many new religions allow for this.
A lot of new religions are comparable to older religions as well. Most of the mainstream new religions adhere to the same moral code that all of the traditional religions also have. Also, it is interesting to see how religion compliments science and science compliments religion. For example, many traditional religions could not explain natural phenomena so they explained it with religious stories. However now that mankind has a much deeper and thorough understanding of life and the university, there are some things that we cannot explain with science – such as the complexity of life and a smooth evolutionary chain instead of one with key points – so they explain it with divine intervention.
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