040 - Practical Benefits of Religion

1. Today, how do religions form and evolve based on new and changing circumstances? What do they practically provide adherents and cultures?
   1. How do religious beliefs reflect their environment?
      1. Human
      2. Physical
      3. Need of the society
   2. What conditions lead to a new religious practice and the decline of old?
      1. Examples
      2. Syncretic Religions and their extreme
   3. Then some specific examples of religions applied practically

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