ANSWER THAT BEST DESCRIBES THE SENTENCES: 1. Religion integrates and stabilizes cultures as well as
nations.
2. Religion should be susceptible to progress.
3. Religion sets notions of right and wrong.
-4. Religion promotes obscurantism.
5. Religion gives a sense of origin and destination.
_6. Religion is a source of discrimination.
7. Religion gives a sense of purpose in life.
8. Religion makes good people do evil things.
9. Religion provides personal identity to individuals as
part of a group with similar world views, beliefs, values,
practices and lifestyles.
10. Religion perpetuates notions of class or gender
discrimination and oppression

1. Religion integrates and stabilizes cultures as well as  nations.  - b. Religion promotes social solidarity.

Social solidarity calls for the integration of various members of society as we are interdependent.

2. Religion should be susceptible to progress.  - e. Religion obstructs scientific success and development

3. Religion sets notions of right and wrong.  - J. Religion provides moral values

By setting notions of what is right or wrong for its members, religion provides them with moral values that they should follow in addition to the law.

4. Religion promotes obscurantism.  - Religion obstructs the use of reason.

Obscurantism is the practice of limiting the information available to people. Religion in limiting information to people, can limit their ability to reason as they will only have inadequate information.

5. Religion gives a sense of origin and destination.  - Religion reduces fear of the unknown

Religion reduces the fear of the unknown, the world before birth and after life by telling people how they were made and where they are going eg Heaven in Christianity.

6. Religion is a source of discrimination.  - c. Religion affirms hierarchy

Religion can affirm hierarchy in a society which can lead to discrimination eg the Caste system in India.

7. Religion gives a sense of purpose in life.  - d. Religion sets positive goals in life.

By helping their members set positive goals in life as well as setting these goals for them, religion gives people a sense of purpose.

8. Religion makes good people do evil things.  - Religion makes people fight each other.

Religious wars have broken out for as long as there has been religion e.g the Crusades and the various Islamist terrorists group in the world today. These people fighting might not have fought had it not been for religion which means that religion makes people do evil things like fight.

9. Religion provides personal identity to individuals as  part of a group with similar world views, beliefs, values,  practices and lifestyles.  - h. Religion gives people a sense of belonging.

10. Religion perpetuates notions of class or gender  discrimination and oppression - a. Religion promotes discrimination.

By perpetuating notions of class or gender discrimination such as how Christianity and Islam are patriarchal, religion promotes discrimination.

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