Damien Moreno There are many reasons that a civilization has belief system but if you look back

in history they all had different beliefs. Every civilization has had a belief system that teaches people moral values, which keeps the question in the minds of why people keep on coming back to it. If you have a chance to ever think about the people who dont follow the law, and then transition the thought into a whole place with those types of people because they didnt know what a belief system was. One of those reasons is hope; if the people look towards a god or a leader to follow then they would have hope. In many different civilization hope was one of the most important of many different ways to keep a civilization together. Some other ways have had occurred and some had fell and thrived. For example the Egyptians had a belief in a sun god, even though it wasnt the greatest idea it kept the civilization together. It kept it together because it kept the people thinking about what would happen if they dont believe. And everyone always ask wasnt their some people who were nihilist and the answer is yes. Those people wouldnt have any punishments those people wouldnt believe in right or wrong but the one thing they would believe is in their decisions. If you have a belief system it keeps people away from thinking about the unknown. It also gets people to listen get an idea of the laws so they are afraid of punishment. In order to further understand the importance of a belief system on society, and their influence on their followers, acknowledge the moral dilemma below: If Roger smith were Hindu, the outcome of karma would lead him to the way of saving the boy, for the result of his afterlife. Hinduism is a belief system where the two major moral values are karma and dharma. "Dharma is ones duty" on their personal lifestyle, while "Karma is ones good" and bad which results in ones afterlife. In the result of bad decisions in your life, Hindus believe that one shall be reincarnated into a lower class level, while if one makes good decisions they believe that they shall be reincarnated either in the same or even a higher class classification. So if Roger Smith were Hindu the moral results would lead him back to the main thinking of Hinduism, which is stated in Frey on page 149, Souls were rewarded or punished for the good and evil they have done. Either way, Roger Smith would save the boy even if he were an untouchable because the thought that everyone should be treated equally is in affect. In conclusion, Roger Smith should do the best thing and do his karma so he would live a better life, the outcome of saving the boy would take place. If Roger Smith were Confucianist, his actions would lead the boy to the moral value of everyone one should respect all elders. Confucianism is a system of belief where people are respected for their knowledge... teachings of respect. If the outcome of the belief, treating all of your elders with respect, then the logical reasoning would lead the boy to leaving his life for Roger Smith's. While on the other hand, if the common value of, Do not do to others what you would not want done to you (Frey 208), were in effect then the outcome of Roger Smiths decision would take a U-turn. However what if both of the teachings were in effect, what would be

the outcome, and how would it affect Roger Smith? However, since the belief of Confucianism is a teaching of respect the thoughts on the result can go either way. Non-like Hinduism, Confucianism, doesnt have a belief for either a higher or lower cast system for a persons afterlife. So in this case the teachings of Confucianism would take Roger Smith back to the thought of saving the boy because one of the moral values is, do not do to others what you dont want done to you. In conclusion, if all of thoughts on Confucianism were to take place, then Roger Smiths actions are taking him the other way, so he would not be making the right decision in many different scenarios. If Roger Smith were Buddhist, then his actions would lead him to the exact opposite of what Buddhists are suppose to do. His actions would lead the boy to suffer, and as a Buddhist, suffering is one of the two aspects of life to keep away from and prevent. Buddhism is the belief system where people follow the Four Noble Truths. Even though the Buddha had a very luxurious life ahead of him, he saw the suffering that went on in the world. So to help those causes from accruing, he came up with an idea of the middle way. While the Buddhas thoughts could have led his life on a different path, He chose to teach others the path that he had found (Frey 159). So if Roger Smith were to leave the boy there, then the outcome of suffering would take place. As a Buddhist, Roger Smith would need to build an understanding of the Four Noble Truths to even be able to recognize the Eightfold Path. In conclusion, Roger Smiths actions would lead him to a very ugly scenario because he is rejecting everything Buddhist dont follow or want to see. As you have witnessed, religion is a very crucial part of your everyday person. Its involved in many different ways, it can really have an effect on an empires actions, decisions, and it even becomes a part of our everyday lives. It doesnt matter what religion you follow; Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, or any other religion because it goes on to show that a system of belief can show people the amount of power of their actions. Without them, people would have no way to be guided through their own behaviors. A belief system is very crucial to humans because it teaches people Moral Values, which people should live by.