Essay In Political Ideologies

Religious beliefs are fundamentally different from ideological beliefs. Do you agree?

Religion has always been perceived by people as a cultural definer, a way of reasoning upon and conceptualizing the sorrounding environment, a gate towards the unknown, a mirror of a different, more sacred yet more symbolical reality. Religious beliefs have been a part of people’s lives for thousands of years, permanently suffering changes in their shape, importance, symbolism, as people evolved, as history evolved. That is why, religion, in itself, is strongly linked to mankind’s historical performances, evolution and mentality.
To begin with, in Ancient times, religious beliefs (even though not yet Christian) represented subtle forms of ideologies, of doctrines, imposing a code of life, a code of behaviour. These values gradually moved to form the personal environment of every man, the commandments he/she had to abide by in order to be able to communicate with supernatural presences (gods/go...