Religion and Sport
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- Created on: 22-03-17 18:07
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- Religion and Sport
- stress
- Mental or physical distress caused by pressure or difficult circumstances
- relaxation: form of stress relief
- listen to music, yoga, hobby
- reduces heart attack, improve memory, helps immune system,
- listen to music, yoga, hobby
- Meditation
- Buddhists: practise meditation to get rid of bad emotions( hatred and anger etc)
- relaxation: form of stress relief
- unable to concentrate, changes in behaviour (tearful, aggressive), smoking/drinking,
- Mental or physical distress caused by pressure or difficult circumstances
- Leisure
- enables beleivers to participate in life of their faith and learn about religion
- religious youth clubs, summer camps, community service
- enables beleivers to participate in life of their faith and learn about religion
- pilgrimages
- mecca, Lourdes (Christian, appeared to marie Bernadette 18 times, up to 6 million visit and miracles have happned there
- gambling
- advantages
- good for local economies (Las Vegas), fun, win lots of money , rules and regulations
- disadvantages
- addiction, isn't regulated well, families harmed, less likely to lose
- Islam: should give to charity as 5 pillers if gamble you wont have money to
- 'believers, wine and games of chance, idols and divining arrows are abominations devised by satan
- Christianity: gambling leads to unhealthy personality traits (anger greed etc.) which hurts families. also Jesus said its easier for a camel to get through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter heaven)
- 'people who want to get rich fall into temptation and a trap and into many foolish and harmful desires that plunge men into ruin and destruction'
- Hinduism: the winners win at the expense of others this leads to bad karma
- advantages
- drinking
- Buddhism: drinking alcohol takes your mind away from god and the path to enlightenment
- I will not take drugs or drink that confuse the mind
- Judaism: encouraged to drink during Purim to represent happiness so you cant separate enemies and friends
- god created you and you should look after your body as alcohol destroys it
- C= your body is a temple of the holy spirit
- I; make not your own hands contribute to your own destruction
- Buddhism: drinking alcohol takes your mind away from god and the path to enlightenment
- sport
- improves concentration, fights anxiety, improve physical skills
- Buddhism: morality is based on right action/intention, actions based on ignorance greed etc are immoral eg boxing
- Christianity: sport is good as long as it doesn't become more important than god and also keeps god given body healthy
- Islam; physical fitness is encouraged as long as it includes modest dress
- Holy days
- some religious believers believe they should keep Sabbath free including: Sabbath for Christians, Shabbat for Jews and jummah for Muslims
- Islam: ramandan is where you fast as its a test from Allah swt and tougher the test greater the reward
- morality in sport
- fair competition: same weight, equipment, age, salary
- Unfair: PED's, better training, crowding a referee, illegal tackles
- PED's
- dishonourable, cheating, stealing, illegal, dangerous
- Christinaity: lying lips are an abomination to the lord but those who deal faithfully are his delight
- Hinduism: do not do to other what you wouldn't want to you
- Buddhism: right action
- PED's
- devotion to sports fans
- songs, chants, memorabilia, mementos, pilgrimage, symbols
- sponsorship:
- Advanatges
- go from amateur to professional, more opportunities, better training, invent in talent, imcrease talent
- disadvantages
- limitations in personal life, not be successful, a sponsor may pull out leaving the club suffering
- Advanatges
- stress
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