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Confucianism: Religion or Philosophy? Wiki Creators: • Evan Sosin – Welcome and Intro Page • Peyton Trotter – Socials and Practice Page • Cristin Salter –Basics and Conclusion Page

Introduction of Confucianism-

• The philosophical system founded in China around 551-479 AC by K'ung-fu-tzu, "master Kung", also known as Confucius(Latin translation)His philosophy asserted personal and governmental morality, correctness of social relationships, justice and sincerity. His ways of showing “good conduct” with family, neighbors, and society.

• Least 5% of the world’s population is in practice of Confucianism (roughly 6 million). Most confucians recide in the western and northern areas of China.

Basics-

Confucianism is a non-theistic belief. Or in other words they do not believe in a God or Gods. Instead it is a religion based upon self inhancement. The founding of the religion goes back to one man, known as Confucius, born 500 years before Christ. Confucianism deals with moral conduct ethical living and is often categorized as an ethical system, rather than a religion. Confucius considered life as a process of transformation that moves through different developmental stages, with each stage having its own task and process. They believe that one's purpose in life is to basically be the best person that you can be.

 Confucianism Texts - The Confucian Canon in Chinese and English - Confucian Analects (Lun Yü) - Mencius - The Great Learning (Ta Hsüeh) - The Doctrine Of The Mean (Chung Yung)

The Creation

Believers of the confucianism religion believe that the world was created by a giant man named Pangu. They believed that in the begginning there was darkness everywhere, and in the midst of the darkness layed an egg. Inside the egg was Pangu. For billions of years, he slept and grew. When he had grown to gigantic size he stretched his huge limbs and in so doing broke the egg. The lighter parts of the egg floated upwards to form the heavens and the denser parts sank downwards, to become the earth. And so was formed earth and sky, or Yin and Yang. Pangu saw what had happened and he was pleased. But he feared that heaven and earth might meld together again, so he placed himself between them, his head holding up the sky and his feet firmly upon the earth. Pangu continued to grow at a rate of ten feet a day for 18,000 years, so increasing the distance between heaven and earth, until they seemed fixed and secure, 30,000 miles apart. Now exhausted, Pangu went back to sleep and never woke up.

Confucianism: Suffering and the problem of evil.

According to some interpretations of Confucianism, suffering and evil are inevitable in human life, and can promote learning and growth. A mistake is not a "sin," but an opportunity to learn and do better next time. Empathy for the suffering of others also provides motivation to grow morally, but not all humans are capable of empathy. Confucianism: Afterlife and Salvation

Confucius stated that the afterlife was beyond human comprehension and discouraged his sudents to worry about it. Instead he felt that humans should live and behave in such a way as to promote ideal social relations, rather than to act based on the expectations of rewards or punishments after death.

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www.patheos.com/.../Confucianism/.../Suffering-and-the-Problem-of-Evil.html

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