the nature of human beings from religious perspective

The nature of human beings from biological perspective

Biological perspective analyses the psychological aspect of human behaviour based on evidences available from genetics and neurology.

Evolution and adaption to the external environment has gradually brought about changes at a genetic level in human beings which determines their behaviour.

Biologists believe that every act of humans is determined by the functioning of the brain, which is behaviour.

Theories

Dualism - This theory was put forth by Descartes who stated that the body and the mind are distinct, but these interact with each other via the pineal gland in the brain.

Materialism - This theory is based on the concept that all behaviour has a physical aspect to it. The assumptions are based on animal or human genetics wherein genes have evolved over a period of time.

Heredity -The transfer of genes and therefore certain characteristics from one generation to the other, leads to a particular trait in behaviour.

the nature of human beings from religious perspectiveAN ISLAMIC VIEW

In Islamic perspective as well humans have high importance.

First of all everything is the creation of Allah (God) as it is mentioned in the Quran,

It is Allah who created the heavens and the earth and whatever is between them.

Humans are the creation of Allah.

The creation is humans is different to the creation on non-humans because everything is created for humans, as mentioned in the Quran,

It is He who created for you all of that which is on the earth.

Human beings are noble creation, as it is mentioned in the Quran,

We have certainly created man in the best of stature.

The purpose of the human creation is explained in the Quran as,

And I did not create the jinn and mankind except to worship Me.

The world worship here means submission, which is to love and serve Allah.

Humans in the Islamic context are of dualistic nature (A combination of body and soul).The body is just the vehicle for the soul.

the nature of human beings from religious perspectiveA Christian view

Fundamental to the Christian understanding of human nature is the belief that the first humans were created in the image of God.

Humans did not proceed from God; nor did they evolve from pre existent forms of life.

God chose to create the human being in His image "Let us make man in our image, after our likeness" (Gen 1:26; cf. 5:1-3;9:6). Having created humanity as His handiwork, God gave humans freedom of choice, responsibility for procreation, and gave them stewardship of the earth.

A human being is thus a responsible being, with a beginning, duty, and destiny.

the nature of human beings from religious perspectiveA HinduS view

Hinduisms central understanding of human nature and destiny is conditioned by the fundamental of the law of karma.

Karma is the moral law in which the cycle of birth, death, rebirth and also known as the eternal process of reincarnation.

The human being, like all other animate and inanimate things, is an emanation, an extension of the Brahma, the supreme being.

While existence proceeds from him, that production is neither independent nor free but subject to the supreme law of karma.

What is KARMA ???

A system where beneficial effects are derived from past beneficial actions and harmful effects from past harmful actions.

Creating a system of actions and reactions throughout a soul's reincarnated lives forming a cycle of rebirth.

the nature of human beings from religious perspectiveA BUDDHIST VIEW

He taught that everything is impermanent (anicca), and this includes everything that we associate with being human:

- sensations - feelings - thoughts - consciousness

This is the doctrine of anatta, "no-soul," a central concept of Buddhism.Human existence, in the Buddha's view, is nothing more than a composite of five aggregates (khandas):

Physical forms (rupa)Feelings or sensations (vedana)Ideations (sanna)Mental formations or dispositions (sankhara)Consciousness (vinnana)

These khandas come together at birth to form a human person. A person is a "self" in that he or she is a true subject of moral action and karmic accumulation.