0.4 Religious concepts and messages

What influence do religious ideas have on a persons life? Why does a religious experience over time influence a person?

Are there similar comparable experiences in a persons life that a religious experience could be compared to? Perhaps that is why some of tales that are preached in different religions try to relate a certain type of life experience through the tale. Fiction can modify how life is viewed - and in religion many of the tales are fictional and these are often used to communicate morals or messages.

So the fictional tales in many religious writing or preached in religious temples are significant and a large part of a religious experience. Even if the story is one of the history of the religion - false or truthful - is a part of the religious experience.

What then is the difference between fiction and reality? The religious stories told are often very different from reality. Or what is the difference between religious fiction and reality?

The messages communicated through the stories are usually messages that center around ideas that are central to the religions beliefs. The tales portray the proper or improper thing to do - or could tales of their religious gods or figures - which would be a different type of example or tale.

So, every religion has core ideas or messages that it tries to communicate. However, what is difference between a story and a single idea? A single story can communicate different ideas - however it might be debated which ideas are being communicated in different stories. Each religion has its own story, and its own stories it tells - both of which could communicate messages or concepts about life to the followers of those religions.