What other fields have different beliefs?

[Anonymous]

When I think of religion, I think of many different religions. Some religions have multiple deities. Others, like Christianity and Judaism, have only one deity. Unlike Judaism, in Christianity, God has a son and many different denominations. Judaism and Christianity both use the Bible, but Judaism only uses the old testament. Different religions have different holidays and different rules.

It’s acceptable for people discuss their differing religious beliefs, but not acceptable for people to say that they do not have religious beliefs. For instance, people don’t get offended if one person says that they’re Christian, meaning that they believe that Jesus rose bodily into heaven and another says they’re Muslim, meaning that they don’t believe that Jesus is the son of God and they do believe that Mohammed rode across the sky on a winged horse. But people may get offended by atheists who don’t believe that either one of those things can happen.

Can you think of fields other than religion that have different beliefs? I can’t. e.g., science, music, even astrology.

[Anonymous]

Some philosophers and mathematician s think we live in a simulation. They can offer up evidence for this belief. Others disagree and can also offer proof.

Music, well there are tons. You have death metal and Kpop very different beliefs.

[Anonymous]

NP

Maybe few categories for belief systems are as diverse as religion but I can think of a few where many different beliefs coexist and compete. Humans are messy and complex.

b]Art[/b] (beliefs about art range from seeing it as a purely aesthetic experience focused on form and composition (Formalism) to a means of expressing personal emotions and ideas (Emotionalism), seeing art as a reflection of reality (Imitationalism), a tool for social change (Instrumentalism), and a way to connect with spiritual or religious concepts (Spiritualism)

Philosophy (dominated by men and a preponderance of dry materialism but still many different approaches to exploring what is good and what is right (ethics) and how we know what we know (epistemology) and theories for reality. Different Beliefs include Rationalism/ Logical Positivism/ Phenomenalism/ Stoicism/ Existentialism/
Humanism/Utilitarianism/ Pragmatism/ Metaphysics/ and Axiology)

Psychology many different beliefs and focuses (Psychodynamics/ Humanistic/ Evolutionary: Behavioral/ Biological/ Cognitive/ Sociocultural/ Behavioral neuroscience/ Cross-cultural perspective/ Functionalism/ Gestalt psychology/ Structuralism)

Medicine (western medical specialties, many different forms of alternative medicines, and Eastern medicines. Further religious and ethnic beliefs strongly how patients experience medical practices. For example female gential mutilation is performed by many medical doctors in many African countries and some Asian and Middle East countries


Gastronomy (choosing, cooking, and eating good food.) beliefs vary widely depending on culture, religion, and personal health convictions, including ideas about what "healthy" eating means, the significance of local ingredients, dietary restrictions based on religious principles, the importance of presentation, and the role of food in social gatherings and celebrations.)


Fashion
(Don’t know much about fashion but obviously many different beliefs about what looks good abound)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Some philosophers and mathematician s think we live in a simulation. They can offer up evidence for this belief. Others disagree and can also offer proof.

Music, well there are tons. You have death metal and Kpop very different beliefs.

I think philosophy and mathematics are good examples, but not music. There are different styles of music, but not beliefs

[Anonymous]

OP here. Thanks to the posters who gave so much thought to other fields besides religion that exhibit different beliefs within one framework.

I'd say Philosophy is the only one mentioned that really fits. The others - music, food, etc. reflect different tastes, that developed independently of each other, but not really different beliefs.

Also, it's not unusual and considered perfectly acceptable, for people to enjoy several types of music and cuisines once exposed to them. But you can have just one philosophy or religion at a time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here. Thanks to the posters who gave so much thought to other fields besides religion that exhibit different beliefs within one framework.

I'd say Philosophy is the only one mentioned that really fits. The others - music, food, etc. reflect different tastes, that developed independently of each other, but not really different beliefs.

Also, it's not unusual and considered perfectly acceptable, for people to enjoy several types of music and cuisines once exposed to them. But you can have just one philosophy or religion at a time.

I think art easily qualifies as well - very divergent to beliefs about and forms of art.

Fashion probably qualifies as well - no consensus on what looks good

[Anonymous]

Sure. Clinical Psychology has had the Behaviorists and the Psychoanalytic/ Psychodynamic folks, with, arguably, Cognitive Psychology as a sort of bridge. These two viewpoints understand treatment differently, but also have very different ideas about who we are and how we function and develop as human beings.

[Anonymous]

Most academic fields have different schools of thought and people get quite passionate. Law, economics, political theory, anthropology, biology. These all encompass very different world views, as to how the world is and how it should be. There are different, strongly held beliefs about how people learn, how various natural features formed, what is art, etc.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here. Thanks to the posters who gave so much thought to other fields besides religion that exhibit different beliefs within one framework.

I'd say Philosophy is the only one mentioned that really fits. The others - music, food, etc. reflect different tastes, that developed independently of each other, but not really different beliefs.

Also, it's not unusual and considered perfectly acceptable, for people to enjoy several types of music and cuisines once exposed to them. But you can have just one philosophy or religion at a time.

I think art easily qualifies as well - very divergent to beliefs about and forms of art.

Fashion probably qualifies as well - no consensus on what looks good

Meanwhile, It's OK to like different kinds of art and fashion at the same time. It's called being eclectic. So , in that way, they're different from religion which requires you to identify with a certain religion or not. Granted, some people may not want to identify with a particular religion or any religion, but their attitudes are not considered to be socially acceptable.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Some philosophers and mathematician s think we live in a simulation. They can offer up evidence for this belief. Others disagree and can also offer proof.

Music, well there are tons. You have death metal and Kpop very different beliefs.

But they aren't really different beliefs, are they? They're different styles.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here. Thanks to the posters who gave so much thought to other fields besides religion that exhibit different beliefs within one framework.

I'd say Philosophy is the only one mentioned that really fits. The others - music, food, etc. reflect different tastes, that developed independently of each other, but not really different beliefs.

Also, it's not unusual and considered perfectly acceptable, for people to enjoy several types of music and cuisines once exposed to them. But you can have just one philosophy or religion at a time.

I think art easily qualifies as well - very divergent to beliefs about and forms of art.

Fashion probably qualifies as well - no consensus on what looks good

Meanwhile, It's OK to like different kinds of art and fashion at the same time. It's called being eclectic. So , in that way, they're different from religion which requires you to identify with a certain religion or not. Granted, some people may not want to identify with a particular religion or any religion, but their attitudes are not considered to be socially acceptable.

I know many people who blend different faith traditions within the one they officially practice.

Art really has extremely different ideas about what art is and how best to express it. Being a practicing artist involves many different beliefs.

If you want to be ridgid and literal minded - obviously they are not exactly the same. But OPs question was what other categories involve many different belief systems. When you think about it, many important areas of life involve a great range of belief systems .

[Anonymous]

FWIW, the original post reads like an AI chat to me.

I suspect that seeing differences as differences in style rather than differences in perspective or systems of belief is likely a limited understanding of the field itself and/or related to issues with flexible thinking and transferable skills.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:FWIW, the original post reads like an AI chat to me.

I suspect that seeing differences as differences in style rather than differences in perspective or systems of belief is likely a limited understanding of the field itself and/or related to issues with flexible thinking and transferable skills.

??? Reads like an AI chat.

[Anonymous]

There will always be conspiracy theories - science based or not.

With social media, it's much easier to convince others and spread.

There was a Harvard study that survied that 1 in 3 people are convinced aliens, posing as humans, live among us. The paper lacked evidence and not peer reviwed fwuw.
But you get the point

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There will always be conspiracy theories - science based or not.

With social media, it's much easier to convince others and spread.

There was a Harvard study that survied that 1 in 3 people are convinced aliens, posing as humans, live among us. The paper lacked evidence and not peer reviwed fwuw.
But you get the point

Social media makes things easier to spread, but to convince others??? of some of the crap on social media?????