Abdelgadir Rahel M.
BSIE 5TH Year
SOC 100A-3 (55599 P)
Theological stage
Example 1: Animism
Animism is thought to be the
belief system that laid the
groundwork for the notion of a
soul and the animation of
traditionally inanimate
objects, allowing every world
religion to take those basic
principles in other directions.
Though earlier philosophers
such as Aristotle and Thomas
Aquinas discussed animism,
the formal definition was
postulated by Sir Edward
Taylor late in the 19th century.
Examples of Animism can be
seen in forms of Shinto,
Hinduism, Buddhism,
pantheism, Paganism, and
Neopaganism.
Example 2: Polytheism
Polytheism, the belief in many
gods. Polytheism characterizes
virtually all religions other
than Judaism, Christianity,
and Islam, which share a
common tradition of
monotheism, the belief in one
God. Sometimes above the
many gods a polytheistic
religion will have a supreme
creator and focus of devotion,
as in certain phases of
Hinduism sometimes the gods
are considered as less
important than some higher
goal, state, or saviour, as in
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Metaphysical Stage
Metaphysical Stage
is the extension of the
theological stage. It refers to
explanation by impersonal
abstract concepts. People often
tried to believe that God is an
abstract being. They believe
that an abstract power or force
guides and determines events
in the world. Metaphysical
thinking discards belief in a
concrete God. The nature of
inquiry was legal and rational
in nature.
Example 1:
People in metaphysical stage
believe in God, however, they
do not explain, everything
which happens in the society
is due to the will of God.
Example 2:
In Classical Hindu Indian
society the principle of the
transmigration of the soul, the
conception of rebirth, notions
of pursuant were largely
governed by metaphysical
uphill.
Positive Stage
The Positivity stage, also
known as the scientific stage,
refers to scientific explanation
based on observation,
experiment, and comparison.
Positive explanations rely
upon a distinct method, the
scientific method, for their
justification. Today people
attempt to establish cause and
effect relationships. Positivism
is a purely intellectual way of
looking at the world; as well,
it emphasizes observation and
classification of data and facts.
This is the highest, most
evolved behavior according to
Comte.
 The Positive stage,
also known as the
scientific stage, refers
to scientific
explanation based on
observation,
experiment, and
comparison.
 This stage represents
the scientific way of
thinking.
 Positive explanations
rely upon a distinct
method, the scientific
method, for its
Buddhism; sometimes one god
will prove more dominant than
the others without attaining
overall supremacy, as Zeus in
Greek religion. Typically,
polytheistic cultures include
belief in many demonic and
ghostly forces in addition to
the gods, and some
supernatural beings will be
malevolent; even in
monotheistic religions there
can be belief in many demons,
as in New Testament
Christianity.
justification. During
this stage, man tried to
establish cause and
effect relationship.
 Positivism is a purely
intellectual way of
looking at the world;
as well it puts
emphasizes on
observation and
classification of data
and facts.
 At this stage the
concept of God is
totally vanished from
human mind.
 This stage is governed
by industrial
administrative and
scientific moral guides.