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Essay / Natural spiritualism in Javanese cultural religion...
Natural spiritualism in Javanese cultural religion as seen in the story "The Queen of the South Sea", Nyi Roro KidulA. Background Since religion is the philosophy that attempts to understand the concepts involved in religious belief, religious believers must account for experiences such as those of being in the presence of God, or being able to realize a timeless and eternal divine order in the universe (he clarified the concept of religion). Unlike what happened to the Javanese who still believe in what they call a natural phenomenon which influenced spiritualism. They showed that there are still many cultural things that they believe in as God or that they consider an addiction that they believe in and trust in their lives. Nyi or Nyai Roro Kidul is one of the natural phenomena that became spiritual phenomena that happened to the Javanese people, especially for those living in the South Java Sea like in Yogyakarta. From this conception of belief, we can consider that the Javanese people accept the concept of deism. Deism, a rationalist religious philosophy, flourished in the 17th and 18th centuries, particularly in England. In general, deists held that a certain type of religious knowledge (sometimes called natural religion) is either inherent in every person or accessible through the exercise of reason, but they denied the validity of religious claims based on revelation or on the specific teachings of a church. . Deism can be similar to naturalism, where the concept of belief is always influenced by natural things. Therefore, deism will often praise the formation of life and the universe by a higher power which, by design, allows only natural processes to control creation. The decision to choose this subject is to present the issues of natural spiritualism which develop behind cultural belief. this occurs in the Javanese belief of Nyi or Nyai Roro Kidul cultural phenomena. Moreover, the mystery of several things that influence people to believe this cultural belief becomes the important part that will be explained. As the main reason to discuss, deism can be found among the Javanese, life becomes the central problem or subject. The concept of deism covers a wide variety of positions on a wide variety of religious issues. Deism can also refer to a personal set of beliefs related to the role of nature in spirituality..