Religion


 * For || Against ||
 * Allowing people to think more freely, more Catholics then Protestants, because there are more Catholics || People are loosing faith in the church because of the priests acting badly ||
 * It was good for religion because it would loose prestige, when people started losing faith, catholic church lost control (way we think and way we speak) idea of renaissance city allowed humanism to emerge. || Allowing people to think more freely, more Catholics then Protestants, because there are more Catholics which is bad because back in time, the protestants were against the church and by going back, we would need to have more protestants, so since there are more Catholics, we are against being a renaissance city ||
 * In the renaissance people moved away from the religious practice and more into individualism, people are still believing in god, making it more personal || Church is trying to return back to the old tradition, however in today's technologically advanced society there is a slim chance that people will ever want to return to the old tradition. Christians are also spending 7 times as much time on entertainment as they are on spiritual practices. ||
 * Individuals are looking for their own religions, just like the humanisms did in the Renaissance times || Shift was a focus of the old world to the new world, and we don’t want to go back, so it can’t be a renaissance ||
 * Before the reformation, everyone was a catholic, but now there are over 20 thousand cultural groups, which means more choice, more freedom, and more beliefs. || Not just religion but we truly cant learn anything else from the Greek or Romans, and we would have to go back to the traditional thinking, which isn’t really going to happen now-a-days. ||
 * People are re-evaluating their world-view and stating their opinion. || We would have to redefine the world renaissance, and we don’t have enough support to do that. ||

As a group, we decided that we are all against the question “does Calgary possesses the qualities needed to become a renaissance city?" We are against it because even if there is a change, it wont be as drastic as becoming a renaissance city. Or the same //idea// as a renaissance, where one person rules the city, and religion in a culture, not a personal choice.