"Or don't use protection, contract HIV, and the consequences of your actions will always be with you no matter how much you confess to God. "Removing the religious perception that carrying a condom is immoral is difficult, but once people realise that you are talking a lot of sense, they start to listen to you".
"If the cross is presented in a way that ties it to the history of its discovery and the religious perception of it by some firefighters or neighbors, then the museum would be framing it as a historical artifact, rather than as a symbol deserving religious reverence," Professor Lupu said.
Mr. Shumaker, a physicist, added, "You talk about immortality, you start offending people's religious perceptions".
Additionally, different religious perceptions affected the interpretation of disease by these two groups.
Religious perceptions shape a person's understanding of the world and are maintained through texts and tradition.
Parents may decide not to allow their daughters to be vaccinated, based on cultural or religious perceptions about sexual activity.
4) The prevalent magico-religious perception of diseases and opting for traditional healing in rural communities may hinder the reporting of headaches [13, 25].
Key themes covered included perceptions of risk in pregnancy and associated behaviours; medico-religious perceptions; factors related to utilization of care and treatments; use and non-use of health services; health information; issues regarding coverage, utilization and access.
The use of renal transplantation is very limited for a number of reasons which include: the costs of kidney transplantation are unaffordable for the majority of the population; cultural and religious beliefs; perception of the law; lack of information about organ donation; and lack of infrastructure and skilled health personnel [ 38].
Studies reported on the association of perceived social support, religious participation, perceptions of societal inclusion/exclusion (as evident in an inmate's ability to exercise their right to vote), relationships within prison and the perceived or subjective benefits attained through these relationships.
This lack of feedback suggests that the used language (in Spanish) was probably too academic for a population who speaks an indigenous language and has its own risk religious-sincretic perception of El Chichόn's activity (e.g. Macίas Medrano 2005; Vera Cortés 2005).
