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'''Sacred''' is the state of being [[Holiness|holy]], reserved for [[worship]] or associated with worship in a given [[culture]] or [[religion]], as contrast with [[profane]] which is of the earth, daily, and common.   
 
'''Sacred''' is the state of being [[Holiness|holy]], reserved for [[worship]] or associated with worship in a given [[culture]] or [[religion]], as contrast with [[profane]] which is of the earth, daily, and common.   
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Every [[religion]] has both things and ideas that are sacred, for example: the [[Torah]], [[Bible]] and Qu'ran in the three [[Abraham]]ic religions, but also, places can be sacred, like [[church]]es, [[mountain]]s where a prophet received his revelation, or cities where the religious leader died.  
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Every religion has both things and ideas that are sacred, for example: the [[Torah]], [[Bible]] and Qu'ran in the three [[Abraham]]ic religions, but also, places can be sacred, like [[church]]es, [[mountain]]s where a prophet received his revelation, or cities where the religious leader died.  
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What is sacred to one religion or culture is not necessarily sacred to another, and may even be a profane idea.  Pagans are supposed to have considered non-monogomous sexuality to be sacred.  [[Christianity|Christians]] found that concept to be a profanity against [[God]]'s [[creation]].
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What is sacred to one religion or [[culture]] is not necessarily sacred to another, and may even be a profane idea.  Pagans are supposed to have considered non-monogomous sexuality to be sacred.  [[Christianity|Christians]] found that concept to be a profanity against [[God]]'s [[creation]].
    
== The term sacred used in secular realms ==
 
== The term sacred used in secular realms ==
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