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| − | athieism is the truth christianity is nothing but a lie that harms more then it helps,there is no god and we did evolve.
| + | '''Religion''' is a system of belief and practices shared by a community that attempts to answer the ultimate questions of life and death, and, in doing so, goes beyond the verifiable. Religions frequently involve [[supernatural]] elements such as [[gods and goddesses]], [[angels]] and [[demons]], ancestors, transmigratory souls, and [[heaven]], [[purgatory]] and [[hell]]. Developed religions generally consist of a central creed or body of beliefs, an ethical component (i.e. a code of morals), a body of literature or holy texts or stories, a set of individual and communal practices. Religion played a major role in all human societies prior to the twentieth century. It is a core belief of [[conservatives]] that the recent decline in religious observation are a key source of the undermining of social and moral order. |
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| | + | [[Evangelicals]] disparage the term "religion" as a system of works by which human beings attempt to approach [[God]] without a personal relationship with [[Jesus Christ]]. According to them, for the person who is born again, religion can only interfere and distract from that prayerful union. |
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| | + | == Religions == |
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| | + | * [[Animism]] |
| | + | * [[Bahá'í]] |
| | + | * [[Buddhism]] |
| | + | * [[Cao Dai]] |
| | + | * [[Christianity]] |
| | + | * [[Discordianism]] |
| | + | * [[Hinduism]] |
| | + | * [[Islam]] |
| | + | * [[Jainism]] |
| | + | * [[Jehovah's Witnesses]] |
| | + | * [[Juche]] |
| | + | * [[Judaism]] |
| | + | * [[Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints|Mormonism]] |
| | + | * [[New Age]] beliefs |
| | + | * [[Paganism]] |
| | + | * [[Rastafari movement]] |
| | + | * [[Satanism]] |
| | + | * [[Scientology]] |
| | + | * [[Shamanism]] |
| | + | * [[Shintoism]] |
| | + | * [[Sikhism]] |
| | + | * [[Church of the SubGenius|SubGeniism]] |
| | + | * [[Wicca]] |
| | + | * [[Zoroastrianism]] |
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| | + | ==References== |
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| | + | ==See Also== |
| | + | *[[Atheism]], a lack of belief in the existence of a god or gods |
| | + | * [[Agnostic]], can't make one's mind up about the existence of a god or gods |
| | + | *[[Naturalistic religions]] |
| | + | *[[Secular Humanism]], an approach to moral philosophy |
| | + | *[[World Religions by Number of Followers]] |
| | + | *[[Flying Spaghetti Monster|The Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster]], a parody of religion. |
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| | + | [[Category:Religion]] |