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| | According to them, for the person who is born again, "religion" can only interfere and distract from that prayerful union. | | 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 == | + | == List of religions == |
| | + | Religions can be classified according to how many gods the religion recognises. |
| | + | === Monotheistic religions === |
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| | + | Monotheistic ("one god") religions are followed by the vast majority of the world's population. |
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| − | * [[Animism]]
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| − | * [[Bahá'í]]
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| − | * [[Buddhism]]
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| − | * [[Cao Dai]]
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| | * [[Christianity]] | | * [[Christianity]] |
| − | * [[Discordianism]]
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| − | * [[Hinduism]]
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| | * [[Islam]] | | * [[Islam]] |
| − | * [[Jainism]]
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| | * [[Jehovah's Witnesses]] | | * [[Jehovah's Witnesses]] |
| − | * [[Juche]]
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| | * [[Judaism]] | | * [[Judaism]] |
| | * [[Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints|Mormonism]] | | * [[Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints|Mormonism]] |
| − | * [[New Age]] beliefs | + | * [[Rastafari movement]] |
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| | + | === Polytheistic religions === |
| | + | Polytheistic ("many gods") religions believe in multiple gods or spirits or other supernatural being needing to be worshipped. |
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| | + | * [[Animism]] |
| | + | * [[Cao Dai]] |
| | * [[Paganism]] | | * [[Paganism]] |
| − | * [[Rastafari movement]]
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| | * [[Satanism]] | | * [[Satanism]] |
| − | * [[Scientology]]
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| | * [[Shamanism]] | | * [[Shamanism]] |
| − | * [[Shintoism]] | + | * [[Wicca]] |
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| | + | === Pantheistic religions === |
| | + | Pantheistic ("all is god") religions believe that all of creation or nature is a god. |
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| | + | * [[Bahá'í]] |
| | + | * [[Buddhism]] |
| | + | * [[Hinduism]] |
| | + | * [[Jainism]] |
| | + | * [[New Age]] beliefs |
| | * [[Sikhism]] | | * [[Sikhism]] |
| | + | * [[Zoroastrianism]] |
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| | + | === Atheistic religions === |
| | + | Atheistic ("no-god") religions believe that there is no god or gods. |
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| | + | * [[Atheism]] |
| | + | * [[Agnostic]]ism |
| | + | * [[Secular Humanism]] |
| | + | * [[Scientology]] |
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| | + | === Parody and joke religions === |
| | + | Several "religions" have been invented in an effort to denigrate traditional religions. As a rule, these religions do not have followers who actually believe the tenets of the religions. |
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| | * [[Church of the SubGenius|SubGeniism]] | | * [[Church of the SubGenius|SubGeniism]] |
| − | * [[Wicca]] | + | * [[Flying Spaghetti Monster|The Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster]] |
| − | * [[Zoroastrianism]] | + | * [[Discordianism]] |
| | + | * [[Jedi]] |
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| | + | === Unknown === |
| | + | * [[Juche]] |
| | + | * [[Shintoism]] |
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| | ==References== | | ==References== |
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| | ==See Also== | | ==See Also== |
| − | *[[Atheism]], a lack of belief in the existence of a god or gods
| + | * [[World Religions by Number of Followers]] |
| − | * [[Agnostic]], can't make one's mind up about the existence of a god or gods
| + | * [[Flying Spaghetti Monster|The Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster]], a parody of religion. |
| − | *[[Naturalistic religions]]
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| − | *[[Secular Humanism]], an approach to moral philosophy
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| − | *[[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]] | | [[Category:Religion]] |