Religion is as old as humankind. With the dawn of language came the perennial questions: Who am I? Why am I here? What is death? Thus, religion was born, describing a supernatural world beyond our ordinary senses.
Religion usually involves belief in a personal God or gods. Religious dogma -- principles laid down by an authority -- are taken by believers to be true on faith.
Religion deals with meaning and values -- questions of "why." Compare this with science, which deals with facts and theories, in search of answering "how."
The most frequently practiced religions (or lack thereof) in the world today are: Christianity (2.1 billion); Islam (1.5 billion); and secular/nonreligious/agnostic/atheists (1.1 billion).
Watch the geography of 5,000 years of religion evolve.
Religion is considered an impolite topic -- hence its popularity in the blogosphere.
by NBKelly
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