RELIGION

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.

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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “RELIGION”

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  Something significant happened during the silly yammering about gay public sex tents which San Francisco will never see erected.The Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles chose as a bishop the Rev. Canon Mary D. Glasspool, a lesbian who has been in a partnered relationship for two decades, and was rebuked by Archbishop of ...
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• Peace Bro, Peace!

  
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• Re: Christmas tree

  
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  Quote from: Kentucky Kache on Today at 03:52:24 PM But its not MY faith Im talking about. It is my faith, but its not truth because I believe it. And being truth means there is no other truth. Jesus said, by your TRADITIONS you make the word of God of no effect. No, no one needs to believe because I do, but ...
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• And I thought I had trolls

  
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• Zion is a State of Mind

  
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• Daily Scripture Readings Monday December 7 2009 2nd Week of Advent

  
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• To Miss Bliss – Namaste!

  
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• Urgent Request

  
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• Roots by Bouzouki

  
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• Hizb ut-Tahrir recruits Midlands youth to “liberate” British soldiers (permanently) in Afghanistan

  
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• Why Radical Islam Is A Threat

  
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• Hasidic Rabbi Helps Montana Police Officer Speak Hebrew to His Dog

  
  The Moderate Voice — Authority: 711
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• That’s the Way the World Ends (Preview)

  
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• The Crusade Continues

  
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• Harper’s stance explained

  
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• Obama’s Hope is All Afghanistan Has Left: Berliner Zeitung, Germany

  
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• Archbishop of Canterbury rebukes Episcopal leaders after L.A. diocese elects gay bishop

  
  L.A. NOW — Authority: 815
  The spiritual leader of the global Anglican Communion issued an unusually sharp and swift rebuke to Episcopal Church leaders over the election of an openly gay bishop in the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles. In a terse statement, Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams delivered a warning to bishops, clergy and lay ...
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