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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• Philosophy of Religion :: RE: Can the "new atheist" be trusted

  
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• Philosophy of Religion :: RE: Atheism: lets clear a few things up

  
  Philosophy Discussion — Authority: 175
  Author: pjkeeley Posted: Sun Nov 22, 2009 5:03 am (GMT -5) OTavern wrote: That depends on your perspective of God. If God is all-knowing and all-loving, the quintessential moral being, then His opinion would certainly count. Yes, but Im not convinced that Gods opinion would count more than the ...
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