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”

• Orgy of Mass Delusion at Morningstar Revival

  
  Proud Atheists — Authority: 126
  A video I found on askegg’s youtube channel. At the beginning, (0:22) woman claims that a dead person was raised along with other fictitious miracles. Notice how loosely the word “miracle” is often used in this video. * How can the people that believe this stuff look at themselves in the mirror? ...
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• Questionnaire: Are You A Jew? [Gawker Questionnaire]

  
  Gawker — Authority: 864
  So! In foggy London town, people are wondering who is a Jew and who is not a Jew! Why cant we all be Jews? Because some Jews are more Jewy than other Jews , apparently. Are you? Find out! Question 1: What did you have for breakfast this morning? (A) A bacon, egg, and cheese sandwich. (B) Eggs Benedict. (C) ...
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• Quiverfulls - Wingnut Arrows of War

  
  Silenced Majority Portal — Authority: 148
  Arrows for the War This is the wierdest yet. It comes from The Nation. Fascinating article - scary. Huge Christian families. One 44 year old described in the article lives in Georgia and has eight children. A 39 year old...
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• Video Of The Day

  
  Black & Right — Authority: 588
  Secretary Napolitano, here’s your right-wing extremists…. Maybe she should check into the super secret group “Revolution Muslim.” An officer and a gentleman was injured while partaking in a preemptive* attack. Get Well Soon Major Nidal. We Love You They have a website .
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• Transsexual Jesus Play Stirs Controversy

  
  The Admonition — Authority: 138
  Society as a whole continues its downward spiral as a new play about a transsexual Jesus hits the stage. Playwright Jo Clifford, formerly John Clifford, wrote and stars in the controversial play. The odd thing about it is that Clifford can’t seem to figure out why there has been such an uproar over the play. ...
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• The Enemy Within

  
  Political Byline — Authority: 613
  (H/T Wizbang Politics ) The sick part is Democrats are in lock step with these terrorists. Related Posts: An Interesting Movie Other Side of the Story">The Automotive Bailouts: The Other Side of the Story Terrorist plot to blow up Jewish Synagogues in the Bronx thwarted Bob Barr, The Right ...
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• Noachian Flood Reconstructed

  
  Greg Laden's Blog — Authority: 641
  Those people were gambling and consorting with donkeys. They deserved to die. Read the comments on this post...
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• 232 – For fun and Prophet

  
  Luke Surl Comics — Authority: 522
  To be honest, for all anyone knows about interpretive dance, this could equally well be Buddha, Jesus, Moses or simply just my cat.
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• Guruvayur kshetra

  
  The Hindu - Property Plus - Chennai — Authority: 197
  Chennai: One of the oldest idols in worship is that of Lord Guruvayurappan. Prasni and Sutapas were a childless couple, who prayed to Lord Narayana for progeny. The Lord appeared before them and Prasni said that she wanted the Lord Himself to ...
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• The Affordable Health Care for America Act

  
  The Moderate Voice — Authority: 729
  Yes, it’s an historic achievement : Health-care reform passed the House, quite literally, at the eleventh hour. It passed with a slim, two-vote margin. But it passed. That is more than has ever happened before. More than Truman or Nixon or Carter or Clinton managed. More than Rayburn or O’Neill or Gingrich ...
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• No sex please – we’re Catholic

  
  In a strange land — Authority: 474
  Apparently there’s going to be a new Health and Physical Education National Curriculum, which is going to include sex education. I say apparently, because google as I might, and search through ministers’ and departments websites, the only reference I could find to it was in an article in the Sydney Morning ...
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• Alabama Hosts Convention Of Still Completely Homosexual "Ex-Gays"

  
  Joe. My. God. — Authority: 721
  Focus On The Familys final "ex-gay" conference is being held in Birmingham this weekend, where anti-"ex-gay" activist Wayne Besen spoke at the University of Alabama to expose the myths and dangers of their "pray away the gay" campaign. Embroiled in financial difficulties and layoffs, Focus of the Family has handed ...
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• John Turturro

  
  Eclecticity — Authority: 510
  as Jesus Quintana.
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• “infidels should have their throats cut”

  
  The Unwanted Blog — Authority: 435
  Oh, lovely. Once again, leave it to the *non* American media to dig up the more important parts of the back-story. From the Telegraph (not, strangely, MSNBC): Major Nidal Malik Hasan, the gunman who killed 13 at America’s Fort Hood military base, once gave a lecture to other doctors in which he said ...
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• North Texas billboards arguing Biblical embrace of gay lifestyle

  
  BaptistPlanet — Authority: 533
  Metropolitan Community Churches sponsor the four billboards between Fort Worth and Grand Prairie. There is an attendant Web site:They have of course provoked some support and more rebuttal [as you can see in the video]. Tagged: homosexual, homosexuality, Texas
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• Be AWARE and MAKE YOUR VOICES HEARD!

  
  Desert Conservative — Authority: 541
  The Canadian Free Press has an article titled, ‘Another Muslim Executed Massacre in the U.S.A.,’ that sets forth the truth about the Ft Hood shootings. Our President and the Left do not want this to be made known! Lee “The truth is that on 5 November 2009 Muslim and US Army Officer Nidal Malik Hasan massacred ...
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• Stoned to Death for Having Unmarried Sex in Somalia

  
  IT DAWNED ON ME — Authority: 106
  33-year-old Abas Hussein Abdirahman, who confessed to adultery in an Islamic court, was stoned to death on 11/7/09 in Somalia for having sex with his girlfriend. She will be stoned to death after she gives birth to their baby. The BBC reports that an eyewitness…one of 300 to the stoning…said that Abas “…was ...
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• Sam Harris - Stem Cells and Morality

  
  CVN Health — Authority: 146
  A section from Sam Harris’ talk at the Beyond Belief 2 conference. Harris argues that religion obscures moral intuitions, using the case of stem cells. Check out The Science Network at thesciencenetwork.org
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• Just An Observation

  
  Everyday Citizen — Authority: 530
  Jesus never told or asked rich people how they intended to "convert" the poor.Rather, he offered invitations like, "Give all you have to the poor and come and follow me."Maybe our ministry is really to and for the well-to-do - a ministry of giving it all away. What do you think?
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• Those Moderate Muslims!

  
  small dead animals — Authority: 660
  Its reassuring to know that a bizarre coincidence like attending the same extremist mosque as two of the September 11 man-caused disasterists wouldnt keep a fellow from participating in a Presidential task force on homeland security (pdf). Feel good stories like that cant help but promote greater tolerance! ...
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