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”

• Muslim Prayers Fuel Spiritual Rebuilding Project by Ground Zero

  
  NewsHunter.org — Authority: 163
  A building damaged on 9/11 and then abandoned has become a prayer space, envisioned as a future Islamic cultural, educational and recreational center.
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• Ovi Magazine - Medicine and religion: The spiritual dimension of the migraine aura

  
  Integral Options Cafe — Authority: 438
  Interesting article - I would not want to suffer the pain of migraines (having had them as an adolescent) no matter what spiritual element comes with them. Some research not mentioned here indicates that migraines are related to mini-strokes in the brain, or increase the risk factor remarkably , which makes them ...
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• Two Upcoming Interfaith Gatherings

  
  The Ojai Post — Authority: 136
  The winter season is a time of cold and dark in our hemisphere, and thus has arisen historically as a time for cultural and religious traditions that center around warmth and light in many forms. There are two such opportunities to connect as a community in the coming week: Dec 10 - Join Ventura County Clergy ...
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• Remarkable Iranian protests

  
  Orange Punch — Authority: 144
  Middle Eastern expert Juan Cole — not always right but with a better track record than most and a from-the-first opponent of the Iraq war — has an extensive post including several videos on the Students Day protests in Iran yesterday. He was impressed with the extensive nature of the protests — in over a ...
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• The Naughty List: Christians Organize Blacklist of Businesses Failing To Wish Customers “Merry Christmas”

  
  JONATHAN TURLEY — Authority: 619
  Christians are now organizing a boycott against businesses that fail to wish everyone “Merry Christmas” or use that offensive greeting “Happy Holidays.” Stores are being monitored and blacklisted for just wishing everyone “Happy Holidays” instead of referencing Christmas specifically. The site ...
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• Books 44, 45, 46... Six to go!

  
  bigBADbobby.blogspot.com — Authority: 127
  Book #46 = "The Shack" by William Young, 3/5 Stars Macks conversation with Sarayu at the end of the book really saved it from getting one or two stars, because the core of my own belief rests much on what she said: verbs are action, nouns are dead, rules dont answer emotional questions (and the emotional questions ...
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• Episcopalians house homeless gay youth

  
  Box Turtle Bulletin — Authority: 654
  Matthew 25:34-40 “Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world. For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and ...
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• News: Luke and Noah, Venezuela, Bollywood, HIV, Chad White

  
  -Towleroad News- [#gay] — Authority: 756
  TSA leaks entire screening procedures manual . In response to the Manhattan Declaration , the Affirmation Declaration . Send a good-bye kiss to daytime TVs pioneering gay couple Luke and Noah . UCLA researchers: stem cells can be engineered to kill HIV : "We have demonstrated in this ...
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• NYT > World: Muslim Prayers Fuel Spiritual Rebuilding Project by Ground Zero

  
  A Couple Things — Authority: 174
  This is a syndicated post. Original article from NYT > World , available at NYT > World . A building damaged on 9/11 and then abandoned has become a prayer space, envisioned as a future Islamic cultural, educational and recreational center.
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• Muslim Prayers Fuel Spiritual Rebuilding Project by Ground Zero

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 902
  Men exited a building that houses a mosque around the corner from he former World Trade Center site. Burlington Coat Factory operated a store at the location until September 11, 2001 but it has remained vacant since then, only recently being utilized as a place of worship.
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• Conservative & liberal voices raised together against anti-gay Ugandan law

  
  BaptistPlanet — Authority: 146
  Candace Chellew-Hodge puts to sleep the view that Christian leaders signing the statement [.pdf] are just lefties . Theyre a truly diverse group.
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• Texas AG to question jurors for polygamist trial

  
  News — Authority: 159
  ELDORADO, Texas -- Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott made a surprise appearance Tuesday at the trial of a polygamist group member, to question potential jurors in the sexual assault case. read more
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• On Altruism and Compassion in Economic Systems

  
  Animal Person — Authority: 488
  Next years Mind and Life Conference is called "Altruism and Compassion in Economic Systems: A Dialogue Between Economics, Neuroscience and Contemplative Sciences." Heres a quote from the homepage of the conferences site, CompassionEconomics.org : "The ongoing global financial crisis shows clearly just how ...
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• St. John Parish declares emergency, expects more rain,flooding

  
  NOLA.com — Authority: 666
  Brett Duke / The Times-PicayuneThe Hale Boggs Bridge is reflected in a flooded field near the bridge in Luling. Faced with the potential for more rain as more residents report flooded homes after last nights deluge overpowered pumps in...
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• Money and Marriage - Divorce Declines in Great Recession

  
  The Foundry — Authority: 745
  A new report -The 2009 “State of our Unions” - out of the National Marriage Project at the University of Virginia and the Institute for American Values , reports that divorce fell during the first full year of the Great Recession, the first annual dip since 2005. “Tough times foster real family solidarity ...
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• Anglo Saxon Attitudes

  
  Harry's Place — Authority: 663
  A priest wrote to the Times a week or so ago on the subject of the abuse of children in the Roman Catholic church. His first point - that such abuse is inexcusable and represents a terrible misuse of clerical power –  is uncontroversial. His second point –  that such abuse is something that only seems to ...
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• The 2 Gay Rabbinical Students Whose Own School Will Never Call Them Rabbi

  
  Queerty — Authority: 705
  Were not quite sure to say this is the "feel good gay Jewish story of the year," but news that gay American rabbinical students are being treated as equals at Jerusalems Machon Schechter, a Conservative outpost, is great news. CONTINUED » Permalink | Post a comment | Add to del.icio.us Tagged: Aaron ...
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• Sarkozy defends Switzerland minaret ban

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 987
  President calls for Frances Muslims to practice a discreet form of the religion Nicolas Sarkozy yesterday voiced sympathy for Switzerlands controversial decision to ban the building of Muslim minarets, calling on religious practitioners to avoid "ostentation" and "provocation" for fear of upsetting others. The ...
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• Conversations with History – Laurence R. Simon

  
  MarcGopin.com — Authority: 123
  Conversations with History – Laurence R. Simon “Global Poverty, Development, and Social Change” Conversations host Harry Kreisler welcomes Professor Laurence R. Simon of Brandeis University (pictured above) for a discussion of the role of non governmental organizations in addressing global poverty.
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• Iamanutjob Speaks…

  
  Stix Blog ver 4.0 — Authority: 156
  and as usual nonsense comes out of his mouth.  He is still Hell Bent on bringing back the little Imam from the well.   Now he is saying the US is blocking the Mahdi’s return because Iran will be the center of  the saviour’s return. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad claims the United States is ...
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