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”

 

• The swivel-eyed, the glass-eyed and the cross-eyed | Simon Hoggart

  
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  Leading Tory MPs is far harder than herding a sackful of kittens No sign of David Cameron in the Commons chamber. Perhaps he was lying in a darkened room, or consulting a hermit on top of a Himalayan mountain. His party appears to be disintegrating into endless factions beneath him. Loonies versus sort-of sane. ...
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• Church of Scotland votes to allow gay ministers

  
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  General assembly votes to allow congregations to admit gay ministers but only if they specifically elect to do so The Church of Scotland, the countrys largest Protestant church, has narrowly voted to admit gay and lesbian ministers after traditionalists agreed to compromise after four years of division. The churchs ...
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• Justices Take Case on Prayer at Town Board Meetings

  
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  A federal appeals court found that though the prayer at meetings in Greece, N.Y., could be given by members of all faiths and atheists, in practice almost all of the chaplains were Christian. Read this article: Justices Take Case on Prayer at Town Board Meetings
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• Church of Scotland votes to allow ordaining ministers in same-sex relationships

  
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  The General Assembly of the Church of Scotland has passed a motion to allow the ordination and appointment of ministers in same-sex relationships. On Monday evening Assembly commissioners voted in favour of a proposal that allows liberal parishes to opt out of the church’s policy on homosexuality. The move has ...
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• Cardinal skips Boston College commencement in abortion protest

  
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  Presence of Irish prime minister Enda Kenny, who supports bill to allow abortion, prompts Cardinal Sean OMalleys withdrawal Cardinal Sean OMalley, the leader of the Boston archdiocese, skipped Boston Colleges commencement on Monday because of the involvement of the Irish prime minister, Enda Kenny, who supports a ...
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• Headline Of The Day

  
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  The BBC has the story : The Church of Scotlands ruling General Assembly has voted to allow actively gay men and women to become ministers. Assembly commissioners in Edinburgh voted in favour of a proposal that allows liberal parishes to opt out of the churchs policy on homosexuality. The decision will have to be ...
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• The Path of the Warrior

  
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• Muslims And The War On Terror – OpEd

  
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  By Faisal Kutty A tipoff from a prominent Toronto imam more than a year ago appears to be at the heart of arrests at the end of April in the alleged VIA Rail terror plot in Canada. In fact, counterterrorism police began their press briefing by thanking Muslim leaders. Even in the Boston marathon ...
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• Faith-based organisations: should dogma be left out of development?

  
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  • Does religion help of hinder development? • How should faith-based NGOs frame the work they do? • What is best practice in engaging with faith communities? • Have your say on Thursday 23 May at 1pm BST The role of faith in development was once too uncomfortable a subject to grapple with publicly. Now, ...
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• FRC Commends SCOTUS for Taking Town of Greece v. Galloway, Could be Most Momentous Religious Liberty Victory in Decades

  
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  WASHINGTON, May 20, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Family Research Council (FRC) commends the U.S. Supreme Court for its decision today granting review in Town of Greece v. Galloway. If the Court decides in favor of the town of Greece, the decision could become the most significant...
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• Helen Prejean Keeps Campaigning for Repeal

  
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  "Sister Helen Prejeans passion to end the death penalty is a challenge to others," is the New Orleans Times-Picayune profile written by Sheila Stroup. Its available in a slightly abbreviated version, "After 2 decades, nuns crusade continues," via AP and...
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• Sandwich Priest Suspended For Plagiarizing Sermons

  
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  A priest on Cape Cod has been suspended for plagiarizing sermons. The Rev. John McGinn, 65, of St. John’s Episcopal Church in Sandwich was placed on administrative leave earlier this month after the diocese learned he had allegedly been using other preachers’ sermons since 2006.
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• Muslima exhibition: interviews and art by Muslim women

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 986
  Muslima is an online exhibition showcasing the voices, stories and work of diverse Muslim women across the world. Veronique Mistiaen reports "The only woman it seems permissible to judge and even ridicule today is the Muslim woman," says Samina Ali. "What other woman faces as much scrutiny or is the target of random ...
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• Protip: Immaculate Conception is not the Virgin Birth

  
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  Did you hear about the anteater that conceived a baby even though she had no male mate around? I mean, she had a mate, but he was removed from her area longer than the six months required to gestate a baby anteater. Theories for how this miracle happened include the very non-miraculous idea that the [...]
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• Czech President Milos Zeman in gay-rights dispute

  
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  ASSOCIATED PRESS PRAGUE -- Czech President Milos Zeman is being criticized for refusing to grant a university professorship - the nations top academic title - to a critic of his, allegedly because the man is also a gay rights activist. Zeman has refused to fully explain his stance, saying he doesnt want ...
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• Time to replace Communism with political Islam on immigration application?

  
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  Is it not time to update the application form, substituting political Islam for Communism?Of course, the question alone would do nothing to uncover deceit on the part of a determined terrorist. But it would establish the principle that adherence to political Islam, with its dreams of a society ruled by Shariah (not to ...
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• Creationism and revisionist history threaten to invade our classrooms | Zack Kopplin

  
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  We have to stop state legislators from sneaking creationist and revisionist textbooks into public schools Louisianas legislators are continuing their legislative jihad to keep the theory of evolution out of the states public school science classrooms. On 1 May, legislators killed a bill to repeal Louisianas ...
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• Religion Teacher and Campus Ministry – Sacred Heart of Jesus High School (Jackson, TN)

  
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  RELIGION TEACHER AND CAMPUS MINISTRY Education: Middle/High School, FT EmployeeSacred Heart of Jesus High School (Jackson, TN)Qualification Guidelines: * Minimum academic preparation is a Bachelors degree preferably in Theology or Catechetics. * Must ...
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• Pastor Convicted For Crossing Police Barricade Blocking Christians From Ministering To Homosexuals

  
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  Excerpted from Christian News : Fort Worth, Texas – A Texas pastor and a member his church have been found guilty of crossing a police barricade during a homosexual pride festival last year. As previously reported, Pastor Joey Faust says that he and other members of his church, Kingdom Baptist Church in Venus, ...
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• Gays Are ‘Very Sick People Psychologically, Mentally And Emotionally’ Says GOP Lt. Gov. Nominee

  
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  Delegates from the Republican Party of Virginia officially nominated an anti-gay extremist, Tea Party candidate E.W. Jackson, as their Lt. Governor nominee after four ballot votes that took ten hours Saturday night. Jackson, a Christian minister, has a long, documented record of attacking gay people, ...
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