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”

• Philosophy of Religion :: RE: Individuality and the Body in a Supposed Afterlife

  
  Philosophy Discussion — Authority: 172
  Author: Nick_A Posted: Mon Nov 09, 2009 10:07 pm (GMT -5) Hi Scott This is hard to explain even theoretically if youre not used to these ideas. Paul explains it well though in 1 Corinthians 15: Quote: 35But someone may ask, "How are the dead raised? With what kind of body will they come?" 36How ...
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• Philosophy of Religion :: Individuality and the Body in a Supposed Afterlife

  
  Philosophy Discussion — Authority: 172
  Author: Scott Subject: Individuality and the Body in a Supposed Afterlife Posted: Mon Nov 09, 2009 9:24 pm (GMT -5) Lets put aside the evidence or lack of evidence of there being an afterlife. Many religions and religious people seem to actually believe that people go on living after their bodies die in some ...
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• Forgive them for they know not…

  
  transforming life — Authority:
  “Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you.”   Hebrews 13:17 Having lunch today with my wife at TGI Friday’s, (great salad by the way) I was ...
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• How many more rules and norms can we break?

  
  The Thinker — Authority: 422
  Justification is an interesting word. In most contexts people use the word “justify” as a means of defending a particular position – albeit, whether it is to give good reason for or to substantiate a posture in a debate – justifications, when used properly can serve to validate just about anything, that is, so ...
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• Ok, So Ft. Hood Shooting IS an Militant Islamic Thing

  
  A Blog by Randy Thomas — Authority: 122
  As more and more details emerge about the Ft. Hood shooter, Hasan, he was definitely trying to align with militant Islamic extremists .  One of these militants, his former Imam, is calling Hasan a “ hero .” I think he is a coward looking for a “righteous” reason to not have to enter into battle.  In fact, ...
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• Daily Bible Readings Tuesday November 10 2009 Memorial of St Leo the Great Pope and Doctor of the Church

  
  A Catholic Site — Authority: 129
  November 10 2009 Tuesday Memorial of Saint Leo the Great, pope and doctor of the Church Saint of the Day – St. Leo the Great About the sources used . The readings on this site are not official for the Mass of Roman Rite of the Catholic Church in the USA, but are from sources free from copyright. They are here ...
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• Muslims Praise Ft. Hood Terrorist

  
  The Foxhole — Authority: 434
  More offerings from the “religion of peace”.The Soldiers at Fort Hood had it coming, says a radical Muslim in Queens who travels to mosques around the city spreading anti-American hate and has sent a “Get Well Soon” message to the Major behind the Texas massacre.“An officer and a gentleman was injured while ...
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• Philosophy of Religion :: RE: What do most muslims believe happen to christians & jews

  
  Philosophy Discussion — Authority: 172
  Author: ape Subject: Re: What do most muslims believe happen to christians & Posted: Mon Nov 09, 2009 7:31 pm (GMT -5) Simon says... wrote: What do most muslims believe happen to christians & jews when they die? Technically speaking the most fundamental principle, "to believe in the existence ...
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• The anti-gay plan to undo hate crimes law

  
  InterstateQ.com — Authority: 103
  Both Queerty and Bilerico have commented on a WND story about a challenge next week to the new hate crimes legislation signed by Obama on Oct. 27. They say anti-gay activists are attempting to call for violence against LGBT people. I think the plan is much simpler and less sinister, but all the more susceptible [...]
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• Underneath the Shooting

  
  Hicham Maged's blog — Authority: 118
  Few days passed since the tragedian shooting took place in Fort Hood and it is clear that ignorance by Islam and Muslims is the theme of this period. Nevertheless, I am not going to participate in the “attacking/defending” scenario which I described in my previous post.I am rather concerned by going behind Maj. ...
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• NYT Gives False Impression That Catholic Medal of Honor Winner Was Muslim

  
  NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias — Authority: 832
  Andrea Elliot’s front page article in the November 9 New York Times played up the thousands of Muslims in the U.S. military and how their “service...is more necessary and more complicated than ever before,” but gave the false impression that a Medal of Honor winner named near the end of her piece was a Muslim ...
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• How we View Sin

  
  My World — Authority: 139
  “We tend to think of sin as we see it in rags and in the gutters of life. We look at a drunkard, poor fellow, and we say, there is sin. But that is not the essence of sin. To have a real picture and a true understanding of sin, you must look at some great saint, some unusually devout and devoted man, look at him ...
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• Gnaw On This 1.4 – Apocalyptic Fascination

  
  Baptimergent — Authority: 99
  Is anyone else as curious as I am about the increased level of fascination with apocalypse & global catastrophe taking place in our culture. I’m not talking about doomsday prophets and cable access kooks either. Today’s obsession extends well beyond the religious extreme. Cable television has shows like, ...
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• The Stupak Amendments Effects on Abortion Access

  
  Reproductive Rights Prof Blog — Authority: 135
  The Huffington Post: Why the Stupak Amendment Is A Monumental Setback for Abortion Access, by Jessica Arons: If you thought that just because abortion is a constitutional right and part of basic reproductive health care it would be available in...
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• Conservative Group: Time To Purge Muslims From Military (VIDEO)

  
  Sapere Aude! — Authority: 133
  Conservative Group: Time To Purge Muslims From Military (VIDEO) .  These sort of people are absolutely retarded. 
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• The Fourth Kind

  
  Living Journey — Authority: 125
  Author Gary Bates went a saw a movie called “ The Fourth Kind ” which is a documentary/drama about alien abduction. He has been one of few Christians that has extensively researched this topic. He has written a review about this movie which is worth a read as it clearly explains that there is something spiritual ...
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• Abortion Rights Opponents Influence Health Care Reform

  
  Reproductive Rights Prof Blog — Authority: 135
  NY Times: For Abortion Foes, A Victory in Health Care Vote, by David D. Kirkpatrick & Robert Pear: A restriction on abortion coverage, added late Saturday to the health care bill passed by the House, has energized abortion opponents with...
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• Philosophy of Religion :: RE: What do most muslims believe happen to christians & jews

  
  Philosophy Discussion — Authority: 172
  Author: Scott Posted: Mon Nov 09, 2009 6:06 pm (GMT -5) I think it depends a lot on the specific Muslim or sect of Muslims. The same goes for any other major religion. For instance, some Christians actually believe in a literal hell where people somehow still exist as individuals after their bodies are destroyed ...
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• US deacon claims miracle cure by 19th century British cleric

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 982
  Prayers to Cardinal Newman brought me recovery, Jack Sullivan tells Archbishop of Westminster at start of UK tour In 2001 a Boston man turned to the late Cardinal Henry Newman to help him overcome a crippling spinal condition. Today the same man turned to the archbishop of Westminster to help him overcome ...
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• ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR MINDS???

  
  The Moderate Voice — Authority: 728
  The original 1787 National Convention assembled 55 delegates in Philadelphia. Over a period of four months this small group drafted the U.S. Constitution that was formally adopted by a supermajority of existing States and became effective in 1789. For most of its 220 years, it has provided the national governmental ...
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