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”

 

• Former pastor Steven McQueen convicted of stealing $250,000 from church

  
  Breaking News from the Press-Register — Authority: 734
  DOTHAN, Alabama -- Steven B. McQueen, a 40-year-old former Geneva County pastor, was convicted this week of taking more than $250,000 from a Geneva church he led for more than a year.
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• Alabama news links: Ohio company buys vacant complex near UA campus; cable TV show tapes at Stillman College

  
  Breaking News from the Press-Register — Authority: 734
  An Ohio company has bought a vacant public housing development near the University of Alabama, a UA student is a finalist in a national competition, a rape suspect will defend himself, a religious TV show will tape Saturday at Stillman College, and more news from across Alabama.
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• After Death Flashes Are A Quandary

  
  Gypsy Camp Blog — Authority: 154
  More and more often lately, people have documented after death experiences. People who have gone through serious injuries or medical conditions have been pronounced clinically dead, and those same people claim to have experienced all kinds of after death flashes upon having neared their deaths.Related posts: Do You ...
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• #10: The Power

  
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• The flooded bell tower of Kalyazin town

  
  All about Russia in English — Authority: 129
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• Quit Whining About the Ground Zero Mosque

  
  CommenTerry — Authority: 130
  This is a message to my fellow conservatives. When did you all start acting like whiney liberals? Since when did you become so concerned about sensitivity issues? Sensitivity, schmensitivity. I don’t give a flying flip about such matters, and neither should you. I thought you believed in religious freedom. I thought ...
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• Archaeologists Claim To Have Found Remains Of John The Baptist

  
  The Presurfer — Authority: 641
  Bulgarian archaeologists excavating an ancient monastery on the Black Sea, claim to have found the remains of St John the Baptist. The artifacts were found on St Ivan Island near the town of Sozopol. Local media reported that fragments of a human skull, hand and tooth were found inside a reliquary in the altar of a ...
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• [links] Link salad heads west once more

  
  Lakeshore — Authority: 449
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• Man, I’ll never forget this story (term...

  
  Nicole's Scrapheap — Authority: 527
  Man, I’ll never forget this story (term ‘story’ subjective and up for dispute at later date). Simplified, they was all in a room and could suddenly (for reasons I cannot recall other than Teh Holy Spirit/s arrival) speak different languages/gibberishes. Then they all went out into the world and taught people ...
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• Belief is about truth, not feelings

  
  Comment is free | guardian.co.uk — Authority: 163
  Belief isnt a wormhole to knowledge about God – its a cognitive function that should be flexible and open to correction The question: Can we choose what we believe? The answer to this question has to be: yes, of course we can, and the idea that we cant is a recipe for credulity and passivity and helplessness ...
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• More Groovy Science 5

  
  Heaving Dead Cats — Authority: 123
  More interesting science! Let’s see what’s going on in the science world recently. My thoughts on a couple of the studies are in italics . People Reject Popular Opinions If They Already Hold Opposing Views To Make One Happy, Make One Busy What You Say About Others Says a Lot About You Breeding Is Changing ...
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• Nancy Pelosi: Holier Than Thou

  
  No Sheeples Here — Authority: 640
  Nancy Pelosi’s abuse of religious ideals is so brazen as to be embarrassing. When she voted against partial-birth abortion she received a tongue lashing from Pope Benedict XVI. The Holy See’s press office released this statement saying, "His Holiness took the opportunity to speak of the requirements ...
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• Tariq Ramadans pluralism | Mark Vernon

  
  Comment is free | guardian.co.uk — Authority: 163
  Tariq Ramadan, the wests most controversial Muslim philosopher, talks about tolerance in his new book We live in a plural age. But do we have an adequate philosophy for living together in our diversity? Tariq Ramadan, in his new book, The Quest for Meaning , thinks not. We have roughly three options. First, is the ...
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• If you havent yet read...

  
  Insight Scoop | The Ignatius Press Blog — Authority: 602
  ... these quotes from Federal District Court Judge Vaughn Walkers decision overturning Prop 8 in California, you might want to check them out. With an empty stomach, if possible: • Marriage is "nothing more than an artifact of a foregone notion that men and women fulfill different roles in civic life." • ...
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• Mystery Meat

  
  Ambush Predator — Authority: 497
  A prison governor has apologised to Muslim inmates after they were served non-halal burgers . Hmmm, so far, so compo-tastic. So, was this lamb, beef or chicken that simply had no ‘halal’ sticker? Because anyone can make a mistake. Errr, not quite: A number of Muslim inmates at HMP Ford, an open prison ...
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• Should Your Choice Be Christian Debt Consolidation

  
  Lose Weight On The Job — Authority: 138
  For many people it is important to pair their life decisions with their religion. Even in the world of finance it can be important to consult your faith.
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• The Feast of the Transfiguration "is about the fullness of life now"

  
  Insight Scoop | The Ignatius Press Blog — Authority: 602
  The following is taken from an "Opening the Word" column I wrote for the February 28, 2010, edition of Our Sunday Visitor : In sum, in the days leadingup the Transfiguration, Jesus had directly confronted and demolished any falsenotions the disciples might have had about the nature of his mission. Hestrongly ...
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• Browsing the Leftist Mindset

  
  Pajamas Media — Authority: 793
  Standing athwart millennia of civilization, yelling, "Start From Zero."
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• Philosophy of Religion and Theism :: RE: Atheism is a form of Faith… And a belief-system.

  
  Philosophy Discussion — Authority: 166
  Author: Abiathar Posted: Fri Aug 06, 2010 1:29 am (GMT -5) @Scott Very well, let us (or atleast this is what I, assume the following: 1: The universe is infinite, though this particular dimension that we exist on is merely a portion of the whole. 2: Infinite dimension also then provides infinite potentiality. ...
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• Beyond Identification

  
  Biblical Preaching — Authority: 126
  Yesterday I wrote about how narratives do engage us through identification and disassociation.  We can’t avoid that reality – it drives the popularity of movies, of bedtime stories, of Sunday School stories, of family fireside reminiscences, etc.  But biblical narrative always offers something more.  Our ...
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