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| Religion- The Start Of Controversy | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Christianity | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Wicca | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Wicca is a polytheistic Neo-Pagan nature religion inspired by various pre-Christian western European beliefs, whose central deity is a mother goddess and which includes the use of herbal magic and benign witchcraft. Wiccans are a group or community of believers or followers of this faith. | Christianity is the Christian religion, founded on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. It is a practical conformity of one's inward and outward life to the spirit of the Christian religion. Christians as a group is Christendom, and being a Christian is believing or following this religion. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Buddhism | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Judaism | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Buddhism is the teaching of Buddha that life is premeated with suffering caused by desire, that suffering ceases when desire ceases, and that enlightenment obtained through right conduct, wisdom, adn meditation releases one from desire, suffering, and rebirth. This religion is represented by the many groups, especially numerous in Asia, and is professed by varying forms of this doctrine and venerate Buddha. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Judaism is the monothesic religion of the Jews, tracing its origins to Abraham and having its spiritual and ethical principals embodied cheifly in the Hebrew Scriptures and the Talmund.It is based on the Old Testament and the Talmund. They also follow the laws of Moses. Jewish people conform to traditional ceremonies and rites for the Jewish religion. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Roman Catholic | |||||||||||||||||||||
| The Catholic religion accepts the creeds which are recieved in common by all parts of the orthodox Christian church. The Pope is the spiritual head in this religion and they follow by the bible. The Pope resides in the Vatacan and is the head of an episcopal heirarchy. People who follow or believe in this religion are known as Catholics. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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