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A Mosaic of Human Beliefs

WorldReligions.com presents an array of current news, features, and opinions from field of religious life as it interacts with the family of humankind around the globe.

Wikipedia includes the following definition, which while necessarily limited, gives some context to the topic of this website.

A religion is a set of stories, symbols, beliefs and practices, often with a supernatural quality, that give meaning to the practitioner's experiences of life through reference to an ultimate power or reality. It may be expressed through prayer, ritual, meditation, music and art, among other things. It may focus on specific supernatural, metaphysical, and moral claims about reality (the cosmos, and human nature) which may yield a set of religious laws, ethics, and a particular lifestyle. Religion also encompasses ancestral or cultural traditions, writings, history, and mythology, as well as personal faith and religious experience.

While it will be impossible to cover the vast spectrum of activities encompassed by the description above, we provide though-provoking news and commentary related not only to so-called "mainstream" religions, but to other ideas and practices dealing with man's search for meaning within the universal mystery.

Politics, religion never mix in this dark comedy
Sometimes I feel we are all characters in a very dark comedy,but I am at a distinct disadvantage because I do not remember thepast the way everybody else does.
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Politics, religion never mix in this dark comedy
Sometimes I feel we are all characters in a very dark comedy,but I am at a distinct disadvantage because I do not remember thepast the way everybody else does.
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Indonesian Religion Minister Wants Ahmadiyah Sect Disbanded
Outcry from human rights groups, some religious organizations, which say action violates human rights, constitution
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Largo religion briefs for Sept. 1 and beyond
Times staff Tuesday, August 31, 2010 Baptist New Testament Baptist Church, 2050 Belcher Road S, Largo. Visit ntbc.net or call (727) 536-0481. • Men's Prayer Breakfast will be at 8:30 a.m. Saturday inside the SonLife Cafe. First Baptist Church of Indian Rocks, 12685 Ulmerton Road, Largo. Call (727) 595-3421 or visit indianrocks.org . • Get ready for the kickoff meeting for the 2010-11 Mothers of ...
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Glenn Beck’s Religion Attacked From Left and Right (Just As Beck Attacked Obama’s)
Glenn Beck 's "Restoring Honor" rally has sparked a circular holy firing squad, with critics attacking Beck's Mormonism from the left and the right . On last night's Countdown , "Toxic Talk" author Bill Press detailed Christian attacks on Beck, noted Beck's attack on President Obama's religion, and finished with his own shot at Mormons. To Beck's assertion that Obama's religion is a "perversion ...
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Commentary: Wars of religion
By ARNAUD DE BORCHGRAVE UPI Editor at Large WASHINGTON, Aug. 31 (UPI) -- A former high-ranking FBI official describes him as “One of the most respected Christian Ministers in the South” but his most recent mass e-mailing says, “There are no words to describe the evil of the Islam cult.” The great divide grows wider. Islam - Religion - Federal Bureau of Investigation - Religion and Spirituality ...
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