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	Religion - Open Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Religion, sometimes used interchangeably with faith, is commonly defined as belief concerning the supernatural, sacred, or divine, and the practices and institutions associated with such belief.
		Ancient polytheistic religions, such as those of ancient Greece, ancient Rome, the Vikings, etc., are often studied under the heading of mythology.
		Religions of pre-industrial peoples, or cultures in development to industrial conditions, are similarly observed by the anthropology of religion.
	open-encyclopedia.com /Religion (8203 words)

	Comparing Eastern and Western religious traditions - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Western religions are based on Abrahamic monotheism and derive from the Middle Eastern milieu, including: Judaism, Christianity, Islam, and the Bahá'í Faith.
		Eastern religions are mostly either Indian or Chinese in origin: The Dharma faiths of Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism; and the Chinese religious philosophies of Taoism and Confucianism.
		Neopaganism, which is a revivalist movement, draws on the religions of cultures all over the world, usually focusing on polytheistic traditions, and originally based on that of pre-Christian Europe.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Comparing_Eastern_and_Western_religious_traditions (258 words)

	Religion
		Two identifying features of all religions are that to some extent they all (a) require faith and (b) seek to organize and guide the thoughts and actions of their adherents.
		Religion was practiced long before the invention of writing, as paintings and pottery shows in images.
		Religions created in modern times are often reasonably well documented (for example, Scientology.) Minor religions have been called cults and still are, while many scholars use the term New Religious Movement (NRM).
	www.wordlookup.net /re/religion.html (2571 words)

	Folklore, myth and religion - Meta
		Few people are likely to be offended by calling the stories of the ancient polytheistic religions "myths" or "mythology"; some people may be offended by the use of those terms to describe the stories of Judaism, Christianity and Islam, even if we explain to them that we are using it in a neutral sense.
		Religion R may start out with "there is one all-powerful God" (or whatever) and members of extant religion S may say "religion R saw a small part of the truth.
		Call the stories of the ancient polytheistic religions "myths" or "mythology"; do NOT apply the words "myth" and "mythology" to the sacred texts of modern religions; DO apply the words "myth" and "mythology" to certain relevant non-sacred stories that are linked to religious themes or traditions.
	meta.wikimedia.org /wiki/Folklore,_myth_and_religion (5405 words)

	Idolatry (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Shintoism is a religion which worships kami or nature spirits; it often uses various objects to represent these spirits in its shrines, which often gives the appearance of idolatry to westerners.
		The question of whether Buddhism, and Chinese folk religion, consists of worshipping a God or veneration of a saint was important to the Catholic church during the Chinese Rites controversy of the early 18th century.
		Polytheists generally do not believe that their statues (or other physical objects) are gods; rather, they are symbols of immaterial gods.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/I/Idolatry.htm (3665 words)

	Wikinfo \| Idolatry (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Idolatry is a term used by certain monotheistic religions in reference to the worship of physical objects (idols) and, more generally, to most any religious practices which they consider to involve the worship of anything other than their own God.
		These commandments were written as rejoinders to the beliefs and practices of the ancient polytheistic religions of the ancient near-east and middle-east; the Bible clearly is responding to the the religions of Akkad, Mesopotamia, and Egypt.
		Shintoism is a religion which worships kami or nature spirits; Shinto often uses various objects to represent these spirits in its shrines, which often gives the appearance of idolatry to westerners.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Idolatry (4228 words)

	Maijastina Kahlos - Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		As the Roman Empire was gradually Christianised and the polytheistic religions were pushed aside, the problems concerning religious tolerance and intolerance, the fate of the polytheistic religions in the Christianising Empire and the fate of the Empire in general were treated both in pagan and Christian texts.
		The cultural heritage of the pagan past was problematic to Christian writers, and they had to define their relationship with polytheistic religions as well as with literature, philosophy, history and the old cultural structures in which they had grown up.
		The research project focuses upon moments of debate and dialogue respectively in Latin Christian polemics against polytheists, polytheistic cults and all the aspects and phenomena in social and cultural life that were defined as 'pagan'.
	www.helsinki.fi /hum/kla/Kahlos/Research.html (1507 words)

	Other Religions and Christianity
		The characteristic of monotheistic religions is belief in one God; and some examples of this kind of religion are Judaism and Mohammedanism.
		Polytheistic religions are marked by the belief in many gods; and such are worship of the stars, animal worship, plant worship, and others.
		Pantheistic religions are Brahmanism, Buddhism, and others, and their characteristic is the belief that the universe is God and that within the universe the divine remains passive and does not have a personality of its own.
	biserica.org /Publicatii/Catechism/catother.htm (815 words)

	FYI: This week's title (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Polytheism is a word that comes from two Greek words meaning "many gods." People who are polytheistic have a number of gods in their religious belief system and these gods and goddesses each have specific characteristics and perform different functions.
		A person who is a polytheist might worship one god over and above the others but that person allows for the existence of other gods in their religion.
		It represented the union of Egyptian and Greek religion and the rule of the Greek king as a new Osiris.
	www.website1.com /odyssey/week9/FYI.html (1150 words)

	Polytheism - Open Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The word comes from the Greek words poly+theoi, literally "many gods." Most ancient religions were polytheistic, holding to pantheons of traditional deities, often accumulated over centuries of cultural interchange and experience.
		Hard polytheists believe that the Gods are distinct and separate beings and are happy to believe in the existence of the Gods of other peoples.
		Soft polytheists come to regard their multiplicity of gods as simply representing different aspects or facets of a greater divine unity: not a personal God as in the monotheistic religions, but an ultimate reality of the divine.
	open-encyclopedia.com /Polytheism (631 words)

	What is "religion"?
		Don Swenson defines religion in terms of the sacred: "Religion is the individual and social experience of the sacred that is manifested in mythologies, ritual, ethos, and integrated into a collective or organization.
		Many Native Americans believe that their spiritual beliefs and practices are not a religion in the normal sense of the term.
		The New Age is sometimes referred to as a religion.
	www.religioustolerance.org /rel_defn.htm (1812 words)

	Similarities of all Religions
		Even most polytheistic religions, do not have actually many gods, but only one, the absolute, Brahman in Hinduism for example, and all the others gods are just attributes of God manifested by the sun, moon, a mountain, even animals like the elephant or monkey or cow or eagle or buffalo...
		For most religions, in fact, the Supreme Being who planned and created a Jew, created a Christian or a Muslim, the same God created the hands of a Hindu created the feet of a Christian and the brain of a Buddhist and the eyes of a Taoist and the liver of a Jew or Muslim...
		Religions acknowledge the sins of every individual and of the society in general, so, most religions preach and promote to avoid sins and errors.
	biblia.com /theology/religions.htm (3341 words)

	The Unauthorized Homily
		The most familiar polytheistic religions, the ones we studied in 6th grade, are the ancient Greek and Roman and Scandinavian religions.
		The gods of the ancient polytheistic religions possessed supernatural powers—after all, it was thought they controlled nature—but their powers were limited and their personalities and behaviors in many ways were quite similar to human beings.
		Unlike monotheistic faiths, which hold that there is only one supernatural deity in existence, polytheistic religions believe the various gods are separate and distinct from one another, each with his or her own personality.
	www.boomertrek.com /archives/fa420.htm (1257 words)

	The Mershon Center: Religious Persecution and Conflict in Mediterranean Religions (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Religion, then, in addition to provoking problems in itself, also served as an excuse for the suppression of indigenous resistance against Imperial government.
		During the pre-state period in Israel, when tribes had to defend themselves against their neighbors, YHWH was imagined as a divine warrior who fought in their support, stirring up army commanders with his spirit, indicating the right moment for attack and confusing enemies by miracles and terror.
		Israelite religion, including early forms of Judaism, also tolerated diversity: until theology began to develop in the seventh century BCE, priests were little interested in what individual members of their group did or believed.
	www.mershon.ohio-state.edu /Events/Au03Ev/religpers.htm (1186 words)

	Authentic Thaumaturgy: Mono-, Duo- & Polytheisms
		A polytheistic religion is one in which the polytheologians claim that there are many deities, of varying power, and usually many lesser spirits as well.
		Polytheistic ones usually set up official, semi-official and amateur priest- and priestesshoods that are thought of as the best, but not the only way, to call for divine help in times of dire need.
		Polytheistic individuals may do both without interference from the Clergy, except that they are likely to be subjected to intense recruitment efforts by the local Clerics and/or deities.
	www.neopagan.net /AT_MonoDuoPoly.html (1437 words)

	Paganism & Neo - Paganism
		In simplest terms - Paganism is a religion of place, or a native religion, for example the Native American's religion is Pagan, Hinduism is a form of Paganism.
		All Pagan religions are characterized by a connection and reverence for nature, and are usually polytheistic i.e.
		Pagans are usually polytheistic (believing in more than one god), and they usually believe in immanance, or the concept of divinity residing in all things.
	www.crystalinks.com /paganism.html (1891 words)

	sciforums.com - Paganism
		I would have thought that the simple answer to why the greeks were polytheistic was because their gods grew out of local nature based gods, and got squashed together and changed when tribes grew and moved about.
		Not really: most people in the world still aren't monotheistic, and the monotheistic religions had to reinvent themselves as polythisms effectively- the Virgin mary and some of muhammed's wives and the saints and martyrs.
		The worst crime of religion is it can be used as an excuse by people to kill other people and claim they are doing good (God's work).
	www.sciforums.com /showthread.php?t=44527 (1480 words)

	Polytheism
		Well-known polytheistic pantheons in history include the Sumerian gods; the Egyptian gods; the Norse Aesir and Vanir; the Yoruba Orisha; the Aztec gods; and many others.
		Conquests could lead to the subordination of the elder culture's pantheon to a newer one, as in the Greek Titanomachia, and possibly also the case of the Aesir and Vanir in the Norse mythos.
		Even if some polytheists espoused the view of one greater lord above other gods, it implied ideas that the supreme god was somehow limited by the presence of separate god-entities, and thus though more powerful, was more like a king among men than a limitless potentate.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/p/po/polytheism.html (692 words)

	Is Atheism True?
		Though some religions are not theistic or polytheistic in nature, the majority of them are.
		The Christian religion actively seeks to convert those of other beliefs to their ‘one true Religion’ with the claim that proper Christian belief is the only way they can obtain salvation.
		The Christian religion teaches that it is superior to other belief systems, and that it’s believers hold with a superior belief system.
	www.carm.org /atheism/debate1_2a.htm (3032 words)

	The Constructive Optimism of Buddhism
		Buddhism did not deny the devatas of other religions but they were divested of their despotic power and brought under the operation of the law of cause and effect.
		Religions that preach a heaven as the goal of existence were the creations of men who had reached the supreme heights of Truth.
		A religion that kills individuality, that holds up prayer instead of action, that speaks of a heaven hereafter, making life here pessimistic, that breaks down social sympathies, that speaks of eternal damnation, that knows no redemption for the sinners - such a religion is unsuited for a civilized Aryan community.
	www.vipassana.com /resources/dharmapala/an42.php (4526 words)

	McCook Daily Gazette: Story : Column by Mike Hendricks
		There are actually more polytheistic religions in the world than monotheistic religions, although monotheistic religions have more adherents.
		For example, if there are 20 polytheistic religions in the world with two billion adherents and 15 monotheistic religions in the world with three billion adherents, there would be more polytheistic religions than monotheistic religions but more monotheistic adherents than polytheistic adherents.
		Some religions don't worship gods at all but rather what are considered to be the sacred principles of thought and conduct (Buddhism and other transcendent idealism religions).
	www.mccookgazette.com /story/1106122.html (662 words)

	Do you find polytheistic religions such as Buddhism and Hinduism to be more accepting of other views and beliefs, than ...
		Polytheistic religions are based on the belief of many gods, where as monotheistic religions are based on the belief of only one supreme God.
		The SC is clearly asking on a general level, and one thing that all branches of Christianity agree on is that Christianity is a monotheistic faith.
		If you want to compare Islam and Christianity as a group with other religions such as Buddhism and Hinduism, then it would be better to compare the monotheistic religions (Christianity, Islam, Judaism) with polytheistic or multitheistic religions (Hinduism, Buddhism, Ba'hai, etc).
	www.surveycentral.org /AdvStats/7856.html (436 words)

	Geertzian: Introduction to Paganism (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Paganism is a catchall term for a number of religions which imitate or draw from ancient spiritualities (Neopagan religions) and the polytheistic religions of the ancient peoples of Europe.
		Yet Christianity, Judaism, and Islam all condemn the practice of magic, and being the dominant religions in the Western Hemisphere, magic is forcibly associated with anti-intellectualism as much as it is with devil worship.
		Let us remember that so-called organized religions are not separate containers, but areas of a giant sea that we could call "spirituality." It is impossible to separate Christianity from its Jewish elements, Buddhism from its Hindu elements, and a comparative study of religions shows that any two have many similar beliefs and practices.
	www.geertzian.org /paganism.html (951 words)

	Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2005.04.09
		For scholars and students alike, Ross S. Kraemer's Women's Religions in the Greco-Roman World: A Sourcebook is a welcome contribution primarily to the study of women's roles in Hellenistic Judaism and emergent Christianity, and only secondarily to the study of women's roles in the Greek and Roman polytheistic traditions.
		Despite their tangential relevance in a religion sourcebook, the papyri selections are included to enhance the social background of women in Hellenistic Judaism by showing their decision-making authority (pp.
		Women's Religions thus distinguishes itself as the foremost English sourcebook for undergraduate and graduate courses on women in Hellenistic Judaism and emergent Christianity, because it is dedicated to exploring the many dimensions of these women's lives, religious practices, pious beliefs, and priestly or ministerial positions.
	ccat.sas.upenn.edu /bmcr/2005/2005-04-09.html (1670 words)

	Reconstructionist pagans are reviving the polytheistic religions of the ancient Greeks, Druids, Egyptians, and others ...
		Berman is a Hellenic reconstructionist—a practitioner of the religion of ancient Greece.
		A spare bedroom in her Boston area apartment is decorated as a temple room with statues of Apollo, Pan, Artemis, Dionysus and Eros.
		And while scholars say their numbers are only a fraction of the neo-pagan community, they also say they are a vibrant illustration of the rejection of traditional religion in the United States.
	www.beliefnet.com /story/151/story_15106_1.html (566 words)

	What is Pagan Religion? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		This would include all “Primitive” animist and polytheistic religions that are common among native groups as well as Hindism, Buddhism and, of course the Classical religions of ancient Greece and Rome.
		Neo-paganism is either the modern practice and adaptation of an ancient religion, or a new religion based on either ancient or new religious concepts.
		Similarities between these religions are cosmetic and their differences become more pronounced the more you learn about them.
	www.sacredhearth.com /Whatispagan.html (1176 words)

	Greek and Roman Religion
		In a world of polytheistic religions, the whole idea of religion is different than what we're used to in modern world.
		Key element: it is the religion of a city, then an empire, so Roman religion centers around public life (similar to Greece, at least at broadest level).
		Greek religion was strongly influenced by Western Asian traditions in the Dark Ages and Archaic Period.
	ccat.sas.upenn.edu /~carlas/GRRsep9.htm (2303 words)

	Spinoza ,Hegel & Substance
		Religion to Christianity, neglecting the Jewish context of Jesus' thought.
		Religion and that of Philosophy as to inner content, there is not in the
		The defect of these religions lies in their scant recognition of the finite, which, be it as natural things or as finite phases of mind, it is characteristic of the heathen and (as they also for that reason are) polytheistic religions to maintain intact".
	lathief1.tripod.com /spinoza.htm (3218 words)

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