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		From an academic, comparative religions viewpoint, there is no basis for "prescribing" whether it is better for a religion to be highly unified, cohesive, monolithic, and lacking in internal religious diversity, or whether it is better to be fragmented, schismatic, diverse, multifaceted and abounding in variations on the same theme.
		When asked what religion they consider themselves to be a part of, many may name a religion that does not have them on their rolls.
		As is true with all major religions, there are adherents within all branches of Islam who consider some of or all of the other branches heterodox or not actually part of their religion.
	www.adherents.com /Religions_By_Adherents.html (11821 words)

	Monotheism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Exclusive monotheism is a well-known tenet in the beliefs of the Abrahamic religions.
		Worship of a single god within a pantheon and the abolition of all others may be monotheism, as in the case of the Aten cult in the reign of the Egyptian pharaoh Akhenaten, under the wifely influence of the Eastern-originating Nefertiti.
		This view is not compatible with the modern self-understanding of the Abrahamic religions - Judaism, Christianity, Islam - which traditionally insist that exclusive monotheism is the original religion of all mankind, all other gods being viewed as idols and creatures which wrongly came to be worshipped as deities.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Monotheism (2353 words)

	RELIGIOUS DIVERSITY
		Many people value the feeling that their religion is indeed superior to others and regard such religious chauvinism as a necessary component of religious commitment, or even a virtue to be cultivated among the faithful.
		As Huston Smith has pointed out, the major persecuting religions of the world are monotheistic,(8) and their willingness to persecute is tied directly to their universalistic convictions, especially the conviction that their conceptualization of deity is universally relevant and supreme.
		Mutual transformation does not result in new religions or in one universal syncretistic religion, but in the enrichment of the various traditions that results when their members are open to the inspiration provided by resources of others.
	www.crosscurrents.org /gross.htm (6394 words)

	The Constant Feud
		The original religions of mankind, both of the Mother and the Father, were intimately connected with nature, one from the point of view of the farmer, and the second from the point of view of the animal breeder.
		What caused the appearance of the monotheistic religions was not so much the hurt feelings of the desert dwellers because of the depraved practices of the dwellers of sown areas, but the fact that they lived in the desert which was growing all the time and life did become harder all the time.
		The result was an interesting synthesis of the two religions, and an unending fight between the purists of the new religion against the obvious wish of the population to participate in the rites of nature.
	www.eg-ban.com /constant-feud13.html (6777 words)

	Ahmadiyya Muslim Community
		Monotheistic belief emphasized on the moral demands and responsibilities of the individual and the community towards the worship of one God, who was ruler over all.
		Yet another parallelism among the three religions is the belief and ideal that through prayer and supplications, and establishing a relationship with God, one can achieve goodness in life and be in a constant state of peace and tranquillity with himself.
		This is the fundamental root of all worship in a monotheistic religion.
	www.alislam.org /library/links/00000129.html (1807 words)

	God - Theo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		In exclusivistic religions like Christianity, and Islam, it is believed that the God has revealed a version of his message which is final and the only true message through a prophet or messenger.
		In contrast, Trinitarian monotheists believe in one god that exists as three distinct persons who share the same substance/essence; this belief is called the Trinity: compare with the Hindu Trimurti.
		These three Western faiths uphold an ancient monotheistic tradition that, according to their belief, is the original faith of mankind (or alternatively, for some believers, began with their first Prophet, Abraham).
	www.forumhost.us /theo/index.php?title=God (4414 words)

	Monotheistic Religions More Prone to Fundamentalism and Violence?? : Fool Moon
		Now other religions that are on the rise with followers are Wicca, pagan paths in general, Gnosticism, etc. And these all tend to be very open-minded, tolerant and peaceful.
		It seems to me there was plenty of bloodthirstiness in pagan and animistic religions such as the practice of human sacrifice to appease the gods.
		When people believe that their religion is the only “just and true” religion then everyone else is false and needs to be eradicated.
	foolmoon.com /showflat.php?Number=228192&page=vc (922 words)

	Monotheistic elements in Indian and Chinese religions (from monotheism) -- Encyclopædia Britannica (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The religions of India and China show an astonishing multiplicity of form, but exclusive monotheism, unless imported or stimulated by foreign influences, seems to be absent.
		Religion is commonly regarded as consisting of a person's relation to God or to gods or spirits.
		Worship is probably the most basic element of religion, but moral conduct, right belief, and participation in religious institutions are generally also constituent elements of the religious...
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-38228?tocId=38228 (830 words)

	CMIP - CENTER FOR MONITORING THE IMPACT OF PEACE: REPORTS
		Among the religions followed by the peoples of the [Asian] continent are the heavenly religions which are Islam, Christianity and Judaism, and man-made religions such as Buddhism, Confucianism and Hinduism.
		Judaism: This was the religion of some Arab tribes in Yemen and in the town of Yathrib [later renamed Medina] and Khaybar in the Hijaz [region].
		The religion of Abraham is the meeting point of the three [monotheistic] religions.
	www.edume.org /reports/13/10.htm (1373 words)

	FAITH and "THEOSIS"
		It is difficult to prove that either pre-historic religion or present tribal religions are really primitive, as often has been claimed, be it in their mastery of this world or in the perception of human destiny.
		Animism, polydemonism, polytheism, and the manipulation of magic are not threatened by the appearance of high gods, as we can see in monotheistic religions where many of these features in one way or other are still present, especially among the adherents, even if such presence is not officially condoned.
		Primitive Religion, 75, asserts on the one hand that magic very definitely preceded religion, while rejecting on the other hand the idea that "religion grew specifically out of magic." Both are so closely intertwined that it is next to impossible to prove either a genetic or a historical priority.
	www.lrc.edu /rel/center/colloquium/col04-05.html (4212 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)

	World Religions: Comparative Analysis
		According to the dualistic religions there are two antagonist and (usually) coeternal deities involved in creation and in governing the destiny of man. Zoroastrianism probably stated the first true religious dualism.
		Most dualistic religions that developed after the 1st century AD were influenced by the Genesis account of creation but interpret it in a totally different manner.
		In conclusion, according to these dualistic religions, matter in general and the physical body in particular are evil and produce suffering to the captive soul.
	www.comparativereligion.com /evil.html (6548 words)

	The Monotheistic Religions
		Within the framework of the Second Conference of the "Association of United Religions," the representatives of target religions were invited to gather in the Cathedral of Saint Peter.
		We know that all religions alike, from the lowest fetishism to the highest absolutism, are but so many attempts of the human soul to grasp and realize the Infinite.
		Still, all the power that is given to the practitioners of Eastern religions comes from the same phenomenon of mediumism, whose central characteristic is a passiveness before "spiritual" reality that enables one to enter into contact with the "gods" of the non-Christian religions.
	www.fatheralexander.org /booklets/english/hinduism_e.htm (14575 words)

	Global Connections . Religion \| PBS
		Judaism is the oldest surviving monotheistic religion, arising in the eastern Mediterranean in the second millennium
		Christianity developed out of the monotheistic tradition of Judaism; Jesus, its founder, was a member of the Jewish community in Roman Palestine.
		The Crusades were an unsuccessful attempt to reverse the Islamic conquest of the eastern Mediterranean and the holy places of all three monotheistic religions.
	www.pbs.org /wgbh/globalconnections/mideast/themes/religion (2678 words)

	Ref0007 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Religion is a way of living out our worship experiences so that our lives have transcendent meaning, coherence, order and relationships informed by a sense of the Sacred.
		In general, Monotheistic traditions are “historical,” with a critical view of the existing social order and a sense of duty to correct or improve it; eschatological, with an ethical/legal accent.
		“The World's Religions: Pieces or Pattern” is a smart, practical, popularly available theology of the world’s religions which moves beyond the usual attempts to overlook or downplay their differences and fascinating varieties.
	www.cres.org /ref/ref0007.htm (1214 words)

	EMBASSY OF GREECE: PRESS OFFICE - News Flash (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		To the contrary, we propagate the constructive and educational role of religion in the dialogue between civilizations," read the "Declaration of Brussels", a joint communique drafted by leaders of the three major monotheistic religions here.
		The dialogue between religions organized by the Orthodox Christian Ecumenical Patriarchate in cooperation with the European Commission included representatives of Christianity, Islam and Judaism.
		Prodi announced that the Union would support initiatives that aim at the cooperation between cultures and religions that are included in the action plan that was adopted by this meeting of more than 80 religious leaders of the three monotheistic religions.
	www.greekembassy.org /press/newsflash/2001/December/nflash1221b.html (223 words)

	Hellenic Paganism
		The Hellenic Religion is a traditional religion, as opposed to what is called monotheistic religions (or, according to Spengler, cosmopolitan religions of the late antiquity).
		Traditional religions are, in this context, the remnants of this civilization that survived within each and every local regeneration of civilized human societies.
		As an ethnic religion, the Hellenic religion opposes all monotheistic religions, because they tend to create their own ethnicity, and destroy traditional ethnic basis.
	www.geocities.com /Athens/Aegean/7773/pf_hellenic.html (1547 words)

	McCook Daily Gazette: Story : Column by Mike Hendricks (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		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 (646 words)

	EN World - Morrus' D&D / d20 News & Reviews Site - Monotheism?
		I have based my monotheistic religion on Judaism with a mixture of early Christian and medieval catholic structure and a theology that is probably as much Islamic as it is Christian or Jewish.
		Priests of the monotheistic religion cast spells from different domains based upon the angel or saint who appeared to them in the vision calling them to their God's service.
		I also have the various Elvish religions, almost all of which are based upon an eight-faceted structure of reality, with 8 primary gods united in a single essence, and numerous lesser gods handling the smaller details of the world.
	www.enworld.org /printthread.php?t=17907 (5955 words)

	Authentic Thaumaturgy: Mono-, Duo- & Polytheisms
		A duotheistic religion is one in which the theologians claim that there are two deities, usually of opposite gender, and that all other spirits are “aspects” or “faces” of these two.
		Monotheistic faiths usually set up official priesthoods that are the only official channels by which important matters are supposed to be brought to divine attention.
		Monotheistic ones actively discourage individual efforts by anyone who is not an official Cleric and will often kill anyone who tries to break the established monopoly on mana.
	www.neopagan.net /AT_MonoDuoPoly.html (1437 words)

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		The main purpose, however, is to impress upon the students the many things that these three religions have in common, as well as their differences, which should lead to greater understanding and respect for other beliefs.
		Many of the students will be familiar with their own religions but will not realize the things they share with other religions: for example, the Christian students may be surprised to find that the Last Supper was a Passover Seder.
		The teacher should emphasize these things that the three religions have in common and that it should not be surprising that they have a lot in common since, after all, they arose in the same part of the world at different times, and each religion incorporates things that antedate it.
	www.ias.berkeley.edu /orias/slideshow/slide.htm (510 words)

	Dar Al Hayat (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Within each religious tradition, there has always been a strain of openness, tolerance, and acceptance of the other monotheistic faiths, as well as a rejection of the idolatry of concentrating one's faith and religion on temporal sites viewed as holy.
		Some argue that, coming chronologically after the first two monotheistic religions, it has accepted, legitimized, and shown more tolerance to the other monotheistic traditions than they showed to Islam.
		It is up to the religious leaders of all three religions to emphasize those elements of tolerance and spirituality in their respective traditions, and thereby neutralize the religious fundamentalists who promote exclusivity, hatred, and violence in the name of God.
	english.daralhayat.com /opinion/commentators/05-2005/Article-20050520-faca0f72-c0a8-10ed-004e-5e7a97223749/story.html (1608 words)

	BBC - Religion & Ethics - Religions
		One of the youngest of the world's major religions.
		The religion founded by Guru Nanak in India in the 15th Century CE.
		One of the oldest monotheistic faiths, founded by the prophet Zoroaster.
	www.bbc.co.uk /religion/religions (154 words)

	Witchvox Article
		Neo-Pagans are justified in being suspicious of organized monotheistic religions and their members, and we each have a right to our own resentments, grudges, and opinions regarding them, their traditions, and their allegations of divinely gifted superiority.
		Though different in expression, mythos, and practices, monotheistic religions are nothing uniquely special in the world; they are simply religions, myths, and rituals, and every culture has their own, all of which change over time.
		Monotheistic Fundamentalism divides the world, and everything in it, into two conflicting opposite halves, which, stripped of its flowery language, is nothing less than us-versus-them, good-versus-evil, dualism.
	www.witchvox.com /va/dt_article.html?id=8942 (1951 words)

	Zenit News Agency - The World Seen From Rome
		VATICAN CITY, MARCH 8, 2004 (Zenit.org).- Here is the joint statement of the Permanent Committee of al-Azhar for Dialogue with the Monotheistic Religions and the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue, which held its annual meeting here Feb. 24-25.
		They noticed that there is agreement in the two religions, Christianity and Islam, in refusing generalization in judging people and that where a sin is committed, whether by an individual or by a community, only that individual or community is to be held accountable and not others.
		Both religions advocate self-criticism at the individual and community level and the examination of conscience and asking pardon, a way of behavior that may be an example to others.
	www.zenit.org /english/visualizza.phtml?sid=50280 (246 words)

	Monotheistic Religions - History Forum
		With the notible exeption of hinduisim, Religions involving many Gods are much less wide spread than in previous millenia.
		Somehow, hinduism has been the only polytheistic religion that has survived in large numbers - I think it is because of the culture and the ethics of the people....
		One reason would be in pantheistic religions, the idea of gods and goddesse, marrying each other or having children with each other, makes them too much like mortals and less divine/sacred/godlike - really more like superhumans than gods.
	www.simaqianstudio.com /forum/index.php?showtopic=3694 (703 words)

	FYI: Religion: Monotheism (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		At the same time, Egypt is the home of three monotheistic religions: Judaism, Christianity and Islam.
		Below is a brief summary of the monotheistic religions of Egypt.
		The essence of the message was to call the Arabs to purity of life and monotheistic worship.
	www.website1.com /odyssey/week10/FYI.html (1079 words)

	Three Monotheistic Religions For Three Ethnic Groups - Stormfront White Nationalist Community (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The three monotheistic religions of the world- Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, all claim to be "universal" publicly, but in reality, each religion corresponds to and is primarily upheld by three ethnic groups.
		Judaism is a Jewish (reduntant, I know) religion, Christianity is a White religion, and Islam is an Arab religion.
		Jews, in an effort to maintain that Judaism is a religion and not a race, continuously point out "oddballs" that adhere to their "religion"; Sammy Davis Junior is a good example.
	www.stormfront.org /forum/showthread.php?p=1172820 (982 words)

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