Religions

Saturday, December 16, 2006 : Religions : Atheists are people who do not believe in a god or gods (or other immaterial beings), or who believe that these concepts are not meaningful.Some atheists put it more firmly and believe that god or gods do not exist. Shinto has no known founder or single sacred scripture.Shinto is wholly devoted to life in this world and emphasises man's essential goodness Shinto does not split the universe into a natural physical world and a supernatural transcendent world. It regards everything as part of a single unified creation ISLAM: Islam began in Arabia and was revealed to humanity by the Prophet Muhammad.Those who follow Islam are called Muslims. Muslims believe that there is only one God, called Allah. Hinduism originated over 3000 years ago. Hinduism claims to have many founders, teachers and prophets who claim first hand experience of God.When Hindus promote the idea of spirituality as a principle rather than a personality, they call this Brahman. Jews believe that God appointed the Jews to be his chosen people in order to set an example of holiness and ethical behaviour to the world.The Jewish relationship with God is a covenant relationship Christianity is the world's biggest religion, with about 2.1 billion followers worldwide.It is based on the teachings of Jesus Christ who lived in the Holy Land 2,000 years ago. Buddhism is a tradition that focuses on personal spiritual development. Buddhists strive for a deep insight into the true nature of life and do not worship gods or deities. Sikhism was founded in the Punjab by Guru Nanak and is a monotheistic religion.Sikhs think religion should be practiced by living in the world and coping with life's everyday problems. Zoroastrianism is one of the world's oldest monotheistic religions.It was founded by the prophet Zoroaster in ancient Iran approximately 3500 years ago. Jainism is an ancient religion from India that teaches that the way to liberation and bliss is to live a life of harmlessness and renunciation.The aim of Jain life is to achieve liberation of the soul Paganism encompasses a diverse community with some groups concentrating on specific traditions, practices or elements such as ecology, witchcraft, Celtic traditions or certain gods.Wiccans, Druids, Shamans, Sacred Ecologists, Odinists and Heathens all make up parts of the Pagan community Taoism is an ancient tradition of philosophy and religious belief that is deeply rooted in Chinese customs and worldview.Taoist ideas have become popular throughout the world through Tai Chi Chuan, Qigong, and various martial arts 6:30:23 PM Posted By ashram a Comments (10) News Comments justreason7 Saturday, December 16, 2006 6:45:35 PM All religions create groups. justreason7 Saturday, December 16, 2006 6:48:24 PM Religions have reached saturation points. Now we have followers of Radhaswami, saibaba, sri Ravi shankar, scientology etc. justreason7 Saturday, December 16, 2006 6:59:07 PM Or we can call some as cults. One interesting cult was started by one Moon. Nazism was also a cult. Scientology is made famous by Tom Cruise. kalpena Saturday, December 16, 2006 7:15:15 PM atheism is neither cult nor religion crazy man Saturday, December 16, 2006 7:50:28 PM Sir, RELIGION actually stands for PERFORMANCE OF TEMPORAL RITUALS tosatisfy SPIRITUAL NEEDS of a human being, so as to make the man live a clean and regulated life in an existing SOCIAL STRATEGEM of a PARTICULAR TIME PERIOD. It is a set of PROCEDURES and PRINCIPLES which a man must follw during that TIME PERIOD. As time moves IT must evolve with changing social strategem or it will give rise to another.Different Religions emerge with different names at various times because social strategem keeps changing. crazy man Saturday, December 16, 2006 7:52:47 PM Definitions of Religion is as follows.1)a specific fundamental set of beliefs and practices generally agreed upon by a number of persons or sects.2)something one believes in and follows devotedly; a point or matter of ethics or conscienceI am a muslim.And According to my Religion which is called "Islam""Allah" is GOD.Our God's wish is that all the human beings and the Jinns should workship Him. and Our God says the sole purpose of Creation of human beings and Jinns is to pray Him. ravikiran Saturday, December 16, 2006 7:56:05 PM So , shouldn't muslims pay for the genocide of Hindus i.e., the crimes of murderers and thugs like Mohammed ghori, Ghazni, Tuglag, Aurangzed and almost all the Mughals arshad hussein Saturday, December 16, 2006 8:31:52 PM This is discovery not invention by science that CIRCUMCISED MEN ONLY donot GET HIV:We are very worried about that. We went to great lengths to make it clear to the men in the trial—even if they are circumcised—that the protection is only partial. They are still going to have to practice safe sex. If men become complacent and believe that circumcision is highly protective and don't use safe sex, they will be in trouble. Safe sex will still be the mantra. arshad hussein Saturday, December 16, 2006 8:41:38 PM I've read this that only circumcised men don't get HIV. But this: We are very worried about that. We went to great lengths to make it clear to the men in the trial?even if they are circumcised?that the protection is only partial. They are still going to have to practice safe sex. If men become complacent and believe that circumcision is highly protective and don't use safe sex, they will be in trouble. Safe sex will still be the mantra." we are scared, sir. K.Venugopal Monday, December 18, 2006 10:48:40 PM Science and Religion are man's attempts to know the ultimate - science taking the external route and religion the internal route. In expressing the findings of Science in the world of external objects, the language is precise and non-interpretative but in expressing the discoveries of Religion in the world of the subject, the language is poetic and interpretative. To get the whole picture, man must imbibe both the letter of science and the spirit of religion - the Veda and the Vedanta, so to say.