Moneymaking scams are becoming very popular in recent years. ... Religion is where billions of people invest their hopes, dreams, beliefs, and most importantly, money. ... One of the most successful and popular religious programs and organizations is Pat Robertson's "700 Club" which you can belong to by paying fifteen dollars a month. ... A river brings joy to the city of our God, the sacred home of the most high. ... Thirdly, the recorded experiences of Jesus are enough to make the most amazing book ever written. ...

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Introduction Christianity has existed in Australia since the arrival of the first fleet dated in 1788, and was basically the most dominant religion as there was only a minor of other religious followers such as Islam and Judaism. In today's modern world, Christianity is still the most popular religion and has the greatest number of followers in Australia by far. Over 70 percent of the Australian population is Christian and the most popular branches of Christianity are Catholicism and Anglican. ...

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The main part of the wall was naturally the caste distinctions, and these therefore received the most careful attention of the lawmakers. ... By popular account it is known that Hinduism has thirty million gods, and Christianity belief is just one main god and only one god. ... This chief god in the trinity never became popular safe with the priests and philosophers. ... But in comparison to Hinduism, because of the vast number of reincarnations of any given individual, Hinduism recognizes that most people's lack of spiritual development means they must lead normal lives. ...

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HINDUISM Hinduism is the third most practiced religion in the world and is the basis of daily life for over 793 million people. ... Though Shiva is shown in many different forms, the most popular is in the form of Natarajah, the Lord of the Dance. ...

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Latin Church Fathers: The four most important figures in forming the Christian faith were Saint Jerome, Ambrose, Gregory the Great, and Augustine of Hippo. ... Augustine of Hippo wrote one of the most inspiring Christian literatures. ... The most sacred Christian music was the music of the Mass, which was the celebration of the sacrifice of Christ. ... Islamic Poetry: Poetry and music were seen as equal to Islamic and local bards or wandering minstrels were the keepers of popular oral verse tradition. ... They would tell of adventures of rouge characters and some of the most popular were the...

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Fascism also rejects the liberal doctrines of individual autonomy and rights, political pluralism, and representative government, yet it advocates broad popular participation in politics and may use parliamentary channels in its drive to power. ... In the first instance, it is the non- believers and most importantly, it is the U.S. and the Americans, in the latter the hatred of racially inferior people like the Jews, gypsies, mentally disabled, homosexuals or any other group that did not fit a strict set of qualifications as a pure and loyal Aryan. ...

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Most urban Hindus follow one of two major divisions within Hinduism, Vaishnavaism, which regards Vishnu as the ulitimate deity and Shivaism, which regards Shiva as the ultimate deity. ... Therefore, if you are almost at the point where you can find a cure to an incurable disease, you may be rebirth and if you are an evil person, you most likely will not be rebirth. ... This religion often practices meditation; with what is rapidly becoming common in the United States, yoga is the most common. ... I guess that is why the three are the most popular ones. ...

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Washington can be blamed for orchestrating Islamic Fundamentalism, most of whose varieties allied under Wahhabite guidance- subsequently became the main ideological tool of the anti-communist and antinationalist struggle in the Islamic world, in alliance with Riyadh. ... Not only did it contribute directly to propagating Islamic Fundamentalism, but also by helping to defeat and crush the Left and progressive nationalism throughout the Islamic world, it freed up the space for political Islam as the only ideological and organizational expression of popular resentment. ... Washington can be bla...

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Contrary to popular belief, the status of women in Islam is not the abuse and horror one might think. Most stereotypes of Islamic women are a result from the way women are treated in Arabian times. ... When a man asked Muhammad: "Who is most entitled to be treated with the best companionship by me?" ...

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Turkmenistan is a country full exciting and wonderful things that most people do not know. Most people do not even know Turkmenistan exists. ... Turkmenistan is said to have the most public holidays in the world. ... Gatyk is another very popular drink and it's not entirely a drink it is a yogurt that is not watery but it is more a liquid than a solid. Vodka is the number one most purchased alcoholic beverage due to its cheapness and quantity. ...

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Christianity and Hinduism Introduction Though there are many religions in the world today, some of the most popular are Christianity, Judaism, Hinduism and Islam. ... Christianity, the most widely distributed of the world religions, has substantial representation in all the populated continents of the globe. ... Most Hindus chant the gayatri hymn to the sun at dawn, but little agreement exists as to what other prayers should be chanted. Most Hindus worship Shiva, Vishnu, or the Goddess (Devi), but they also worship hundreds of additional minor deities peculiar to a particular vil...

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For instance, despite utterly secular outlook, abortion could not be legalized in most of the western countries including the United States for the reason no other than pressure from Vatican and regional religious bodies denouncing abortion as an act devoid of Christian morality. ... That characteristic makes religion most precious jewel for the followers. ... If a political picture is drawn now, the fact becomes crystal clear that most of the terrorist organizations states are confronting with are religiously inspired; most of the domestic policies are somewhat colored in religious considerat...

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Those religions popular in China , such as Buddhism, Christian, Islam, are all spread from abroad. ... Even in the 4th century, when the Buddhism was in its most booming period in southern China, emperor had never announced it as the religions of the whole country. ... Something interesting is that most scientists in the US believe in God, too. ... The most important thing is that we should respect the nature. ...

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Islamic Family and Communal Life Having spent most of the term concentrating on the history and theology of Islam, reading Chapter 14 and 15 in Denny's Introduction to Islam was a nice change of pace. ... For the purposes of this paper, I will focus on the three areas that I found most interesting: marriage, death rituals and recreation. ... In most cases, marriages are arranged. ... Interestingly, smoking tobacco is an especially popular pastime in Islamic countries. ...

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While Damascus wasn't strictly a Holy City of Islam, the map of "Muslim Holy Cities" (Doc #8) shows thirteen discrete Holy Cities, and most of them were under Muslim rule. Because Holy Cities were destinations of pilgrimages made by Muslims, they served important roles in Islam as being popular religious sites for Muslims all over the Muslim world to come for veneration, which strengthened Islam as well. ... Also, Arab scholar Al-Tabiri's (Doc #6) records of the story of Abbasid Caliph Al-Mansur changing the capital for a safer one reflects that the supposed roles of some Musli...

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Perhaps, the most disagreeable character of all the great Byzantine women was Irene. ... Within the period of 750-900, religious architecture was most important. ... Religious beliefs came into popular. ...

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The army also turned north and conquered most of the Persian Empire. ... For the most part, paganism and animism were locally run. ... Most religions at the time had little equality, especially towards women. ... The idea of equality was the most influential reason to join Islam. ... The popular trade routes in Western Africa allowed Muslim traders to enter these lands and introduce Western Africa to the growing Islamic world. ...

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Most of the misconceptions are regarding the rights of Muslim women. ... Contrary to popular belief, Islam regards women as equal to men in many aspects of daily life and women have a unique place in Islam. ... According to Islam, the woman's role of a mother and a wife is the most crucial role of the woman. However, Islam does not prevent women from working once they are of age, but women may only look for employment in positions that are fitting to their nature and where society needs them the most. ... In addition, Muslim women must not allow their jobs to interfere with their duties a...

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Hinduism is also referred to a popular term today known as Santana Dharma which translates to "eternal religion". Islam believes in one and only God who has 99 names, but is most popularly referred by the name Allah. ...

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Moses was one of the first Jewish prophets and possibly the most famous. ... "And most certainly We gave Musa [Moses] the Book [Old Testament] and We sent apostles after him one after another; and We gave Isa [Jesus], the son of Marium [God], clear arguments and strengthened him with the holy spirit- (Surah 2, Ayah 87). ... The Bible and the Koran share popular stories like "Jonah and the Whale" and "Noah and the Great Flood". ...

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However, the Malaysian government has been caught between their need to maintain close ties with Washington and the growing popular resentment and anger over US aggression in the "war on terror", which threatened to boil over into widespread protests. ... The most serious fighting between the MILF and the government took place on February 15 2003, which two hundred mostly rebel forces died. ...

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The majority of Americans are not familiar or correctly and fully educated on the tenets of Islam, and most do not personally know a Muslim. ... The attack of the media and the popular culture has inspired many to cultivate their faith, to learn how to express the beauty of its values, and to fight the false remarks they must endure daily due to their religious status. ...

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In islam mothers have been given the most important role and respect in the family; the verse 15 from chapter 46 in the Quran illustrates this fact because in there was a man who went to Prophet Muhammed and asked "who among the people is the most worthy of my good companionship?...

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