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Zoroastrianism

Learn the basics of Zoroastrianism, an ancient religion originating in Persia based on the prophecies of Zarathustra.

Related Topics: Persians, Zarathustra, Zoroaster, Zoroastrianism, Theology, Top Zoroastrianism Features, non biblical monotheist, human beings, Religion, Zoroastrian theology, zoroastrian, ancient religion

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The Origins of Rumi

The beloved poet spent his youth in Turkey, at the crossroads of many religious cultures.

Related Topics: Holistic Living, Rumi, religious cultures, beloved poet, Turkey, Persian, Beloved, mystical poet, Poet, Meditation, sufi rumi

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When a Cat Decides He s Moving In

From Chicken Soup for the Soul: What I Learned from the Cat

Related Topics: Inspiration, Chicken Soup For The Soul, Commander, adamant dog loving cat hating human, Cat, show cat, Chicken Soup, college roommates cat, Dad, African art collection, Parents, math conference

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Where Did Heaven
Come From?

The idea that Christians go to heaven upon dying isn't found in the oldest books in the New Testament, such as the letters of Paul and the Gospel of Mark. In this excerpt from the new book The Evolution of God , Robert Wright suggests that early Christianity adopted the idea from a competing religion in the Roman Empire.

Related Topics: Christianity, God, Jesus, Theology, Faiths, Egypt, Robert Wright, Pagan, Heaven

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Battling over Barbie

Kuwait's fundamentalists and liberals plunge into another fight over sharia

Related Topics: News, Fundamentalist, Liberal, Arab World, revealing clothes, nationalist movement, traditional white, Modern Life, al mathkoor, Islamic sharia, antifundamentalist newspaper editorials

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Did God Send the Hurricane?

This natural disaster is bringing together a perfect storm of environmentalist and religious doomsday sayers.

Related Topics: Faiths, World, God, History, doomsday thinking, Sin, Global Warming, earths pain, Hurricane, Asian tsunami, gas station lines

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Breakdown: U.S. Relations with the Middle East

Which Middle Eastern countries are our allies? Which are enemies, or on the fence? This primer explains it all.

Related Topics: Faiths, Islam, War, Terrorist, terrorist groups, State, Civil War, group, open Arab states, United States, coalition forces led, shipping operations

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Crunchy Con

Rod Dreher blogs about religion, culture, and politics for Beliefnet.

Related Topics: Blogs, Conservative, Church, Religious, i, Catholic, Family, War, Political, Religious Conservatives, Religious Right

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Baha'is to Dedicate New Landscaping Effort at World Headquarters

The terraces surrounding the faith's second-most holy site are more than just pretty greenery to Baha'is gathering in Haifa.

Related Topics: Faiths, Bahai, terraces, Baha'i, bab, universal divine messenger, second most holy site, terraces rise, shrine, decade long landscaping effort, stone steps, Faith

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Taking Off My Hijab

I put on a headscarf because I felt God wanted me to cover up. But then I wondered if it was really required of me.

Related Topics: Faiths, Islam

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