43 countries officially recognize single state religion. 27 countries officially enshrining Islam as their state religion, 13 countries (including nine European nations) designate Christianity or a particular Christian denomination. Two (Bhutan and Cambodia) have Buddhism as their state religion, and one (Israel) is officially a Jewish state. No country has Hinduism as its state religion.
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– I roll joints with pages from my family bible. I drink, I don’t smoke. But it’s only because for some reason it just doesn’t agree with me. – I am too much woman for all these pansy ass guys at church. The real reason I am not married. – I’m a Christian who is […]
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There is great beauty in the Universe. From luminous nebulae serving as the interstellar nurseries of the cosmos, to the spectacular remnants of supernovas signifying their violent demise, the life and death of stars are played out on a stage of immense space and time. The heavens are a blaze with trillions of the galaxies, […]
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Most religion has the tendency to make everything about you. It becomes all about my prayer, my service, my effort, my giving, my hard work, my moralism, my keeping the commandments, the list goes on and on and no. In fact has been remarked by some people but you can divide the major religions of […]
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Announcer: From the nation’s capital, the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research presents Public Policy Forums, a series of programs featuring the nation’s top authorities presenting their different views on the vital issues which confront us. Today’s topic, “Religion and the Constitution.” John Charles Daly: This public policy forum, one of a series presented […]
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Today we continue our series on the life and death and life again of Jesus, which is somehow the life and death and life again of God. Last week learned that Jesus believed he MUST die. Jesus saw his own death as absolutely necessary and central to his mission. Today we look closer at WHY […]
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The Essence of the World Religions East & West | Part 2 of 2 | The Beautiful Trail
Jean Kelley August 23, 2019 1 COMMENTHello and welcome to part two of the Golden Thread of Wisdom which distills the essence of the world’s great spiritual traditions and highlights a core theme sitting at the heart of each one In part one we looked at the faiths stemming from Abraham, namely Judaism Christianity and Islam as well as the pagan […]
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Hey everybody this is Steve and, according to some, Christianity is shrinking. Last week the Pew Research Group published a really interesting survey which shows that at least in the United States, number of people who identify as Christian is decreasing. This is pretty consistent with other surveys over the years which have tracked the […]
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Many have commented on Pope Francis’s choice of name and these rather remarkably Franciscan moves. He’s been making in the early weeks think of when he paid his own bill at the At the clergy no residents in rome or when he washed the feet of those young prisoners in Rome or when he spoke […]
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NSW Abortion Law | Abortion Grief | I’m offended! | Sydney Attack – S3E2 The Truth of It
Jean Kelley August 22, 2019 0 COMMENTSG’day, I’m Martyn Iles and this is The Truth of It – ACL’s weekly newscast on politics and current events where we cut through the fake news and bring you what it says on the tin which is the truth of it. I’m going to start today with the big topic of the week which […]
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