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Charles Sprague Pearce: Religion

Geographical distribution of the religions of the world in the early 1980s.

Indonesia. Communal conflicts and secessionist pressures have been on the rise in Indonesia, which has one of the world's most religiously diverse populations. Thematic map. Includes locator.

Know about Richard Dawkins's views on atheism and his idea of religion as a virus

Know why Karl Marx called religion “the opium of the people” and his dream of a communist revolution

Christianity and superstition in the Middle Ages

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Ahura Mazda - relief of the Zoroastrian god Ahura Mazda at the ancient ruins of Persepolis in Iran. Also known as Ormazd Zoroastrianism,

Which Religion Is the Oldest?

African American man praying in church with stained glass in background

Why Do People Say “Amen” at the End of a Prayer?

Confucius statue at a Confucian Temple in Shanghai, China. Confucianism religion

What is the Difference Between Daoism and Confucianism?

Young men throw balloons and glitter from above the mosque at the celebration Eid Al-Fitr after prayers playing with balloons outside of Al-seddeeq mosque, Al-Mansourah, Egypt. 17 July 2015.

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Plato (left) and Aristotle, detail from School of Athens, fresco by Raphael, 1508-11; in the Stanza della Segnatura, the Vatican. Plato points to the heavens and the realm of Forms, Aristotle to the earth and the realm of things.

Plato and Aristotle: How Do They Differ?

Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) standing on rock, side view, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

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Bog body. Head of Tollund Man. Died at about age 30-40, Dated to about 280 BCE early Iron Age. Found Bjaeldskovdal bog Denmark in 1950 near Elling Woman. Most well preserved bog body to date. Human remains mummified in natural peat bogs. mummy, embalm

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Thanksgiving Turkey with all the sides

Why Do We Eat Turkey on Thanksgiving?

The merger of two black holes and the gravitational waves that ripple outward as the black holes spiral toward each other. The black holes-which represent those detected by LIGO on Dec. 26, 2015-were 14 and 8 times the mass of the sun, until they merged,

How Do Black Holes Really Work?

Panoramic view at sunrise of moai, Ahu Tongariki, Easter Island (Rapa Nui), Chile

6 Lost Civilizations

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Charles Sprague Pearce: Religion

Geographical distribution of the religions of the world in the early 1980s.

Indonesia. Communal conflicts and secessionist pressures have been on the rise in Indonesia, which has one of the world's most religiously diverse populations. Thematic map. Includes locator.

Know about Richard Dawkins's views on atheism and his idea of religion as a virus

Know why Karl Marx called religion “the opium of the people” and his dream of a communist revolution

Christianity and superstition in the Middle Ages

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Poet John Milton

John Milton

English poet

Vigny, lithograph by Antoine Maurin, 1832

Alfred-Victor, count de Vigny

French author

Ahura Mazdā

Zarathushtra

Iranian prophet

Sholem Asch

Sholem Asch

American writer

Constant, detail of an oil painting by Hercule des Roches, c. 1830; in the Musée Carnavalet, Paris

Benjamin Constant

French author

Martin E. Marty

American historian of religion

Rashīd Riḍā

Islamic scholar

Cosmo Gordon Lang, 1929.

Cosmo Gordon Lang, Baron Lang

archbishop of Canterbury

Xenophanes

Greek poet and philosopher

Jacob van Maerlant

Dutch poet

John Owen, oil painting by an unknown artist; in the National Portrait Gallery, London

John Owen

English minister

John Bastwick

English religious zealot

Matthäus Schiner

Swiss diplomat

Seraphim of Sarov, Saint

Saint Seraphim of Sarov

Russian monk

Johann von Staupitz

German clergyman

Duperron, detail from an engraving

Jacques Davy Duperron

French cardinal

Theoleptus Of Philadelphia

Greek Orthodox bishop

Simon Kimbangu

African religious leader

Konrad von Marburg

German inquisitor

Charles Du Bos

French critic

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Religion: High and Mighty Quiz

Drum. Buddhist monk in Luang Prabang, Laos, hitting temple drum. (Buddhism, religion, percussion)

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Omar Ali Saifuddin mosque, Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei.

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