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A new video has been posted: On March 12 1995 the Japanese doomsday cult Aum Supreme Truth released poisonous gas on the Tokyo Subway system, killing and injuring many people. Subsequent raids on their facilities uncovered stockpiles of chemical weapons and firearms. On April 23 1995, as Hideo Murai, the leader of Aum Supreme Truth’s [...]

Religious rosaries are fast acquiring the status of gang symbols- a ludicrous thought isn’t it? Just imagine, a rosary, a string of beads used to take the Lord’s name, to ask for peace for one and all and to spread the message of kindness and benevolence becomes symbolic of gangs that kill for money, indulge [...]

A question from a reader: When you boil marriage down to it’s essence, it is nothing more than a legal contract between 2 individual humans and their state government. I can acknowledge that most choose some sort of religious based ceremony to enact this contract. However, this signing ceremony is not legally required to contain [...]

There is a great trend and tradition to wear Religious jewellery in many religions. It is also steeped in various faiths. In early age, religious jewellery was adorned by Christians. In Christian community many Christians wear the religious jewellery in the form of holy cross which represents their deep faith in Jesus. This type of [...]

A respectful gesture during religious festivals is to send a gift or a card. Sending flowers works incredibly well for any religion. There are various flowers associated with particular religions which have become a symbol of their beliefs and practices. For example, the flower of Christianity is generally seen as the Madonna lily whilst the [...]

A new video has been posted: The Decadence of American Conservatism: The Religious Right Gets it Wrong pangeaprogress.blogspot.com A modern American Christian is altogether a different creature than the original faithful in ancient Palestine. This is a rather straight point but the fact that these people who claim to know and represent this Jesus cannot [...]

There are various ways in which people choose to show their faith. Some go to church at least once a week, others visit monasteries, many pray every night before they go to bed and most of them choose to wear religious jewelry. This way of showing their faith is the most common one, for people [...]

A question from a reader: Whenever I encounter a religious person, I’m always thinking things like, “How insane is this person? Does this person have explosives strapped to their body? Is this person about to evangelize to me about some primitive belief system? Is this person a member of some weird new cult and is [...]

Clearwater, Florida – As part of its continuing expansion, on March 14th, 2009 the Church of Scientology Flag Service Organization Religious Retreat held the grand opening of the fully rebuilt Clearwater landmark Fort Harrison. Given its age, over three quarters of a century, and the desire to see the Fort Harrison stand even grander through [...]

Religious jewelry not only looks elegant and classy but also represents one’s faith and utter belief in the religion. People nowadays wear different kinds of cross pendants and religious charms to express the love and devotion for their religion. There are Christian, Catholic, Islamic and Jewish jewelry articles available on the market made of pure [...]