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Religious Spotlight: Abrahamic Religions

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Before the Christian words Yeshuah, God, or Lord were used to describe the one true monotheistic god of all three Abrahamic religions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, there was a more sacred and less well-known name used to describe him. Abraham, his son Isaac, and his grandson Jacob, are claimed by all three major world religions to be founding patriarchs, and the name that Abraham calls god is the first name god ever had. Over time his name has changed somewhat, because god's original name was actually the same name as the most High God of the polytheistic Canaanites. Before Jesus, before David, before Solomon, and before Moses, what was the very first name of god, as called by Abraham?

 

Religious Spotlight: The Sumerians

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Sumerian_deitiesAccording to Sumerian mythology, humans were originally created as servants for the gods, buit the humans were eventually freed after they became too much trouble for the gods to handle. Like the bible and epic of Gilgamesh, early creation myths of the Sumerians also include a story about a local flood - however in this case the flood is naturally impending and the gods choose not to save mankind. The god of the waters, Enki, warns the hero of the story and sends the instructions for him to build the ark.

Religious Spotlight: Christianity

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JesusIn Christianity today, there are many misconceptions by believers about the origins of their faith. While it is accepted that a man named Jesus probably existed and was crucified, after his death Jesus' followers then decided that he was divine. This did not happen immediately and the development of this belief in the Incarnation was gradual and complex: Jesus himself certainly never claimed to be God.

Religious Spotlight: The Taoists

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Yin-yangTaoism is an ancient Chinese religion and philosophy based on the texts of Dao De Ching written in the 6th centry BCE.  With approximately 20 million modern followers, Taoists bring us familiar symbols such as the Yin and Yang, fake body energies such as "Chi" or "Qi", and the unproven art of arranging furniture in a room to maximize your fortune known as Feng Shui.

Religious Spotlight: The Yezidi (Satanists)

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The Yezidi

The Yezidi are members of a small Kurdish religion who mainly live in Mosul (Northern Iraq) and are considered Satanists by Christians and Muslims for their worship of a religious character called “Shaytan” or “Satan”.  The founding of their religion goes back to antiquity and combines practices and beliefs of Mithraism, pre-Islamic Mesopotamian traditions, Christianity, and Islam.