Christianity

Christianity is a religion based upon the teachings and miracles of Jesus. Jesus is the Christ. The word "christ" means anointed one. Christ is not Jesus' last name. Jesus is the anointed one from God the Father who came to this world, fulfilled the Old Testament laws and prophecies, died on the cross, and rose from the dead. He performed many miracles which were recorded in the Gospels by the eyewitnesses. He is divine in nature as well as human.

Paganism

Pagans honour the Divine in all its aspects, whether male or female, as parts of the sacred whole. Every man, woman, and child is, to a Pagan, a beautiful and unique being. The woods and open spaces of the land, home to wild animals and birds, are cherished. Paganism stresses personal spiritual experience, and Pagans often find that experience through their relationship with the natural world that they love. We seek spiritual union with Divinity by attuning with the tides of Nature and by exploring our inner selves, seeing each reflected in the other.

Gnosticism

Gnostic Christians believe in the teachings of Christ: Love, mercy, kindness, and forgiveness. believing him to be a prophet and now an ascended master, but don't seek salvation through Jesus. We don't believe in sin (which when translated only means "missing the mark") so with out sin, there is no need of salvation. believing in the divinity of Christ as much as we believe in the divinity of all of us. We all are a spark of the Divine. Creations of God, therefore God is within all of us.

Buddhism

Buddhism is a path of practice and spiritual development leading to Insight into the true nature of life. Buddhist practices such as meditation are means of changing oneself in order to develop the qualities of awareness, kindness, and wisdom. The experience developed within the Buddhist tradition over thousands of years has created an incomparable resource for all those who wish to follow a path — a path which ultimately culminates in Enlightenment or Buddhahood.

Hinduism

Hinduism is the world's oldest extant religion, with a billion followers, which makes it the world's third largest religion. Hinduism is a conglomeration of religious, philosophical, and cultural ideas and practices that originated in India, characterized by the belief in reincarnation, one absolute being of multiple manifestations, the law of cause and effect, following the path of righteousness, and the desire for liberation from the cycle of births and deaths.

Judaism

Judaism is a monotheistic religion, which means that Jewish people pray to only one God. There weren’t too many religions like this when it originated which made Judaism very unique at the time. Most of the religions of that period were polytheistic, which means that they prayed to more then one God.

Taoism

Taoism is not a religion, nor a philosophy. It is a "Way" of life. It is a River. The Tao is the natural order of things. It is a force that flows through every living and sentient object, as well as through the entire universe. When the Tao is in balance it is possible to find perfect happiness.

Islam

The word "Islam" actually means "submission to God." Therefore, "a Muslim is one who strives to submit to God." Islam teaches that one can only find peace in one's life by submitting to Almighty God (Allah) in heart, soul and deed. The same Arabic root word gives us "Salaam alaykum," ("Peace be with you"), the universal Muslim greeting.

Native American

Native Americans, American Indians, or indigenous people, they were the original inhabitants of the Americas. All over this big continent the native peoples were displaced, robbed, enslaved and killed. They were deemed savages because they were different.

Wicca

Wiccans believe in a divine force or power as the source of all. It is both immanent and transcendent while encompassing the whole universe. Therefore the world and all aspects within the world, "nature" and "life itself" in particular, are considered sacred. Wiccans use ancient and modern ceremonies, rituals and shamanic practices to attune themselves to the natural rhythms of nature, the world, and the universe in their efforts to commune with this divine force.

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