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Test your knowledge about one of the oldest world faiths that still lives, one that has impacted the history of world religion a LOT. So, do you know the basics? Do you know some trivia that are a bit more specialist about the Jewish people, their faith, their rituals and their scriptures.

Take my pop quiz about religion worldwide. I've put in questions about Christian, Buddhism, Judaism, Islam and Hinduism. Maybe you'll learn a few things, maybe you'll show yourself just how much you already knew some religion trivia.

Test your knowledge of Christianity on of the largest world religions. Do you know your religious trivia? Good luck and have fun. I'm asking questions about the history of Christianity, the Bible, Christianity in the world today and theology.

I love religion. I love spirituality and I especially love discussing it. From any angle. Below you will find links to the debates I've hosted here on squidoo relating to science, philosophy, religion and spirituality - and any mix of those I could come up with.

Do you agree? Share your thoughts on this lens about what the best world religion is. I'm sticking to the world religions, for the sake of brevity, but have included an up and coming contender: the Bahai. Aside from them, these are the world religions (by alphabetical order): Buddhism, Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Hinduism. So what do you think?What's the best religion in the world?I'll be helping you make your case by sharing the basics on each of the world religions. The main criteria I'll follow are: peaceful actions by their followers and the quality of the teachings. But I'll let you weigh in on the matter every step of the way.Under construction.

You'll find Christian quotes from the Bible and from Christians here. You'll meet some unique people who interpreted Christianity in ways that may make you look differently on your own life and faith. You'll find books and calendars to further inspire you. And lots of debates: about the nature of God, the soul, miracles and more.On this lensography I gather all my Christian lenses together, starting with the inspiring ones, going on with the philosophical debate ones. Those philosophical lenses are usually dependent on theology.I'm also sharing something of my family history - a line of theologians with the same name: J.M.S. Baljon. Johannes Marinus Simon Baljon - my grandfather and his father and grandfather.

Learn about Christianity: whether protestant, liberal or Roman Catholic. Whether your lens is about your faith in Jesus, or questioning the same.. While my path is an alternative one, in this group I also feature Christian pages devoted to explaining why the road to Christ should not be complicated with inspiration from elsewhere.

Generations of recovering alcoholics, soldiers, weary parents, exploited workers and just about anybody feeling beaten down by life have found solace in a short prayer that begins, “God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change.”

Story Highlights Sen. Edward Kennedy undergoes surgery at Duke University Medical Center Chemotherapy and radiation will follow surgery in North Carolina, statement says Kennedy expected to stay at Duke hospital for about a ..... [Please pray for him for I am!]

Shortly after I had gone from the seminary to my first pastorate in 1948, Louise invited my wife, Anna Marie, and me to have Sunday dinner with her family. She has been one of our dearest friends ever since. Recently, during one of the many visits we have had since then she said to me “My brother hates God because God made him gay, and he knows he is going to hell, and I do, too, for that is what the Bible says.” At that time I had only some suppositions - quite negative - about homosexuality and had never thought it needed study. But her words made me want to know as much as I could learn. When I began reading I soon realized things about myself I now deplore: I was ignorant of the many facts about homosexuality and what the Bible says about it. Yet, without facts, I had pre-judged it; I was prejudiced. With little thought I had read into the Bible what I presumed it ought to say instead of reading out of it what it did say. My idea of not needing to study the subject was pure anti-intellectualism. I am now grateful to God that He led me to study. I read some two score books, most by eminent sociologists, psychologists and theologians. Then I wrote this letter to Louise, reflecting what I have come to believe is the truth about homosexuality, what the Bible says and what God wants us to think and do about it. Now I want others to study seriously this matter of such importance to many lives and many churches and denominations. I asked for and received Louise’s permission to share her letter with others. I pray it may be helpful. Bruce W. Lowe, January 2002

The Corporation, Canada’s most successful documentary in history, is the winner of 26 international awards and 10 Audience Choice Awards including the 2004 Sundance Film Festival. The film is based on the book The Corporation: The Pathological Pursuit of Profit and Power by Joel Bakan.

Individual rights and the Federal Role in Behavior Modification: Report of the Subcommittee on Constitutional Rights is presented by the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, and in the preface one reads Technology has begun to develop new methods of behavior control capable of altering not just an individual’s actions but his very personality and manner of thinking as well. Because it affects the ability of the individual to think for himself, the behavior technology being developed in the United States today touches upon the most basic sources of individuality, and the very core of personal freedom.

National Intelligence Director Mike McConnell is drawing up plans for cyberspace spying that would make the current debate on warrant- less wiretaps look like a "walk in the park," according to an interview published in the New Yorker's print edition today.

My mission is to herald the truth and sometimes entertain readers as a free service. I don't offer to write articles for payment i.e. pay for post and etc like some bloggers.

The credibility of Fox News is pretty much close to zero. It was bad enough that they refused to allow Ron Paul in their NH debate forum, but now they have been caught planting an actor in their supposedly random focus groups. Frank Luntz one of the chief propagandists for Fox News who organizes these focus groups has been caught planting people in focus groups in a clear attempt to distort reality. During tonight’s Fox News GOP debate, Luntz organized a focus group to provide feedback from so called random Republican voters. However, one of the people in the focus group was also used in a previous focus group Luntz organized for the September 5th, 2007 GOP presidential debate. Take a look at the two videos taken from both focus groups and you’ll see that the same guy appears in two supposedly random focus groups.

September 23, 2007 – Seven CIA veterans have severely criticized the official account of 9/11 and have called for a new investigation. “I think at simplest terms, there’s a cover-up. The 9/11 Report is a joke,” said Raymond McGovern, 27-year veteran of the CIA, who chaired National Intelligence Estimates during the seventies. “There are a whole bunch of unanswered questions. And the reason they’re unanswered is because this administration will not answer the questions,” he said. McGovern, who is also the founder of VIPS (Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity), is one of many signers of a petition to reinvestigate 9/11.[1]

You think you're so smart? Check out how much you can miss when your mind is mis-directed. You'll be surprised how simple it is to miss something in plain site.

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The founder of Gospel for Asia says while persecution is increasing worldwide for Christians, he believes it will soon impact believers in America — and K.P. Yohannan says they need to get ready for it.Persecution against Christians is increasing worldwide, especially in countries such as India, where attacks on churches and Christians by Hindu extremists have increased dramatically. In fact, when missionaries graduate from Gospel for Asia (GFA) Bible colleges, they are told to expect persecution — and perhaps even death — for spreading the gospel.

Last January, televangelist Pat Robertson claimed that he had a prophesy from God. He said God told him that for 2007 there will be "mass killing" from a terrorist attack against America sometime after September. Robertson went on to suggest that it might even be nuclear, even though he said he did not hear God say that word. With 2008 now here, it is clear that Robertson was wrong. Thus, perhaps he should be worried about the warning in Deuteronomy 18:20-22: "But a prophet who presumes to speak in my name anything I have not commanded, or a prophet who speaks in the name of other gods, is to be put to death."