God - Abrahamic conceptions. Judaism, Christianity and Islam see God as a being who created the world and rules over the universe. God is usually held to have the properties of holiness (separate from sin and incorruptible), justness (fair, right, and true in all His judgments), sovereignty (unthwartable in His will), omnipotence (all-powerful), omniscience (all-knowing), omnibenevolence (all-loving), omnipresence (present everywhere at the same time), and immortality (eternal and everlasting). He is also believe ...

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God, God - Definition, God - Concept of God, God - Attributes of God, God - Etymology, God - Capitalization, God - Names of God, God - History of monotheism, God - Theology, God - Conceptions of God, God - Abrahamic conceptions, God - Conceptions of God in Hinduism, God - Christian Monism, God - The Ultimate, God - Aristotelian definition of God, God - Modern views, God - Notes and references, God - Popular Culture

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God, God - Etymology, God - Capitalization, God - Names of God, God - History of monotheism, God - Theology, God - Conceptions of God, God - Abrahamic conceptions, God - Conceptions of God in Hinduism, God - Christian Monism, God - The Ultimate, God - Aristotelian definition of God, God - Modern views, God - Notes and references, God - Popular Culture

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Machina is generally known as a concept album. Although the concept may not be apparent on listening to the album, the connecting themes and stories are revealed with the aid of several stories written by Corgan and posted to the (now extinct) band's official website in a section called "chards of glass". A competition was also held, the winner would be the person who could most accurately describe the story and theme of Machina. The story and theme is wide and ...

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God is the term used to denote the Supreme Being ascribed by many religions to be the creator, ruler and/or the sum total of, existence. Conceptions of God vary widely, despite the common use of the same term for them all. God - Definition. God - Concept of God. In many Western religions, God is usually said to have a specific and clearly defined relationship to, and interest in, the happenings of this world and the lives of those in it. Metaphors for God's relationship t ...

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God - Definition
God - Concept of God God - Attributes of God
God - Etymology
God - Capitalization
God - Names of God God - History of monotheism God - Theology God - Conceptions of God
God - Abrahamic conceptions God - Conceptions of God in Hinduism God - Christian Monism God - The Ultimate God - Aristotelian definition of God God - Modern views
God - Notes and references God - Popular Culture

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The Islamic concept of mankind's place in the universe hinges on the notion that Allāh, or God, is the only true reality. There is nothing permanent other than Him. God is considered eternal and "uncreated", whereas everything else in the universe is "created." The Qur'an describes Him in Sura 112: "Say: He is Allāh, Singular. Allāh, the Absolute. He begetteth not nor was begotten. And to Him have never been one equal." (see Tawhid ...

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Allah, Allah - Etymology, Allah - Usage, Allah - Allah as a word, Allah - Islamic use of Allāh, Allah - Uses of Allāh in phrases, Allah - Islamic concept of God, Allah - Other beliefs

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According to Max Heindel and in Esoteric Christianity, in the beginning of a Day of Manifestation a certain collective Great Being, God, limits Himself to a certain portion of space, in which He elects to create a Solar System for the evolution of added self-consciousness. In God there are contained hosts of glorious Hierarchies and lesser beings of every grade of intelligence and stage of consciousness, from omniscience to an unconsciousness deeper than that of the deepest trance condition. During the current period of manifes ...

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The Rosicrucian Cosmo-Conception, The Rosicrucian Cosmo-Conception - The Rosicrucian conception of God and the scheme of evolution, The Rosicrucian Cosmo-Conception - Comments about the Cosmo, The Rosicrucian Cosmo-Conception - Notes

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Both Jews and Christians believe in the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, for Jews the God of the Tanakh, for Christians the God of the Old Testament, the creator of the universe. Both religions reject the view that God is entirely immanent, and within the world as a physical presence, (although Christians believe in the incarnation of God). Both religions reject the view that God is entirely transcendent, and thus separate from the world, as the pre-Christian Greek Unknown God, (although this can be argued in some Judaic thought). Both religions re ...

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Judaism and Christianity, Judaism and Christianity - Neither religion is monolithic, Judaism and Christianity - Raison d'être of the religion, Judaism and Christianity - The nature of religion: national versus universal, Judaism and Christianity - Concepts of God, Judaism and Christianity - Understanding of the Bible, Judaism and Christianity - Sin and Original Sin, Judaism and Christianity - Faith versus good deeds, Judaism and Christianity - Love, Judaism and Christianity - Abortion, Judaism and Christianity - War violence and pacifism, Judaism and Christianity - Judgement, Judaism and Christianity - Capital punishment, Judaism and Christianity - Heaven and Hell, Judaism and Christianity - The Messiah, Judaism and Christianity - Catholic views, Judaism and Christianity - Eastern Orthodox views, Judaism and Christianity - Jewish views, Judaism and Christianity - Evangelism, Judaism and Christianity - Miscellaneous, Judaism and Christianity - Mutual views, Judaism and Christianity - Common Jewish views of Christianity, Judaism and Christianity - Common Christian views of Judaism

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Names given to the divine - Christianity. Yahweh, Jehovah, Jesus, Christ, the Holy Trinity, the Godhead (Christianity), Heavenly Father, Elohim, Jah Names given to the divine - Islam. See Ninety-nine names of Allah, Allah. Names given to the divine - Judaism. See The name of God in Judaism. Names given to the divine - Buddhism. < ...

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Names given to the divine, Names given to the divine - Generic names for the divine beings, Names given to the divine - Names for specific conceptions of God, Names given to the divine - Christianity, Names given to the divine - Islam, Names given to the divine - Judaism, Names given to the divine - Buddhism, Names given to the divine - Hinduism, Names given to the divine - Polytheism, Names given to the divine - Other, Names given to the divine - Alternative names used to address or refer to deities

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Dacian mythology - Dacian Gods. Zalmoxis (Salmoxis, Zalmoxe, Zamolxis) - prophet, god - subterranean Saitnoxis another name for Zalmoxis Gebeleizis - ultimate god - heavenly Derzelas - god of health and human spirit's vitality Heros - (Herous, Horus) the horseman god Dacian mythology - Places/Concepts. Kogaion (holy mountain) ...

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Dacian mythology - Dacian Gods Dacian mythology - Places/Concepts

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The sky father is a recurring theme in pagan and neopagan mythology. The sky father is the complement of the earth mother and appears in some creation myths, many of which are European or ancient Near Eastern. Other cultures have quite different myths; Egyptian mythology features a sky mother and an earthly dying and reviving god of vegetation. Shinto gives precedence to a sun goddess. A sky father also relates to a solar deity, a god identified with the sun. In Maori mythology, Ranginui was the sky father. In this story, the sky father and earth moth ...

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Islam History of Islam Oneness of God Profession of Faith Prayer • Fasting Pilgrimage • Charity Muhammad Ali • Abu Bakr Companions of Muhammad Household of Muhammad Prophets of Islam Qur'an • Hadith • Sharia Jurisprudence Biographies of Muhammad Sunni • Shi'a • Sufi Art • Architecture Cities • Calendar Science • Philosophy Religious leaders Women in Islam Political Islam • Jihad Liberal Islam Vocabula ...

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Allah - Allah as a word
Allah - Islamic use of Allāh
Allah - Uses of Allāh in phrases
Allah - Islamic concept of God Allah - Other beliefs

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Neopaganism (sometimes Neo-Paganism) describes a heterogeneous group of new religious movements, particularly those influenced by ancient, mainly pre-Christian and sometimes pre-Judaic religions. Often these are Indo-European in origin, but with a growing component inspired by other religions indigenous to Europe, such as Finno-Ugric, as well as those of other parts of the world. As th ...

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Neopaganism - History Neopaganism - Historical sources Neopaganism - Ecological and mystical currents Neopaganism - Pantheon Neopaganism - Worship and Ritual Neopaganism - Number of adherents Neopaganism - Concepts of divinity
Neopaganism - Neopagan views of gods and gender
Neopaganism - Traditions
Neopaganism - Reconstructionist Neopaganism - Syncretist and eclectic
Neopaganism - Related theological concepts Neopaganism - Usage of the term 'Neopagan' Neopaganism - Sources

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Sin has been a term most usually used in a religious context, and today describes any lack of conformity to the will of God; especially, any willful disregard for the norms revealed by God is a sin. The word is from the old English synn, presumed to be from Germanic *sun(d)jō (lit: "it is true"). [1] It is recorded in use as early as the 9th century. The most common formal definition is an infraction against religious or moral l ...

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Sin - Etymology Sin - Jewish views of sin
Sin - Jewish conceptions of atonement for sin Sin - Hebrew Concept of Sin
Sin - Christian views of sin
Sin - In General Sin - Roman Catholic Views Sin - Eastern/Oriental Orthodox Views Sin - Protestant Views Sin - Christian teachings on Atonement or the Remedy for Sin
Sin - Muslim views of sin Sin - Hindu views of sin Sin - Atheist views of sin Sin - Notes and references

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This article is about the Abrahamic belief; creationism can also refer to origin beliefs in general or, centuries earlier, to an alternative to traducianism. Creationism or creation theology is the belief that humans, life, the Earth, and the universe were created by a supreme being or deity's supernatural intervention. The intervention may be seen either as an act of creation from nothing (ex nihilo) ...

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Creationism - Overview Creationism - Political context Creationism - History of the concept of creation Creationism - Types of creationism Creationism - Jewish creationism Creationism - Christian God as absolute origin Creationism - Prevalence of creationism
Creationism - United States Creationism - The western world outside the United States
Creationism - Criticism of creationism
Creationism - Scientific critique of creationism Creationism - The Christian critique of creationism
Creationism - Creationism and naturalism

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Bhakti (Sanskrit: भक्ति; Tamil: பக்தி) is a Tamil or Sanskrit term from Hinduism that means intense devotion expressed by action (service). A person who practices bhakti is called Bhakta. The concept of devotion is more or less the same in all religions. But in Hinduism there are certain extra subtleties which make it comparatively more complicated. These are : the One Reality versus many ‘Gods’ of worship; deity worship through ‘icons’ and ‘images’; the freedom to choose one’s own ‘favo ...

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Bhakti - Concept of God Bhakti - Brahman the Ultimate Bhakti - Two schools the Absolutist and the non-Absolutist Bhakti - Ishwara the all-powerful Almighty Bhakti - Names and Forms Bhakti - Favourite deity worship Bhakti - Six traditional favourites Bhakti - All-encompassing eclecticism Bhakti - Classifications of Bhakti Bhakti - Example of Towering Giants of Bhakti Bhakti - Theory of Grace Bhakti - Take the first step Bhakti - One Purpose of prayer and worship Bhakti - Sources

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See also monotheism, Abrahamic religion. The religions that are monotheistic today are often thought of as having been of relatively recent historical origin—although efforts at comparison are usually beset by claims of most religions to being very ancient or eternal. Eastern religions, especially in China and India, that have concepts of panentheism, are notably difficult to classify along ...

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God, God - Etymology, God - Capitalization, God - Names of God, God - History of monotheism, God - Theology, God - Conceptions of God, God - Abrahamic conceptions, God - Conceptions of God in Hinduism, God - Christian Monism, God - The Ultimate, God - Aristotelian definition of God, God - Modern views, God - Notes and references, God - Popular Culture

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Theologians attempt to explicate (and in some cases systematize) beliefs; some express their own experience of the divine. Theologians ask questions such as, 'What is the nature of God?' What does it mean for God to be singular? If people believe in God as a duality or trinity, what do these terms signify? Is God transcendent, immanent, or some mix of the two? What is the relationship between God and the universe, and God and mankind? Theism holds that God is both transcendent and immanent; thus, God is simultaneously infinite a ...

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God, God - Etymology, God - Capitalization, God - Names of God, God - History of monotheism, God - Theology, God - Conceptions of God, God - Abrahamic conceptions, God - Conceptions of God in Hinduism, God - Christian Monism, God - The Ultimate, God - Aristotelian definition of God, God - Modern views, God - Notes and references, God - Popular Culture

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The word God continues Old English/Germanic god (guþ, gudis in Gothic, gud in modern Scandinavian and Gott in modern German), from Proto-Germanic *ǥuđan. The original meaning and etymology of the Germanic word god has been hotly disputed, though most agree to a reconstructed Proto-Indo-European form *khutóm, which is the neuter passive perfect participle of the root *khu-, which likely meant "libation", "sacrifice". Compare:- Vedic Sa ...

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God, God - Etymology, God - Capitalization, God - Names of God, God - History of monotheism, God - Theology, God - Conceptions of God, God - Abrahamic conceptions, God - Conceptions of God in Hinduism, God - Christian Monism, God - The Ultimate, God - Aristotelian definition of God, God - Modern views, God - Notes and references, God - Popular Culture

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History of Christianity Jesus of Nazareth The Apostles Ecumenical councils Great Schism The Crusades Reformation The Trinity God the Father Christ the Son The Holy Spirit The Bible Old Testament New Testament Apocrypha The Gospels Ten Commandments Sermon on the Mount Christian theology Salvation · Grace Christian worship Christian Church Catholicism Orthodox Christianity Protestantism Christian denomi ...

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God the Father, God the Father - God the Father in polytheistic religions, God the Father - God the Father in monotheism, God the Father - The Israelite Father God, God the Father - The gender of God in monotheism, God the Father - God the Father in Christianity, God the Father - Trinitarianism and other Christian conceptions, God the Father - External link

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In two of the three major forms of monotheism, Judaism and Christianity, God is called the Father in part because he is thought to take an active interest in human affairs, in the way that a father would take an interest in his children. Thus, many monotheists believe they can communicate with him through prayer, either to praise him or to affect his behavior. They expect that as a Father, he will respond to humanity, his children, acting in our best interests, even punishing those who misbehave like a father punishes his children, to restor ...

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God the Father, God the Father - God the Father in polytheistic religions, God the Father - God the Father in monotheism, God the Father - The Israelite Father God, God the Father - The gender of God in monotheism, God the Father - God the Father in Christianity, God the Father - Trinitarianism and other Christian conceptions, God the Father - External link

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