| Intact dilation and extraction Intact dilation and extraction (IDX or intact D&X), also known as intact dilation and evacuation (intact D&E), dilation and extraction (D&X), intrauterine cranial decompression and controversially in the United States as partial birth abortion, is a surgical abortion wherein an intact fetus is removed from the uterus via the cervix. The procedure may also be used to remove a deceased fetus that is developed enough to require dilation of the cervix for its extraction. Intact_dilation_and_extraction
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| Persecution of Christians The persecution of Christians refers to the religious persecution of Christians, both historically and in the current era. Persecution_of_Christians
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| Religion A religion is a set of tenets and practices, often centered upon specific supernatural and moral claims about reality, the cosmos, and human nature, and often codified as prayer, ritual, or religious law. Religion also encompasses ancestral or cultural traditions, writings, history, and mythology, as well as personal faith and religious experience. Religion
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| Religious conversion Religious conversion is the adoption of a new religious identity, or a change from one religious identity to another. This typically entails the sincere avowal of a new belief system, but may also present itself in other ways, such as adoption into an identity group or spiritual lineage. Religious_conversion
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| Rammstein Rammstein () is a German industrial metal band, founded in Berlin, and consisting of Till Lindemann (lead vocals), Richard Z. Kruspe (lead guitar and backing vocals), Paul H. Rammstein
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| Religion and mythology Religion and mythology differ, but have overlapping aspects. Both terms refer to systems of concepts that are of high importance to a certain community, making statements concerning the supernatural or sacred. Religion_and_mythology
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| Religion and homosexuality Though the relationship between homosexuality and religion can vary greatly across time and place, within and between different religions and sects, and regarding different forms of homosexuality and bisexuality, current authoritative bodies and doctrines of the world's largest religions generally view homosexuality negatively. This can range from quietly discouraging homosexual activity, to explicitly forbidding same-sex sexual practices among adherents and actively opposing social acceptance of homosexuality. Religion_and_homosexuality
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| Topic outline of religion Religion is the adherence to codified beliefs and rituals that (generally) involve a faith in a spiritual nature and a study of inherited ancestral traditions, knowledge and wisdom related to understanding human life. The term "religion" refers to both personal practices related to faith as well as to the larger shared systems of belief. Topic_outline_of_religion
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| Conversion therapy Conversion therapy has been defined by the American Psychological Association as therapy aimed at changing sexual orientation, and by the American Psychiatric Association as "psychiatric treatment...which is based upon the assumption that homosexuality per se is a mental disorder or based upon the a priori assumption that a patient should change his/her sexual homosexual orientation. Conversion_therapy
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| Resurrection of Jesus Christ/Archive 1 Talk:Resurrection_of_Jesus_Christ/Archive_1
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| Religious pluralism Religious pluralism (rel. comparative religion) is a loosely defined expression concerning acceptance of different religions, and is used in a number of related ways: Religious_pluralism
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| Satanism Satanism can refer to a number of belief systems depending on the user and context. The word, in basic context, can refer to the worship of the Christian devil, thus being a Christian denomination Satanism
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| Second Coming In Christianity, the Second Coming is the anticipated return of Jesus Christ from heaven to earth, an event that will fulfill aspects of Messianic prophecy, such as the general resurrection of the dead, the last judgment of the dead and the living and the full establishment of the Kingdom of God on earth (also called the "Reign of God"), including the Messianic Age. Views about the nature of this return vary among Christian denominations. Second_Coming
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| Seventh-day Adventist Church Statistics may lag somewhat, and the church is currently (as of 2007) growing rapidly Seventh-day_Adventist_Church
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| Sabbath in Christianity Talk:Sabbath_in_Christianity
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| Serbia | national_anthem = Боже правде / Bože pravde "Lord of Justice" Serbia
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| On the Origin of Species United Kingdom On_the_Origin_of_Species
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| Thelema Thelema is a philosophy of life based on the rule or law, "Do what thou wilt." The ideal of "Do what thou wilt" and its association with the word Thelema goes back to François Rabelais, but was more fully developed"Crowley is misunderstood if he is seen primarily as the teacher of a new path to liberation, his sexual yoga and the abbey as a means of imparting this, with the theory behind it boiled down to the crude schematism of paths to enlightenment, often understood as a religion. Thelema
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| Urban legend An urban legend or urban myth is a form of modern folklore consisting of stories thought to be factual by those circulating them. The term is often used to mean something akin to an "apocryphal story. Urban_legend
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| Unification Church The Unification Church is a new religious movement founded by Korean religious leader Sun Myung Moon. The Unification Church owns, operates or subsidizes other organizations involved in political, cultural, commercial, mass-media and other activities. Unification_Church
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| United Methodist Church | polity = Episcopal (Connectionalism) United_Methodist_Church
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| West African Vodun Talk:West_African_Vodun
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| Wicca/Archive 3 Talk:Wicca/Archive_3
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| Wiccan Rede The Wiccan Rede (pronounced "reed") is a saying that was formulated to sum up the ethics of the Neo-Pagan religion Wicca. The most common form of the Rede is An it harm none, do what ye will. Wiccan_Rede
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| Dominus Iesus Dominus Iesus (Latin for "The Lord Jesus") is a declaration by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. It was approved in a Plenary meeting of the Congregation, and bears the signature of its then Prefect, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, now Pope Benedict XVI, and of its then Secretary, Archbishop Tarcisio Bertone, now Cardinal Secretary of State. Dominus_Iesus
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| Brainwashing Talk:Brainwashing
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| Victor Hugo Victor-Marie Hugo () (February 26, 1802 – May 22, 1885) was a French poet, playwright, novelist, essayist, visual artist, statesman, human rights activist and perhaps the most influential exponent of the Romantic movement in France. Victor_Hugo
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| Mennonite/Archive March 2002 - May 2006 Talk:Mennonite/Archive_March_2002_-_May_2006
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| Elián González affair The custody and immigration status of a young Cuban boy, Elián González (born December 6, 1993), was at the center of a heated controversy in 2000 involving the governments of Cuba and the United States, his father, his Miami and Cuban relatives, and the Cuban-American community of Miami. However, after the Miami relatives' appeals met several rejections by the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta, and a refusal to hear the case by the U. Elián_González_affair
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| Violence Violence is the exertion of force so as to injure or abuse. The word is used broadly to describe the destructive action of natural phenomena like storms and earthquakes. Violence
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| 2012 2012 (MMXII) will be a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. 2012
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| 2070s ==Notable predictions and known events== 2070s
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| Jehovah's Witnesses Jehovah's Witnesses is a restorationistStark et al, Why Jehovah's Witnesses Grow So Rapidly: A Theoretical Application, Journal of Contemporary Religion, Vol. 12, Num. Jehovah's_Witnesses
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| Goddess worship Goddess worship (also Goddess spirituality, Goddess veneration) is a general description for the veneration of a female goddess or goddesses. Goddess_worship
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| Corporal punishment Corporal punishment is the deliberate infliction of pain intended to punish a person or change his/her behavior. Historically speaking, most punishment, whether in judicial, domestic, or educational settings, were corporal in basis. Corporal_punishment
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| Supernatural The term supernatural or supranatural (Latin: super, supra "above" + natura "nature") pertains to entities, events or powers regarded as beyond nature, in that they lack a clear scientific explanation. Religious miracles are typical of such “supernatural” claims, as are spells and curses, divination, the belief that there is an afterlife for the dead, and innumerable others. Supernatural
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| Leopold II of Belgium years) Leopold_II_of_Belgium
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| Witch-hunt Talk:Witch-hunt
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| Pope Pius X Pope_Pius_X
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| Documentary hypothesis The documentary hypothesis (DH) proposes that the first five books of the Old Testament (Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy, known collectively as the Torah or Pentateuch) represent a combination of documents from originally independent sources. According to the influential version of the hypothesis formulated by Julius Wellhausen (1844–1918), there were four main sources, and these sources and the approximate dates of their composition were: Documentary_hypothesis
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| Rapture The Rapture is a prophesied event in Christian eschatology, in which Christians will be gathered together at the return of Christ; even Christians who have died are to be resurrected to participate in the coming of Christ. Rapture
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| Jews for Jesus Jews for Jesus is a Christian Jews_for_Jesus
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| Documentary hypothesis Talk:Documentary_hypothesis
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| Messianic Judaism Messianic Judaism is a religious movement whose adherents believe that Jesus of Nazareth, whom they call Yeshua, is both the resurrected Jewish Messiah and their Divine Savior. Messianic_Judaism
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| Messianic Judaism Talk:Messianic_Judaism
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| Sons of Noah Talk:Sons_of_Noah
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| British Israelism British Israelism (sometimes called Anglo-Israelism) is the belief that many early Britons, Europeans and/or their royal families were direct lineal descendants of the Lost Tribes of Israel. British_Israelism
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| Eschatology Talk:Eschatology
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| Mary (mother of Jesus) | death_date= unknown; See Assumption of Mary Mary_(mother_of_Jesus)
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| Pacific Northwest The Pacific Northwest is a region in the northwest of North America (the term refers to the land, not the ocean). There are several partially overlapping definitions but the term Pacific Northwest should not be confused with the Northwest Territory (aka the Great Northwest, a historic term in the United States) or the Northwest Territories of Canada. Pacific_Northwest
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