| Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, known as the Garden Spot of America since the 18th century, is located in the southeastern part of the state of Pennsylvania, in the United States. With an estimated 2005 population of 490,562 Lancastrians, Lancaster County forms the Lancaster Metropolitan Statistical Area, the 99th largest of 361 MSAs in the U. Lancaster_County,_Pennsylvania
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| Conscientious objector A conscientious objector (CO) is an individual who, on religious, moral or ethical grounds, refuses to participate as a combatant in war or, in some cases, to take any role that would support a combatant organization armed forces. In the first case, conscientious objectors may be willing to accept non-combatant roles during conscription or military service. Conscientious_objector
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| Same-sex marriage Same-sex marriage (also referred to as gay marriage), is a term for a legally or socially, recognized marriage between two people of the same sex. "Same-sex marriage" and "gay marriage" are the most common terms used in news media and politics. Same-sex_marriage
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| Community of Christ Community of Christ, known from 1872 to 2001 as the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (RLDS), is an American-based, international Christian churchFaith and Beliefs, Community of Christ (accessed July 26, 2008) established in April 1830The Early Church (1830), Community of Christ website (accessed July 16, 2008) that claims as its mission "to proclaim Jesus Christ and promote communities of joy, hope, love, and peace,"Mission and reports approximately 250,000 members in 50 nations. Community_of_Christ
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| Unification Theological Seminary The Unification Theological Seminary (UTS), is the main seminary of the international Unification Church. It is located in Barrytown, New York and with an Extension Center in midtown Manhattan. Unification_Theological_Seminary
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| Horus Talk:Horus
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| Massacre of the Innocents Talk:Massacre_of_the_Innocents
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| Zoroaster/Archive 1 Talk:Zoroaster/Archive_1
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| Osiris-Dionysus Talk:Osiris-Dionysus
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| Federal Marriage Amendment The Federal Marriage Amendment (FMA) (also referred to by proponents as the Marriage Protection Amendment) is a proposed amendment to the United States Constitution which would limit marriage in the United States to unions of one man and one woman. The FMA also would prevent judicial extension of marriage rights to same-sex or other unmarried couples, as well as preventing people from having multiple spouses. Federal_Marriage_Amendment
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| Corporal punishment/Archive2 Talk:Corporal_punishment/Archive2
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| Deity Talk:Deity
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| Unification Church views of sexuality The Unification Church views heterosexual marriage as God's ideal.The organization is a strong supporter of the traditional heterosexual family. Unification_Church_views_of_sexuality
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| Community of Christ Talk:Community_of_Christ
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| Kingdom of Israel Talk:Kingdom_of_Israel
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| Q document Talk:Q_document
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| Hanging Hanging is the lethal suspension of a person by a ligature. The Oxford English Dictionary states that hanging in this sense is "specifically to put to death by suspension by the neck," although it formerly also referred to crucifixion. Hanging
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| Geraldo Rivera | birth_place = Stamps, Arkansas Geraldo_Rivera
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| Jesus Seminar The Jesus Seminar is a group of about 150 individuals including scholars with advanced degrees in biblical studies, religious studies or related fields as well as published authors who are notable in the field of religion founded in 1985 by the late Robert Funk and John Dominic Crossan under the auspices of the Westar Institute.Westar Institute accessed November 6, 2006 One of the most active groups in biblical criticism,Biblical Criticism the seminar uses votes with colored beads to decide their collective view of the historicity of Jesus, specifically what he may or may not have said and done as an historical figure. Jesus_Seminar
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| Controversies regarding Jehovah's Witnesses Jehovah's Witnesses have experienced controversy in their relationships with mainstream Christianity, governments, former members, and the general public. They or their representatives have been accused of heresy, racism, child neglect, doctrinal inconsistency and reversals, sedition, double standards, hypocrisy, mistranslation of the Bible, anti-Semitism, self-aggrandising, intolerant religious views, failure to support their own members, making false predictions, poor treatment of former members, having a high rate of mentally ill devotees, brainwashing, interference in family affairs, failure to report cases of sexual abuse to the authorities, and insistence on an unduly restrictive lifestyle. Controversies_regarding_Jehovah's_Witnesses
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| Cult Awareness Network The Cult Awareness Network (CAN) was founded in the wake of the November 18, 1978 deaths of members of the group Peoples Temple and assassination of Congressman Leo J. Ryan in Jonestown, Guyana. Cult_Awareness_Network
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| Catholic sex abuse cases Allegations of sexual abuse of children have been made against a variety of religious groups including but not exclusively Roman Catholic priests, monks, and nuns. Several major lawsuits were filed in 2001 alleging that priests had sexually abused minors. Catholic_sex_abuse_cases
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| Dissociative identity disorder Talk:Dissociative_identity_disorder
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| Embryology Embryology is the study of the development of an embryo. An embryo is defined as any organism in a stage before birth or hatching, or in plants, before germination occurs. Embryology
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| Subliminal message A subliminal message is a signal or message embedded in another medium, designed to pass below the normal limits of the human mind's perception. These messages are unrecognizable by the conscious mind, but in certain situations can affect the subconscious mind and importantly, the unconscious mind, and can negatively or positively influence subsequent later thoughts, behaviors, actions, attitudes, belief systems and value systems. Subliminal_message
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| Creativity Movement The Creativity Movement was a term originally coined by Ben Klassen as a descriptive phrase encompassing all adherents of the religion known as Creativity, whether they held membership in the church or not. Creativity_Movement
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| Bible Belt Talk:Bible_Belt
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| Gospel of John Talk:Gospel_of_John
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| The Urantia Book The Urantia Book (also sometimes called The Urantia Papers or the Fifth Epochal Revelation) is a spiritual and philosophical book that discusses God, science, religion, history, philosophy, and destiny.Urantia Foundation (1955). The_Urantia_Book
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| International Society for Krishna Consciousness The International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), also known as 'the Hare Krishna' movement, is one of several Vaishnava groups. It was founded in 1966 in New York City by A. International_Society_for_Krishna_Consciousness
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| Demonology Demonology (from Greek , daimōn, "demon"; and , -logia) is the systematic study of demons or beliefs about demons."Demonology" at Dictionary. Demonology
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| List of United States Presidential religious affiliations Talk:List_of_United_States_Presidential_religious_affiliations
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| Virgin birth/Archive 4 Talk:Virgin_birth/Archive_4
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| List of demons This is a list of demons, including both specific demons (e.g. List_of_demons
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| Religion and abortion Many religious traditions have taken a stance on abortion, and these stances span a broad spectrum from acceptance to rejection.BBC "Religion and Ethics" Be aware that these BBC pages do not cover all Protestant, Muslim, Hindu or Buddhist beliefs. Religion_and_abortion
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| Blessed Virgin Mary Talk:Blessed_Virgin_Mary
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| Dating Creation Cultures throughout history have believed the world formed or was formed at some time in the past, so methods of dating Creation have involved analysing scriptures and some physical data. Dating_Creation
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| Eileen Barker Talk:Eileen_Barker
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| End time End time, End times, or End of days are the eschatological writings in the three Abrahamic religions and in doomsday scenarios in various other non-Abrahamic religions. In Abrahamic religions, End times are often depicted as a time of tribulation that precedes the appearance or return of the Messiah, a person who will usher in the Kingdom of God and bring an end to suffering and evil. End_time
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| Comparative religion Comparative religion is a field of religious study that analyzes the similarities and differences of themes, myths, rituals and concepts among the world's religions. Religion can be defined as "Human beings' relation to that which they regard as holy, sacred, spiritual, or divine". Comparative_religion
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| Demonization Demonization is the reinterpretation of polytheistic deities as demons by other religions, generally monotheistic and henotheistic ones. Rather than denying the existence of the other religion's pantheon entirely, the proselytizer says instead that they are not gods worthy of worship but demons trying to deceive their followers. Demonization
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| Congo Free State Congo_Free_State
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| John254/Homosexuality and medical science User:John254/Homosexuality_and_medical_science
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| Nuclear family The term nuclear family developed in the western world to distinguish the family group consisting of parents, most commonly a father and mother, and their children, from what is known as an extended family. Nuclear families can be any size, as long as the family can support itself and there are only parents and children (or the family is an extended family. Nuclear_family
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| Idolatry/Archive 3 Talk:Idolatry/Archive_3
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| Pentagram A pentagram (sometimes known as a pentalpha or pentangle or, more formally, as a star pentagon) is the shape of a five-pointed star drawn with five straight strokes. The word pentagram comes from the Greek word πεντάγραμμον (pentagrammon), a noun form of πεντάγραμμος (pentagrammos) or πεντέγραμμος (pentegrammos), a word meaning roughly "five-lined" or "five lines". Pentagram
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| Pentagram Talk:Pentagram
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| New Age Talk:New_Age
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| False memory syndrome False memory syndrome (FMS) is a term coined in 1992 by the False Memory Syndrome Foundation (FMSF) to describe their theory that some adults who belatedly remember instances of sexual abuse from their childhood may be mistaken about the accuracy of their memory; from this, the Foundation hypothesizes that the alleged false memories may have been the result of recovered memory therapy, another term coined by the FMSF in the early 1990s. The FMSF is an organization that advocates on behalf of individuals who claim they have been falsely accused of perpetrating child sexual abuse. False_memory_syndrome
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| False memory syndrome Talk:False_memory_syndrome
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