81. A Refutation Of Religion An essay in defence of an atheistagnostic viewpoint, presented in question and answer format. http://www.neurotoxic.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/refutation.html

A Refutation of Religion "Freedom is the right to tell people what they do not want to hear." - George Orwell What I believe. I am an atheist. I do not believe in the existence of God. God may or may not exist. I can neither prove that God exists, nor prove that he doesn't. However, in the absence of positive proof that God does exist I will not believe in him. God may exist, but I don't know that he exists, therefore I do not believe in God. This may initially seem convoluted but upon consideration it is a consistent viewpoint. I am not categorically saying that God does not exist, simply that it is meaningless to talk about believing in something when you don't know for certain whether it exists or not. In a sense, therefore, I am also an agnostic. Throughout this text I will refer to those who believe in a God or Gods of any kind as theists. This discussion is intended to be general and will therefore not address any religions in particular but merely the concept of God (which is common to most of the world's religions, with the notable exception of Buddhism). I will refer to God as 'He' throughout this text, even though ascribing a gender to a supreme being is completely meaningless, because it is traditional to do so. The text is in the format of a series of points made to me by religious friends of mine with whom I have discussed religious belief, and my refutations of these points. Click here for the full text Or click on the links below for individual sections.

82. Institution Authentication Form http://www.ohiolink.edu/databases/login/reli

Catalog All Databases Express Links Site Search ... Help Institution Selection Form OhioLINK Off-Campus Authentication For Access to Services Please select your institution: Antioch College Ashland University Athenaeum of Ohio Baldwin-Wallace College Belmont Technical College Bluffton University Bowling Green State University Capital University Case Western Reserve University Cedarville University Central State University Cincinnati Bible College and Seminary Cincinnati State Technical and Community College Clark State Community College Cleveland Clinic Foundation Cleveland State University College of Mount Saint Joseph College of Wooster Columbus College of Art and Design Columbus State Community College Cuyahoga Community College Defiance College Denison University Edison Community College Franciscan University of Steubenville Franklin University Heidelberg College Hiram College Hocking College Jefferson Community College John Carroll University Kent State University Kenyon College Lakeland Community College Lorain County Community College Lourdes College Malone College Marietta College Medical College of Ohio Mercy College Miami University Mount Carmel College of Nursing Mount Union College Mount Vernon Nazarene University Muskingum College Myers University Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine Northwest State Community College Notre Dame College of Ohio Oberlin College Ohio Dominican University Ohio Northern University Ohio State University Ohio University Ohio Wesleyan University Otterbein College Owens Community College

83. AVESTA -- Zoroastrian Archives The complete text of the extant Avesta, the most ancient scriptures of Zoroastrianism, as well as many Pahlavi scriptures. Information about the Avestan language, and substantial resources for students of Zoroastrian religion. http://www.avesta.org/

Site map FAQ What's new Scripture ... Search Avesta Zoroastrian Archives "Zoroastrianism is the oldest of the revealed world-religions, and it has probably had more influence on mankind, directly and indirectly, than any other single faith." - Mary Boyce, Zoroastrians: Their Religious Beliefs and Practices (London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1979, p. 1) "Zoroaster was thus the first to teach the doctrines of an individual judgment, Heaven and Hell, the future resurrection of the body, the general Last Judgment, and life everlasting for the reunited soul and body. These doctrines were to become familiar articles of faith to much of mankind, through borrowings by Judaism, Christianity and Islam; yet it is in Zoroastrianism itself that they have their fullest logical coherence....” - Mary Boyce, Op. Cit. p. 29. We provide the complete text of the extant Avesta , the most ancient scriptures of Zoroastrianism, as well as many Pahlavi scriptures. It also includes information about the Avestan language, and other useful information for students of Zoroastrian religion. Most of the texts in these archives are extremely rare. NOTE: Spelling of Zoroastrian technical terms has been normalized in these archives to facilitate searches.

84. Center For Philosophy Of Religion Established at the University of Notre Dame in 1976 to support work in philosophy of religion and Christian philosophy. Home of Alvin Plantinga. http://www.nd.edu/~cprelig/

The Center for Philosophy of Religion University of Notre Dame Activities and Programs Fellowship Announcement, 2004-2005 Past and Current Fellows Faculty Profiles ... Information for Current Fellows Inquiries for further information should be directed to: The Center for Philosophy of Religion 418 Malloy Hall University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN 46556-1068 cprelig.1@nd.edu

85. Religions Of The World From the earliest known evidence of human religion by Homo Sapiens Neanderthalensisaround 100,000 years ago to the present day, religion continues to be a http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/cultural/religion/

Religions of the World Islam Judaism Buddhism Animism ... Hinduism Use our clickable map showing the geographic concentrations of religious groups to explore today's major world religions. An Introduction to the Study of World Religions From the earliest known evidence of human religion by Homo Sapiens Neanderthalensis around 100,000 years ago to the present day, religion continues to be a very influential aspect of human lives. Today, there are numerous challenges and problems faced by humans from every possible background, location and social class. Every day people must face issues of health, safety and mortality. It is because of these daily challenges that religion continues to exist. Religion is the universal tool for explaining things which we do not understand through the context the known physical world. Although there are countless religions, each different from the other, they all serve the same purpose. Each answers questions which all humans seem to be programmed to ask: Why are we here? What happens when I die? How shall I live my life? Religion helps us to transmit our values from one generation to another, and influences the way we interact with the natural environment. It teaches us how to see ourselves in light of the universe and gives purpose and meaning to life.

86. College Of The Holy Cross | Libraries Bibliographies, atlases, and internet links from holycross.edu. http://www.holycross.edu/departments/library/website/africanr.html

Ask-a-Librarian Electronic Databases Electronic Journals Electronic Reserves (ERes) ... Remote Access Search Catalog Hours Staff A Research Guide Find: Books (Link to Holy Cross Online Catalog) Reference Sources Guides and Bibliographies Dictionaries and Encyclopedias Indexes and Abstracts Internet Resources ... Return to Top I. Reference Sources Guides and Bibliographies Africa Bibliography. Dover, N.H.: Manchester University Press, 1984-. [DT3.A22 ] Barzun, Jacques. The Modern Researcher. 5th ed. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1992. [REF. D13.B29.1992] Cone, James H.

87. 403 Error - File Not Found Biographies, discographies, lyrics, tabs, pictures and downloads from bands like Bad religion, Offspring, Pennywise, Dead Milkmen and The Vandals. http://321punk.virtualave.net/

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88. Bad Religion Official site. History, newsletter, tour dates, news, photos, web cam, merchandise, and links. http://www.badreligion.com/

89. FirstSearch Login Screen newfirstsearch.oclc.org/dbname=ATLAreligion;timeout=1500;done=http//www.stlawu.edu/library/menualp.html;FSIP The National Organization on Disability Religious Participation Community Involvement Religious Participation The religion and Disability Programof the National Organization on Disability (NOD) is an interfaith effort http://newfirstsearch.oclc.org/dbname=ATLAReligion;done=referer;FSIP

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90. Quick Facts On Religion And Sexuality About Sex; A Time to Speak (Press Release); religion, Spirituality,and Sexuality A SIECUS Annotated Bibliography; Sexuality Education http://www.siecus.org/religion/facts.html

The Religious Declaration on Sexual Morality, Justice and Healing The Really Good News: What the Bible Says About Sex A Time to Speak (Press Release) Religion, Spirituality, and Sexuality: A SIECUS Annotated Bibliography ... School Health Education Clearinghouse Web Master: siecus@siecus.org

91. CSSR - Online Directory Of Departments And Programs Of Religious Studies Searchable directory of 1,600 accredited religious studies departments and programs in North America, from the Council of Societies for the Study of religion. http://www.cssr.org/directory.asp

The Council of Societies for the Study of Religion Home About the CSSR Constituent Societies CSSR Publications ... Index Directory of Departments and Programs of Religious Studies Reviewers Area Online Directory of Departments and Programs of Religious Studies in North America Welcome to the Online Directory of Departments and Programs of Religious Studies in North America, where you can search through approximately 1,600 accredited departments and programs of religious studies. To get started, please enter one or more keywords in the fields below. Please use an asterisk * for any wildcard values. Search results will be listed below the search fields once you hit the "Search" button. Institution Name: City: State / Province: Denomination: All (women) Catholic ABC (USA) ACC, RCC, UCC ACC, UCC, PCC, UML African Methodist Episcopal AME-Zion Church American Baptist American Baptist Churches USA Anglican Anglican Church of Canada Anglican, Orthodox, Roman Catholic Anglican/Episcopal Assemblies of God Assembly of God Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church Baptist Baptist General Conference Baptist Union of Western Canada Baptist-Southern Bible Missionary Brethren (Ashland) Brethren in Christ Cath w/Adrian Dominican Hrtg Catholic Catholic, Jesuit

92. Telegraph | News Jedi Knights, the galactic order of warriors from the Star Wars films, were celebrating a small victory last night in their campaign to be recognised as an official religion. http://www.portal.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2001/10/11/njedi11.x

93. Encyclopedia Of North American Indians - - Religion Essay by a Osage theologian on the religious traditions of various native peoples. http://college.hmco.com/history/readerscomp/naind/html/na_032600_religion.htm

Entries Publication Data Advisory Board Maps ... World Civilizations Encyclopedia of North American Indians Religion The phenomena referred to by the term Native American religions For instance, among the Ni U Konska Some would argue that the so-called vision quest is evidence of the quintessential individualism of Plains Indian peoples. However, just the opposite can be argued, because in Plains cultures the individual is always in symbiotic relationship with the community. This ceremony involves personal sacrifice: rigorous fasting (no food or liquids) and prayer over several days (typically four to seven) in a location removed from the rest of the community. Yet in a typical rite of vigil or vision quest, the community or some part of the community assists the individual in preparing for the ceremony and then prays constantly on behalf of the individual throughout the ceremony. Thus by engaging in this ceremony, the individual acts on behalf of and for the good of the whole community. Even when an individual seeks personal power or assistance through such a ceremony, he or she is doing so for the ultimate benefit of the community. In God Is Red Indian peoples, then, tend to locate sacred power spatially—in terms of places or in terms of spatial configuration. This is in stark contrast to European and Euro-American religious traditions, which tend to express spirituality in terms of time: a regular hour on Sundays and a seasonal liturgical calendar that has become more and more distanced from any sense of the actual flow of seasons in particular places and is therefore both more abstract and more portable than Native American traditions. In the Southern Hemisphere, for instance, Christians celebrate Lent (named for springtime and the lengthening of the days) and Easter during the antipodean autumn. It would be an exaggeration to argue that Indian peoples have no sense of time or that Europeans have no sense of space. Rather, spatiality is a dominant category of existence for Native Americans whereas time is a subordinate category. Just the opposite is generally true for European peoples.

94. Approaching The Study Of Religion Retrievable resources for and writings by religious studies students. Free public domain etexts, discussion forums, and useful links. http://religions.myztek.com/home.php3

Ray Slaughter religions@myztek.com Home Resources and Writings by: N. Holbrook Ray Slaughter Links Forums ... Chat A Repository of Retrievable Resources and Writings for and by Religious Studies Students From Students N. Holbrook Assesments of twelve scholars and their approaches. Ray Slaughter Essays written as a first and second year student. From the Library Essays in the History of Religions - Joachim Wach 428 KB The Sociology of Religion - Weber - 632 KB The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam - 18.5 KB The Bhagavad Gita Translated by Edwin Arnold - 120 KB The Code of Handsome Lake, The Seneca Prophet - Arthur C. Parker (1913) - 290 KB Expanded Philosophy and Religion sections, over 2000 files now online! To have your work included in the repository, please email Ray religions@myztek.com Submissions accepted in almost any file format (I will convert to php/html for web) or you may write your own html as N. Holbrook did (I reserve the right to edit html if necessary, but will not change the content). On Religious Studies at OSU: While religious studies at OSU occupies a position within the Comparative Studies department, I think it is only by testing and pushing back the borders imposed by that position that we in religious studies can achieve the goal stated in the university's new motto, "Do something great." We should all strive to make it clear that religious studies at OSU is fully capable of doing something great as we grow into this new century, putting OSU on the academic map as a site where we don't simply "do" religious studies, but make it clear why religious studies is essential to the future of our university, our nation, and the world.

95. The Religious Archive The Religious Archive. The However, you can still retrieve them by anonymousftp from ftp//ftp.lysator.liu.se/pub/religion/. Currently http://www.lysator.liu.se/religion/

The Religious Archive The Religious Archive is one of the largest and most accessed parts of the Lysator site. Please note that some files may be compressed using gunzip. Unfortunately not all browsers can uncompress those files. However, you can still retrieve them by anonymous ftp from ftp://ftp.lysator.liu.se/pub/religion/. Currently the Religious Archive contains information about the following religious paths: Christianity This is the archive of the Morning Star magazine about Christianity. It is maintained by Per Cederqvist, ceder@lysator.liu.se Discordianism Discordianism is a fairly new religion (late fifties). It is mainly concerned with the balance between order and chaos. Its main deity is Eris, the Greek Godess of Discord. There are also numerous saints. For a quick introduction read The Turkey Curse Islam Islam is about 500 years younger than Christianity. It is a monotheistic religion with adherents mainly in the Middle East. For a quick introduction read The Fundamentals of the Islamic Religion by Sheikh Al-Islam Mohammad Bin Sulaiman At-Tamimi. Neopaganism Neopaganism is a group of religions which evolved out of the works of Gerald Gardner, Doreen Valiente and Alex Sanders in Britain in the twentieth century. Asatru and Neoshamanism are often counted as Neopagan. Wicca is the largest Neopagan denomination. For an excellent short introduction you can read

96. Centre For Psychology Of Religion (Louvain) Publication abstracts and contact details of research program at the Catholic University of Louvain (Belgium), headed up by JeanMarie Jaspard. Bilingual French and English. http://www.psp.ucl.ac.be/psyreli/prel-eng.htm

97. Science And Religion Web forum about science and religion. Multiple popups http://killdevilhill.com/srchat/wwwboard.html

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98. ISLAM - A Religion For All Mankind Facts about Islam According to The Almanac Book of Facts , the population increased 137% within the past decade, Christianity increased 46%, while Islam increased 235%. In a recent poll, 100,000 people per year in America alone are converting to Islam. http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Ithaca/6402

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99. Religions - 123world religionS. a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z. Taliban Online; Talk Islam; Tenrikyo; Top religion. http://www.123world.com/religion/

RELIGIONS a b c d ... z A Al-Qur'an was-Sunnah Society, North America Arya Pratinidhi Sabha America Assemblies of God B Bahá'í Faith Budhism Bulgarian Orthodox Church C Cao Dai Catholic Information Network Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints E ECKANKAR H Hinduism I International Mahavir Jain Mission ISKCON ,Ukraine Islam J Jainism Jamiatul Ulama (Council of Muslim Theologians), KwaZulu-Natal Jehova's Witnesses Jesus Answers M Majlis Muhammadi N Narayana Guru New Apostolic Church International R Russian Orthodox Church S Scientology Seventh Day Adventists Shinto Shirdi Sai Baba ... St. Joseph T Taliban Online Talk Islam Tenrikyo Top Religion U Unitarian-Universalism United Methodist Church United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism V Vatican:The Holy See Z Zoroastrianism

100. Church And State, Politics And Religion Interesting essay which clarifies the difference between the question of religion and politics and the question of church and state . http://www.frontiernet.net/~kenc/relandpo.htm

Church and State, Religion and Politics Kenneth Cauthen The essay that formerly was on this page was published as a part of a chapter of my The Ethics of Belief: A Bio-Historical Approach, 2 vols. (Lima, OH: CSS Publishing Co., 2001). A brief summary follows. The question of religion and politics is not the same as the question of church and state. Failure to make this distinction results in confusion. The problem of church and state has to do with institutions and the spheres of action that are appropriate for each. Here the concept of separation is valid. Thorny problems arise in two particular areas. 1. The first involves trying to steer between avoiding an establishment of religion and permitting its free exercise. Prayer in public schools and is among the most contentious. 2. A second range of problems arises when religious belief and practice conflict with secular law. The problem of religion and politics defines another set of issues. Church and state deals with the relationship of institutions that are independent of each other. Religion and politics has to do with two spheres of activities in the life of the same persons. Citizens who belong to religious groups are also members of the secular society, and this dual association generates complications. Religious beliefs have moral and social implications, and it is appropriate for people of faith to express these through their activities as citizens in the political order. The fact that ethical convictions are rooted in religious faith does not disqualify them from the political realm. However, they do not have secular validity merely because they are thought by their exponents to be religiously authorized. They must be argued for in appropriate social and political terms in harmony with national values.

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