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What is the Chopra Center?

March 24, 2010 Questions & Answers

If you have followed news of religion over the last few decades, you might have heard of the Chopra Center, or of best-selling author Deepak Chopra. Much like Ron Hubbard turned books and ideas into the basis for a religion, so has Deepak Chopra, building on his writings with a message that has touched a [...]

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What is the Difference Between Catholic and Protestant Beliefs?

March 20, 2010 Questions & Answers

You might have heard Catholics referred to as “Protestant” and vice versa, but is that really the case? A closer look at the beliefs of the Catholic Church and the Protestant Church reveals significant differences that set the two groups apart The first area where the two churches differ is in the scriptures themselves. The [...]

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Understanding the Christian Science Church

March 11, 2010 Questions & Answers

The Christian Science Church, often called the Church of Christ, Science, was founded in 1879 by a woman named Mary Baker Eddy. Founded in Massachusetts, the Church focuses on physical healing through prayer, and does not recognize the presence of illness as a permanent or unresolvable issue. Mary Baker Eddy was an invalid who learned [...]

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What is Confucianism?

March 4, 2010 Questions & Answers

Viewed as both a religion and a philosophy, Confucianism is based on the teachings of Confucius from the 6th and 5th century BC. Confucianism doesn’t claim that there is a Heaven or a spiritual leader, such as God or Allah, but it doesn’t deny it either. It can often be described as a state of [...]

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What is the Afterlife? A Look at Several Religions

February 25, 2010 Questions & Answers

Just as every religion has its own unique origin and system of belief, so each religion has its own idea of what the afterlife will be like. Does life simply end and our bodies turn back to the earth, with no soul to carry on? Do we ascend from our physical bodies and join those [...]

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