I Googled the question “how many churches are there in the world” to see if I was close. It turns out, I wasn’t. According to quora.com, the estimated number of church buildings accommodating Christian congregations is approximately 37 million. That’s one for every 65 people. The sa...
There are so many religions. And would one human be closer to god than another? That is how the Catholic church helped create a feudal system. They also changed some texts. The Hindu system had a more caste-like system to reflect
On the basis of these results, we generate a representative sub-selection of texts for close reading. The second step of the analysis consists in a qualitative close reading of texts that allows us to evaluate the semantic significance and the thematical contents of the computational results. We...
I researched the mind, psychology, the occult, spirituality, and all religions for many years; I was looking for what I knew to be true. But I couldn't find what I was looking for. Then, I discovered how to decode old myths, spiritual texts, and original stories. It wasn't that the...
Fasting is a spiritually important aspect of most major religions, including Hinduism, Christianity, Islam and Judaism. Mahatma Gandhi, the famed spiritual and political leader and humanitarian, referred to a complete fast as "the truest prayer." He conducted fasts throughout his life for religious...
Humility has also been considered as an outcome in its own right. One relationship which has intrigued scholars is that between religion/spirituality and humility (Davis et al.2017). Most world religions promote humility as a virtue (Bollinger and Hill2012; Paine et al.2015; Wolfteich et al....
in the long run. This has led to population aging and rising death rates among U.S. Jews. Nobody in the U.S. knows (or even tries to evaluate) how many Jews die every year. The growing percentage of American Jews age 65 and over should be depressing population growth under the best...
Spiritual aspects, which broadly address inherent questions regarding one’s meaning and purpose in life [6], are known to impact the experience and processing of chronic pain for many patients [7]. The effects of some spiritual aspects on the coping process are known to be positive, while ...
According to a study published in Social Psychological and Personality Science, people with a religious affiliation lived nearly 4 years longer, on average, than those without a religious affiliation. It should also be noted that many religions, such as the Seventh Day Adventists, restrict ...
The gatekeeper review is not professional and there are many gaps in supervision (Theory of Gatekeeper) : Whether it is new media or traditional media, the content should be checked by the person in charge of content audit before it is released. This incident of Procter & Gamble is a ...