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|style="background:LightYellow" |[[Internal and spiritual aspects of sacred ceremonies]] ||style="background:LightYellow" | [[File:30 Candle light 3 091010.jpg|100px|]] ||style="background:LightYellow" |In our religious life we sometimes go through ceremonies that have deep meaning. Each religion has its own rituals and when we study the sacraments of religions, we realize that there always is this deeper meaning. A problem that often occurs in organized religions is that the ceremonies are performed but not understood deeply. Many believers think that by doing these rituals, they are going to be helped or saved just like that. || style="background:LightYellow" |Oct. 12, 2009||style="background:LightYellow" | | |style="background:LightYellow" |[[Internal and spiritual aspects of sacred ceremonies]] ||style="background:LightYellow" | [[File:30 Candle light 3 091010.jpg|100px|]] ||style="background:LightYellow" |In our religious life we sometimes go through ceremonies that have deep meaning. Each religion has its own rituals and when we study the sacraments of religions, we realize that there always is this deeper meaning. A problem that often occurs in organized religions is that the ceremonies are performed but not understood deeply. Many believers think that by doing these rituals, they are going to be helped or saved just like that. || style="background:LightYellow" |Oct. 12, 2009||style="background:LightYellow" | | ||
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| + | |style="background:LightYellow" |[[Egypt, the wilderness and Canaan in our own lives]] ||style="background:LightYellow" | [[File:Middle East Shem-Ham.jpg|100px|]] ||style="background:LightYellow" |We all go through stages in our lives that are comparable to the course of the Israelites who after they left slavery in Egypt went through the wilderness to eventually enter the promised land of Canaan. Personally I find the account of this part of the history of the Jewish people one of the most meaningful of the Bible. The deeper we understand this story, the more we can recognize the stages of this course in our own lives. || style="background:LightYellow" |Oct. 16, 2009||style="background:LightYellow" | | ||
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|style="background:LightYellow" |[[Holy Salt and its effects]] ||style="background:LightYellow" | [[File:Halit-Kristalle.jpg|100px|]] ||style="background:LightYellow" |Holy Salt is special salt that is used in religious ceremonies in the Unification Church. Here are given three reasons why Holy Salt is effective.|| style="background:LightYellow" |March 3, 2012||style="background:LightYellow" | | |style="background:LightYellow" |[[Holy Salt and its effects]] ||style="background:LightYellow" | [[File:Halit-Kristalle.jpg|100px|]] ||style="background:LightYellow" |Holy Salt is special salt that is used in religious ceremonies in the Unification Church. Here are given three reasons why Holy Salt is effective.|| style="background:LightYellow" |March 3, 2012||style="background:LightYellow" | | ||
Revision as of 08:23, 3 March 2012
- A series of articles written by John Eagles about the practice of religion. Religion is to be understood here in a general sense of a belief system that aims to reconnect to God. These articles are therefore not confined to one particular religious group.
Articles
Title & link Photo First lines of article Date written Media Internal and spiritual aspects of sacred ceremonies 
In our religious life we sometimes go through ceremonies that have deep meaning. Each religion has its own rituals and when we study the sacraments of religions, we realize that there always is this deeper meaning. A problem that often occurs in organized religions is that the ceremonies are performed but not understood deeply. Many believers think that by doing these rituals, they are going to be helped or saved just like that. Oct. 12, 2009 Egypt, the wilderness and Canaan in our own lives 
We all go through stages in our lives that are comparable to the course of the Israelites who after they left slavery in Egypt went through the wilderness to eventually enter the promised land of Canaan. Personally I find the account of this part of the history of the Jewish people one of the most meaningful of the Bible. The deeper we understand this story, the more we can recognize the stages of this course in our own lives. Oct. 16, 2009 Holy Salt and its effects 
Holy Salt is special salt that is used in religious ceremonies in the Unification Church. Here are given three reasons why Holy Salt is effective. March 3, 2012
