The purpose of this post is to offer a global knowledge of all the beliefs and religions that exist in the world, in order that the reader has an open view, not dangerously closed to a single idea, belief or religion.
I believe that the different religions and beliefs should be known and studied minimally; they should expose themselves, comment, share their evidence and discuss their reasons without stirring up their dogmatisms.
We have the dual duty of transmitting and teaching all our fellow citizens the existence of all the beliefs and religions that have developed in our civilization. Only that knowledge will make us more sensitive and respectful to others. Since a unique and absolute belief, without a vision of other beliefs makes us be arrogant and disparaging towards other ideas.
This is the Seventh of a post series where I will compile in a brief and simple way the different beliefs and religions that exist in the world.
Cosmology
Cosmology is the study of the global characteristics of the cosmos or universe. Philosophically one can speak of the interest in that part of the origin, structure, and laws of the universe. Modern cosmology was born in the early twentieth century when Albert Einstein in his theory of relativity postulated that the geometry of space depends on the matter present in it. Religion establishes its importance in the relationship between the natural world and the human beings in it, with the divine.
Scientology
For some authors Scientology should qualify as a sect, however, most experts in religions tend to define it as a movement that is within the limits of Christianity. Its detractors insist that it is a monumental business, since their courses, due to their prices, are not accessible to everyone.
Scientology was born in 1954 as a derivation of a technique called dianetics that the writer L. Ron Hubbard (1911-1986) had developed, and which he divulged through his book "Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health".
Dianetics contains aspects of psychoanalysis, teaches to erase the negative perceptions of the mind and reach a state that Hubbard called "clear", all with searches in past lives. This induced Hubbard to found the Church of Scientology, a religion with simple ceremonies that qualifies Jesus as an important teacher and believes in God, albeit in a remote way.
For the believers ofScientology, we are pure spirits who created the universes and then were trapped in successive reincarnations without remembering that they were the creators of everything.
Valkyrie
With this term are known the maidens of Odin (also called electors of the dead), which appear in Norse and Germanic mythology. The Valkyries were in charge of collecting the dead warriors on the battlefields to take them to Valhalla.
Apocalypse
The belief of the Apocalypse is based on the book of the New Testament written by Saint John, a prophetic work in which a revelation of Jesus Christ appears about what is going to happen. A book loaded with symbols in which the facts of the Last Judgment and the disappearance of the world are determined, with the arrival of the Antichrist.
At different times in the history of humanity, especially at the entrance of the new millennia, believers emerged who announced the apocalyptic events, such as the total destruction of humanity, and the arrival of the Apocalypse.
Apart from the Apocalypse of Saint John, there are apocryphal books, the Apocalypse of Ezra, Syriac of Baruch, Elijah, Zephaniah, Abraham, Adam, Peter, Paul, and Thomas.
Circumcision
Circumcision is the action of cutting the foreskin on the penis. In Judaism, it is the symbol of the Covenant between God and his people Israel. Every child should be circumcised eight days after birth, and only illness can delay this religious rite. In Islam this ritual is also performed, but with a different chronology. On the seventh day of birth, the "aqiqah" is celebrated, which consists of the shaving of the child's head and the sacrifice of an animal. The circumcision will take place between 7 and 12 years.
See you in the next post. Thank you for reading.
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