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•  Religion
  Atheism
• Creationism
• Mythology
• Nontheism
• Occult
• Spirituality
  African (Serer)
•  Bábism (Bahá'í Faith) 
•   Buddhism (Mahayana
• Tibetan
• Vajrayana) 
•  Chinese (Confucianism
• Falun Gong
• Taoism) 
•   Christianity (in China
• in India)
• Seventh-day Adventism
• Anabaptism
•  Anglicanism
• Arminianism
• Baptist
• Calvinism
• Christadelphianism
• Eastern (Oriental Orthodoxy
• Syriac)
• Latter Day Saints (Book of Mormon
• LDS Church
• Community of Christ)
• Lutheranism
• Methodism
• Roman Catholicism (Pope
• Bible
• Saints) 
•  Heathenism 
•  Hellenismos (Greek mythology) 
•  Indian (Ayyavazhi)
•  Hinduism (mythology
• Ravidassia) 
• Jainism
• Sikhism
•   Islam (in China
• in Russia
• Shia
• Ahmadiyya
• Sufism
• Quran) 
•  Judaism (Kabbalah) 
•   Scientology 
•  Shinto 
•  Wicca 
•  Zoroastrianism 

For a topic outline on this subject, see Outline of religion

Atheism is the disbelief in the existence of any deities. It is commonly defined as the denial of theism, amounting to the positive assertion that deities do not exist, or as the deliberate rejection of theism. However, others—including most atheistic philosophers and groups—define atheism as the simple absence of belief in deities (cf. nontheism), thereby designating many agnostics, and people who have never heard of gods, such as newborn children, as atheists as well. In recent years, some atheists have adopted the terms strong and weak atheism to clarify whether they consider their stance one of positive belief (strong atheism) or the mere absence of belief (weak atheism). Many self-described atheists share common skeptical concerns regarding supernatural claims, citing a lack of empirical evidence for the existence of deities. Other rationales for atheism range from the philosophical to the social to the historical. Additionally, although atheists tend toward secular philosophies such as humanism, naturalism, and materialism, there is no one ideology or set of behaviors that all atheists adhere to. The bagua (Chinese: 八卦; pinyin: bā guà; Wade–Giles: pa kua; literally: "eight symbols") is a fundamental philosophical concept in ancient China. It is an octagonal diagram with one trigram on each side. The concept of bagua is applied not only to Chinese Taoist thought and the I Ching, but is also used in other domains of Chinese culture, such as fengshui, martial arts, navigation, and so on. An angel is a supernatural being found in many religions. In Christianity, Judaism, Zoroastrianism and Islam, they typically act as messengers from God. Angelology is a branch of theology that deals with a hierarchical system of angels, messengers, celestial powers or emanations, and the study of these systems. It primarily relates to kaballistic Judaism and Christianity, where it is one of the ten major branches of theology, albeit a neglected one. Many secular scholars believe that Judeo-Christianity owes a great debt to Zoroastrianism in regards to the introduction of angelology and demonology, as well as the fallen angel Satan as the ultimate agent of evil, comparing him to the evil spirit Ahriman. As the Iranian Avestan and Vedic traditions and also other branches of Indo-European mythologies show, the notion of demons had existed long before. Latest religion/spirituality Wikinews May 12: Italian parliament votes to back same-sex civil unions January 2: Saudi Arabia executes 47 people as 'terrorists' December 28: Boko Haram attack in Nigerian city kills at least fifteen December 9: Petition calls for Trump UK ban November 27: At least 52, including six Shia Muslim activists, to be executed in Saudi Arabia The Pali Canon is the standard scripture collection of the Theravada Buddhist tradition. It was not printed until the nineteenth century, but is now available in electronic form. However, the English translation, by the Pali Text Society, is not yet complete. The Canon was written down from oral tradition in the last century B.C.E. Most scholars give it some sort of pre-eminence among sources for early Buddhism. It is composed in the Pali language, and falls into three general categories, called pitaka (piṭaka, basket) in Pali. Because of this, the canon is traditionally known as the tipitaka (tipiṭaka; three baskets). The three pitakas are as follows. 1. Vinaya Pitaka, dealing with rules for monks and nuns. 2. Sutta Pitaka, discourses, most ascribed to the Buddha, but some to disciples. 3. Abhidhamma Pitaka, variously described as philosophy, psychology, metaphysics, and so on. According to the scriptures a council was held shortly after the Buddha's death to collect and preserve his teachings. It is traditionally believed by Theravadins that most of the Pali Canon was recited orally from this time, with only a few later additions. There are wide differences of opinion among scholars as to what extent the teachings may be traced to the historical Buddha himself. Template:/Wikimedia What are portals? List of portals Featured portals