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What Is A Religion?

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What is a religion? A religion is a set of beliefs based on a common principle shared by a community. Some of the most famous religions are Christianity, Buddhism, and Judaism. The goal of Christianity is to be one with God. Key Christianity practices include Sunday service, reading bible, praying regularly, and pilgrimages to hold the community together and have a strong relationship with God. Christians also have a strong devotion to saints. In Buddhism, people practice detachment from everything that is impermanent; they believe that desire and attachment to something is the root of suffering and evil. Judaism is a religion that remembers the past and looks forward to the future. Some of Jewish key practices include candle lighting, prayers in a synagogue, fasting, Shabbat, and the Kashrut.
Many people go on a search for truth in life, and they try to find answers in religion. The search for truth is to look for a purpose in life; to find ourselves and what our goal in life is. The search for truth can be to free oneself from suffering. In Christianity and Judaism the search for truth is to seek the all-knowing, all powerful, the search for God. If Christians and Jews follow God’s commandments and love him, they believe that he will reveal himself to them. Jews follow the Tanahk and the Torah, while the Christians follow the Christian bible; Christians look at the New Testament more than the Old Testament. Buddhists seek truth through contemplation. This meditation is

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