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1
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Belief in many gods

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Polytheism

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Belief in one God

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Mono theism

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Believes that God does not exist

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Atheism

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Uncertain to the existence of God because it cannot be proven

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Agnosticism

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Unconcerned with religion and the concept of a God is not considered. No assertation or denial

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Non-theism

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God is unlimited by the world and all ordinary reality

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Transcendent

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Belief that all elements of nature is filled with spirits

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Animism

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All knowing and unlimited understanding and knowledge

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Omniscient

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All powerful and has total power over the universe and all that is in it

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Omni potent

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10
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Everywhere always

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Omni present

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11
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Study of the divine

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Theology

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12
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To reconnect or join again. What you believe

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Religion

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Seeking a union, something greater than oneself

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Mystical orientation

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Belief that certain rituals and ceremonies help one achieve salvation

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Sacramental orientation

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Implies that contact with the sacred is insured by proper beliefs and adherence to moral rules

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Prophetic orientation

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16
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The eight elements of religion

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Belief system, community, central minutes, ritual, ethics, characteristic emotional experience, material expressions, sacredness

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A culture who’s various elements all have religious meaning

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Holistic

18
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Can view everything as a part of the same reality

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Animism

19
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Rule that prohibits specific behaviors

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Taboo

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Intercedes between ordinary and spiritual

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Shaman

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Long sacred pipe

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Calumet

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Telling of the future or past or discovering the unknown by magical means

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Divination

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The actor pouring liquid on the ground as an offering

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Libation

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Attempts to influence the outcome of an event through an action that has an apparent similarity to the desired result

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Sympathetic magic

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An animal or image of an animal considered to be related by blood to a family and is it’s guardian or symbol

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Totem

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Belief that everything in the universe is divine and everything is holy

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Pantheism

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