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Western Religions
Date Submitted: 10/19/2002 20:08:50
In all of the modern western theological beliefs there are unique rituals involved. Some of these rituals make take place every day of our lives and be as trivial as saying a prayer before going to bed, or they can be as extreme as the North American Plains Indian's Sun Dance. These rituals are a manner in which one has an opportunity to express how devoted they really are to their own beliefs. In this
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their faith. Each belief has some sort of ritual that is used to communicate with their supreme beings. Christianity has prayer, the Yoruba have herb bath, spells, or candle lighting, and the Lakota Indians have there Vision Quests. Every single one of these religions takes great pride in their traditions, and there are good reasons for that. If you don't have traditions which you feel are important to maintain, maybe you should re-think you beliefs.
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