Religion

What is the role of women in world religions? [Infographic]

Glamor photo of Elizaveta Fedorovna (Elizabeth Romanova), 1880’s-90’s Russia. Champion of the poor, she became a nun after her husband's murder. Arrested and buried alive 1918 by the Red Army. Canonized in 1981.

Mosques throughout the Muslim world have some of the most intricate and exquisite architecture designs ever created by mankind. There's too much amazing architecture in them to cover in just one post, so we decided to focus simply on the mosque's ceiling designs – something the faithful might see when they look up to the heavens.

Abra Cadabra is Jewish. 2,000 years ago the sages of the Talmud invented the words Abra Cadabra, it sounded more like Avra Kehdabra “I will create, as I speak” or “The deed is the word” - That makes God the first magician, if you will, because according to the Torah in that famous story of Creation that we all know, that’s how God creates the world – by speaking. In the beginning God said, ‘Let there be Light,’ and there was Light. God spoke, and then there was, Avra Kehdabra. All with...

Mine is Raelism - Belief that humans were placed on Earth after being scientifically engineered by aliens haha.

Have you ever seen Buddhist iconography and wondered what it was? Well, join the crowd. I used to wonder what was going on with those too...after all, they looked pretty abstract and strange. Over the course of centuries, Buddhism has developed a complex yet understandable scheme of symbolism which was used thoroughly in Buddhist art. But the most popular (and likely those you've seen already) are known as the 8 auspicious symbols. Each of these symbols are closely related to the teachings...