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What you know about religion


Among people of the world there are those who believe in one God as a Creator and ruler of the Universe. There are atheists who refuse to believe in the existence of God. There are also people who haven't much belief in the existence of God.
Religion is a belief in the existence of supernatural power, the creator and controller of the Universe who has given the man a spiritual nature which continues to exist after the death of the body.
Religion is a behavioral discipline with particular moral code. Such behaviour as murder, lying, breaking promises, stealing and others of that kind have been condemned by the world religions. So religion has kept man away from bad behaviour, the behaviour that doesn't correspond to moral codes.
There are three universal religions: Buddhism, Islam, Christianity. Buddhism is the religion founded by Buddha, the great religious teacher who lived in India about 2500 years ago. Those whose religion is Buddhism are Buddhists. Islam is the Mohammedan religion. Mohammed was the great Arabian prophet and religious leader who founded this religion in about the 7th century. Christianity is the Christian religion. One who believes in Jesus Christ is a Christian.
Buddhism, Islam and Christianity are truly universal and timeless. They rise above all limitations of race and nationality, all orders of society, all classes and casts, all temporal laws and institutions. They all insist upon the reality of immaterial and invisible world. They all proclaim the eternal change-lessness of the absolute values of goodness and beauty and truth.
Among those who believe in Christ there are Catholics who belong to Roman Catholic Church; Pope is the head of the Church; Protestants who do not belong to Roman Catholic Church and Christians who belong to Eastern or Greek Orthodox Church.
The European culture: art, painting, literature, music, even our calendar is universal for all the people who belong to Christianity.
You know we live in the 20th century that is 2000 years ago Christ was born. People celebrate the birth of Christ every year and they call this holiday Christmas. Christmas is celebrated on the 25th of December by the Catholic Church and on the 7th of January by the Orthodox Church. This is the holiday of the beginning of the new year, new life. People celebrate it with an evergreen tree — Christmas tree. They cover the Christmas tree with candles or small electric lights, toys and sweets. People send Christmas cards in which they wish "A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year".