Canada and the World
Current Events with a Canadian Perspective
Last update
11 November 2011
Spirituality
Religious Freedom and Executed
Between 1414 and 1532 about a dozen people
were burned at the stake because they wanted
the right to read the Bible in English
Burning of Witches Continues Today
Between the 14th century and the 18th century
tens of thousands of “witches” were executed
in Europe; the gruesome ritual still happens elsewhere
The research company Packaged Facts
says Christian popular culture is an industry
worth $7 billion in 2006 in the U.S.
Christmas is a Borrowed Festival
Christians celebrate the birth of Christ at a
time that earlier religions considered sacred
Psychiatrist Carl Jung said there is a part
of the human mind that is shared by all people
Some Christians believe that the end
of the world is foretold in the Bible and that
when it comes only a select few will survive
Evangelical Christians sometimes portray themselves as a spiritual minority under assault from the dark forces of secularism. There are the ads appearing on buses saying “There is probably no God. Now stop worrying and enjoy your life.” And, there are plenty of books giving the same
Today’s practitioners of Druidism follow
a spiritual path that is based on guesswork
of what the religion might have been like
Broadly speaking, Paganism, from a Western viewpoint, means all religions that do not trace
their origins to Abraham, i.e. Judaism,
Christianity, and Islam
Purifying the Dead by Eating Sin
For a fee, some people agreed to assume the transgressions of the dead in the belief
this would ease their passage into Heaven
The Search for Personal Spirituality
Every one of us has a spiritual side.
You can’t see it, you can’t touch it,
you can’t measure it, but nonetheless it’s there
Separation of Church and State
By a long-
Spirituality Through Asceticism
Many people have tried to get in touch with their spirituality through discomfort and even physical pain
Stonehenge Mystery Continues to Puzzle
Scientists have found evidence of a second
stone circle close to the original raising
the possibility the landmark is connected to funerals