10 sentences with 'religions'
Example sentences and phrases with the word religions and other words derived from it.
• « Anyone inclined towards these five religions will believe that his actions in earthly life will decide his future in eternity. »
• « Similar rites are found in religions such as Mithraism and Hermeticism and in places such as India, Tibet and Scandinavia, as well as in some African tribes and societies of pre-Columbian times. »
• « Europeans truly believed that members of other religions were infidels (i.e., "those who are infidels", those who worshipped the right God, but in the wrong way, including Jews and Muslims, but also Christians who deviated from official orthodoxy) or pagans (those who worshipped false gods) who must convert or be exterminated. »
• « Many of the different elements of Western Civilisation, things like scientific research, the religions of the book (Judaism, Christianity and Islam), engineering and mathematics, were originally conceived in Mesopotamia and Egypt. »
• « Early religions hoped to ensure fertility and avert the many natural disasters over which ancient peoples had no control. »
• « Unlike the Egyptians, the Hittites had a practice of adopting the customs, technologies and religions of the peoples they conquered and came into contact with. »
• « Together, these three religions are known as the "Religions of the Book" in Islam, because they share a set of beliefs first written down in the Hebrew sacred texts and they all worship the same God. »
• « Similarly, the rituals were similar to those practised among various Middle Eastern religions, focusing on the sacrifice and burning of animals as offerings to God. »
• « Until that time, all religions held that there were many gods or spirits and that they had some kind of direct, concrete connection to specific areas. »
• « One noteworthy aspect of Zoroastrianism is that, unlike other ancient religions (including Judaism and, later, Christianity), Zoroastrianism seems to have prohibited slavery for spiritual reasons. »