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Religion is commonly defined as belief concerning the supernatural, sacred, or divine, and the practices and institutions associated with such belief. In its broadest sense, it has been defined as the sum total of answers given to explain humankind's relationship with the universe. Religion takes an almost infinite number of forms in various cultures and individuals, but is dominated by a number of major world religions.

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Lares (pl.) (also called Genii loci or, more archaically, Lases) were Roman deities protecting the house and the family - household gods. See also Genius, Larvae, Di Penates, Manes.

Lares are presumed sons of Hermes and Lara, and deeply venerated by ancient Romans through small statues, usually put in higher places of the house, far from the floor, or even on the roof (but some statues were also on some crossings of roads). Of the Lares proper, there are only two, and they had inferior power. Over time, their power was extended over houses, country, sea, cities, etc., as the Lares became conflated with other Roman deities and protective spirits.

The Genius loci was presumed taking part in all what happened inside the house, and a statue was also put on the table during the meals.

In the early roman times, in every house there was at least one little statue. ... More

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...that the Hebrew name for God, YHWH, is sometimes called the Tetragrammaton?

...that according to the Torah, Moses lived to be 120 years old?

...that the movie The Exorcist came out in 1973 caused such an increase in requests for exorcisms that the Catholic diocese of Chicago had to expand their staff with specially trained exorcists?

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Paul of Tarsus or Saint Paul the Apostle is considered by many Christians to be the most important disciple of Jesus, and next to Jesus the most important figure in the development of Christianity. The Apostle Paul himself was a Jew from Greece of that time (Tarsus of present-day Turkey), and it was he who first made great efforts in his epistles to the Romans in showing that God is for all the people, not only for Jews. Originally a man who sought to stamp out the followers of Christ, he became one of the greatest echoes of Christ's message of hope to all people following his transformation on the road to Damascus.

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This week's Article Improvement Drive is for Religious Pluralism, (whose "kernel" still dates from the original 2002 version, and is in bitter need for re-working)