Jerusalem
Mencius
China
Southern Baptist Convention with 16.2M members. 2nd largest is United Methodist Church with 7.8M members.
Buddhism was started by the Buddha who was a rich Hindu prince. However, he wanted to realize the Truth. He wanted Enlightenment. Therefore, he turned away from Hinduism, which had led to the division of society, created the caste system and other malpractices and ills including meaningless rituals and superstitions. The young prince went in quest of Enlightenment, and he realized the light within. He realized that we are not this body, we are not this mind and he called it Nirvana. It was the same belief advocated by the ancient Hindus through Sanatana Dharma but he gave it a new name. He removed all the ills that Hinduism had acquired. So essentially, Buddhism has grown from the original Hindu faith called Sanatana Dharma.
Abbasid.
Anglican
Shintoism is most concerned with the things that happen in this world.
The candelabra used during Hanukkah actually holds 9 candles and is called a Hannukiah (Hanukkah-menorah).
Xun Zi
about 200 BC until the beginning of the twentieth century....
dynasty
heredity
Eastern Catholic Churches.
Shavuot "sha-VOO-ote" in Hebrew. The word means "Weeks", probably because of
the holiday's timing: It's the only holiday in the Torah without a date of its own,
defined only as commencing seven weeks after the beginning of Passover.
In 2011, Shavuot begins at sunset on Tuesday, June 7.
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