Portal talk:Religion/Archive 1

Diversity of features
The first thing I am noticing about this page is that every single feature regards an Abrahamic religion. I do not know if there have been more faiths repreented in past weeks, but a greater amount of diversity needs to be displayed on a page concerning all the religions of the world.
 * It is easy to select another featured article, concept, picture, virtue, belief, value, ... Please use your best judgement on your selection though. To illustrate this, I have rotated the selection of article and picture. Please join in. Ancheta Wis 10:29, 11 July 2005 (UTC)

Is this an active project? I looked at the page quite some time ago and we still have the same featured person and Did You Know articles, it seems. Anything I can do? --User:Jenmoa 04:47, 24 July 2005 (UTC)

Switching from Alpha to Topical Portal List
How about switching from the alpha (template:Portals) to the topical (template:Main portals) Portal list? Even with the relatively small number of portals displayed, the topical list is much easier to browse. As time goes by, the topical list will be very much easier to follow. Here's a comparison. RDF 03:57, 7 September 2005 (UTC)

Broad definition of Religion
Under the broadest definition of religion, groups that have no ritual but philosophy are relgions. This includes PETA and American Atheists. However, groups with ritual but no philosophy would probably be considered separate religions also. This would trap groups like the masons and fraternities. Even sections psudoscience could be considered relgions. This would include the theory behind (but not nessisarly the results of) chiropractic.-- metta, The Sunborn  01:49, 17 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Personally, I think this is overly broad for the task at hand: creating an encyclopedia. Once you cross such a line that almost anything becomes a religion, the term ceases to have any functional denotative meaning; after all, at a certain reductio ad absurdum level, anything "believed" by a group of people becomes a religion, and every non-biographical entry in here would get tagged with Category:Religion, which is worse than useless.  Given the standing mechanisms of this forum, I submit that we allow Consensus to drive what is, or is not, to be included as a religion, since brightline divisions in this field are, well, divisive. I suspect, though I do not know, that consensus would include Masonry and perhaps Atheism, and probably not fraternaties and PETA. --Kgf0 17:50, 18 October 2005 (UTC)

Other Portals

Other Portals

Update Needed!
This page needs to be updated - can someone help? Ghelaetalk 07:46, 4 February 2006 (UTC)

Timeline of unfulfilled Christian Prophecy
Wikipedia has long held a list of the Christian prophecies (that is to say, those prophesies made by Christians) throughout hisotry that did not occur when they were predicted to. There is an ongoing debate over the name, and a vote is now taking place at Talk:Timeline of unfulfilled Christian Prophecy. Please, cast your vote and/or have your say. -Harmil 07:36, 1 March 2006 (UTC)

Final round of voting ending tomorrow (finally!) See the bottom of Talk:Timeline of unfulfilled Christian Prophecy -Harmil 19:49, 30 March 2006 (UTC)

Books
Hi all - I'm an active participant in the Books WikiProject, and have proposed a stub type for books about religion. I see that there's a Religious texts category and a Religious studies category, but no obvious spot for books about religion that are neither studies nor texts. Should my stub be "reli-book-stub" (Religion book stub) even though there's no category with that name? Or should it be "spirit-book-stub" for Spiritual book stub, to go with the Spiritual books category? Please share your opinion at the stub proposal page. Thanks - Her Pegship 05:10, 26 March 2006 (UTC)

Revenues
Hello, I would lik to know something about the revenues in US or in other countries of the Roman Catholic Church. --Calgaco 23:38, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
 * You'd probably want to check with the WikiProject Catholicism for that, or possibly the tax records which have been filed with the various governments. From what I remember, their revenue is generally barely enough to meet expenditures. Their primary assets are in the properties they own. Unfortunately, many of these properties, particularly the larger ornate churches, have their valuation based on the replacement value, not their resale value, which is basically nil. Badbilltucker 20:16, 18 November 2006 (UTC)

Experts needed to flesh out false idol stub
Perhaps someone knowledgeable (sp?) about religion can flesh out the article on false idol. 69.3.70.237 22:22, 19 November 2006 (UTC).

American Sports, Religion, Politics, Nonscience/Modern culture
If Samual Wilson were alived today, he would propably sigh and cry and nash his teeth beneath over crowded overpasses over-capacitated with people pounding pavement making payments, "People are pushing and shoving and showing the right way is to lie, cheat, and steal; how came it possible to live in fear and hate and be greedy, needy of so much materiality that afflictions from hedonic addictions slowly tear away the essence of soul. America is suppose to be free, so all can see fleeting moments of eternity; and listen to quiet movements in concert with windy mountain tops blowing echoes of the same music played so long ago and for so long, no one know its begining." He would at least have to say, "Hey! I never had a beard! Nor would I condone a standing army!"

2006 Religion Symposium-Czech Wikipedia
I would like to invite you to 2006 Religion Symposium on the Czech Wikipedia. Because you have a religion portal, you can use and/or present your ideas at your English page.


 * Link: w:cs:Portál:Náboženství/2006 Religion Symposium
 * English page: w:cs:Portál:Náboženství/2006 Religion Symposium/English
 * Language: English
 * Term: 1th April 2006-15th May 2006
 * Programme:
 * Advertising of Wikipedia and its Religion Portals.
 * Developement and aims of the Religion Portals.
 * Life and legacy of the pope John Paul II.
 * What is swastika? Its use and symbolism.

User:Juan de Vojníkov-CZECH SITE