What is an earth-centered religion?
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You are correct in saying that Paganism is "a rather wide-based religion"--in fact, it is not a single religion, but hundreds of different religions spanning a wide spectrum of belief and attitude.\n\nPagan religions include NeoPagan, Reconstructionist, and Indigenous traditions.  \n\nNeoPagans are often eclectic, taking the attitude that we need to create new meaningful religious practice;  they may or may not care much about older religious traditions.  There are thousands of NeoPagan groups, many with web sites.  The largest sub-group of NeoPagans are Wiccans.  (Some Wiccans, mostly those  in Traditionalist groups, would dispute their placement in this category.)  Many, if not most, NeoPagans would call their religion "Earth-centered."\n\nReconstructionist Pagans are trying to revive historical ancient practice, often in connection with their ethnic identity.  Many of these would also identify as "Earth-centered."\n\nIndigenous religions are local religions that have never died out (at least not completely).  Examples would include Native American religions.  Many (probably most) indigenous religions would be considered Earth-centered, though not all of them actually worship the Earth per se.  In the "sources" list I'll include links to a few useful sites.\n\nAs for Satanism, as mentioned by another responder:  I would say it is not Earth-centered, but Self-centered.  And although Satanism does usually consider itself with so-called "earthly" matters in the sense of money and so on, I have never met a Satanist who practiced reverence for the Earth.  The Satanist who answered does not mean "Earth-centered reverence" in the way that Pagans do (and I believe the question was intended to ask about Earth-centered reverence).\n\nSatanism is well worth examining, as it highlights many real and important issues.  But Earth-centered it is not, and certainly Pagan it is not.  Read the Satanic literature, then read the Pagan literature, and the differences will be obvious.\n\nBlessed Be!
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The earths atmosphere\n\n\nMy first thought was not formal. What I thought when I read your question is that nothing is between heaven and earth that "the heavens" come down and touch the earth.
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How did you determine that Jerusalem is "the center of the earth?" It is far enough from the equator that this is not remotely accurate.
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In a geocentric system, the Earth is at the center of the universe, and everything else goes around the Earth.  It was believed that the Earth was at the center up until the 1500s, when Gallileo and Copernicus used much more accurate measurements of planetary movements to prove it wrong.  Gallileo was even condemned and tortured by the Church for saying that the Sun was at the center of the solar system.
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Have you stopped beating your wife yet? The way you pose the question is not sincere -- you've already interspersed conjecture. There ARE 4 corners to the earth when you look at the REAL earth from space. They are not sharp 90% angles, but nevertheless, the earth is not perfectly spherical. Check out DrDino.com and watch 28 hours of creation facts. There are far more holes in any other explanation for earth's beginning, just check them out. There were no clouds prior to the flood, it was a canopy of water. Similar, but not the same, Saturn has an ice halo around it. Earth had a complete canopy above it which regulated it temperature perfectly. Much thicker and integral than the ozone layer today. Upon God's judgment, God caused this canopy to colapse, forever altering the tropical paradise type atmosphere which allowed all manner of life to flourish, even at the poles. Animals with fresh produce still undigested have been found at the poles, frozen. Why? So God could be glorified thousands of years later when man would examine such evidence. Chances are God used a huge deep-space frozen comet or asteroid to knock the earth slightly out of a true orbit around the sun, the collision resulting in the collapse of the canopy AND cause the earth to tilt. If it were frozen nitrogen, it would quickly freeze even the largest of animals in the area the debris hit the earth. Keep in mind, God gives answers to the humble and the contrite in spirit, not to the proud.
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I have read that in the beginnings there were people believing in things around them in nature as having a shine as a higher being type worship like worshiping fire and trees.  if you check out this site it describes it as being caveman h ad spiritual belief in surroundings of nature but not an ongoing organized religion like that of the first 7,000 years ago in egyptian prime. http://www.matrixbookstore.biz/cavemen.htm
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This sounds like 5%'r or also called Nation of Gods and Earths ideology.\n\nhttp://www.inetmgrs.com/onepeoples/nation_of_gods_and_earths_http.htm
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The center of the Earth does not lie in any country's waters.  It's so hot at the center of the Earth that no-one wants to live there.........Every time a country tries to plant a flag at the center of the Earth, the flag burns up, so no country has ever been able to claim it.
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Earth Centered Universe.\nI have learned a lot by using this software.  It is a planetarium program of the stars viewed from Earth.  It is very easy to manipulate the program, changing direction and zoom, and moving forward or backward in time.  In doing so you learn why things work the way they do, and where and when objects will be in the sky.\nThe website is http://www.nova-astro.com/ \nand there is a Yahoo Group where you can talk to other users and even the maker of the program at\nhttp://groups.yahoo.com/group/ecusers/
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You are right. You don't need religion. At the end of the Book of Revelation in the Bible it says that in new heaven and new earth, God lives in the midst of people, and there is no temple.
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I always used the passage in Matthew where it's said that the Earth is God's footstool.  Then, I would say that because God created the Earth, that it is sacred, and we should treat it as such.\nShould we not treat the Earth as well as we should treat each other?
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Hinduism is a complex religion that believes in many forms of one god.  They do not even consider themselves a religion, but a Dharma, which is something far greater.  The true name for Hinduism is Sanatana Dharma.  They worship numerous gods, but the main ones (called the Trimurti, similar to Christianity's Trinity) are Brahma the Creator(who created the world), Vishnu the Preserver/Protector (who protects and is currently Hinduism's most popular god and Shiva the Destroyer (who wil end the world when the time comes, for now he destroys evils.)  Hinduism believes in reincarnation.  You begin as a more lowly life form and work yourself up to being a human through good deeds (known as Karma, which is sort of a point system ith God.)  Once you achieve Moksha, which is utmost goodness and connection with God, you are granted eternal heaven.  Hinduism is far more complex than all this.  I suggest you do more research, it's an incredibly interesting religion.
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Well geocentric theory by Ptolemy, as stated a while ago is the "earth-center" theory, this means that the earth is the center of the universe and all the celestial bodies revolved on it. The Heliocentric (by Nicolaus Copernicus), states that the sun is the center of the solar system, thus all the planets revolve on it. Both theories assume that the orbits of the planets, planetisimals, and other heavenly bodies are circular, but that is wrong. This was disproved by Johannes Kepler, accdg. to his famous Kepler's 1st Law, and all of his laws stating that planets revolve around the sun in varying eccentricities, (Venus has the almost perfect circle, and Pluto has the most ellipse orbit). He then favored Heliocentric theory.
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Asio-centrism is a ethnocentric perspective that regards Asia to be central or unique relative to other continent/countries. This can take the form of according Asia unwarranted significance or supremacy at the cost of the rest of the world.
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It is our collective and individual responsibility to protect and nurture the global family, to support its weaker members and to preserve and tend to the environment in which we all live. \n\nBe a good human being, a warm-hearted, affectionate person. That is my fundamental belief. \n\nBecause we all share this small planet Earth, we have to live in harmony and peace with each other and with nature. That is not just a dream, but a necessity. \n\nMy religion is very simple. My religion is kindness. \nThrough training there is knowledge. You can produce compassion, love, forgiveness. you can change yourself. \n\nI always believed in love, compassion, and a sense of universal respect. Every human being has that potential.
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Religion focuses on how we live our lives in this world.  That is, it attempts to define what constitutes a "moral life", and what we must do to earn God's favor.  Religion often produces rites or rituals as a means of conducting its formulaic approach to worship.\n\nSpirituality is a focus/concern on our life outside of the physical realm.  It is a recognition of our own spirit, and a desire to connect (in some manner) with God (or other entities) that reside in a realm that exists outside of time and space. Typically, it will involve a person's own emotional experience.
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Most religions center around a god or numerous gods, except for atheism, which is not really a religion. It is just a lack thereof. Therefore your question about evolution being a religion - no, not really. Evolution is more like a theory. People either accept it, or don't. But it's not their way of life. I hope you see what I mean.\n\nTo clarify - most religions are made up of religious texts/chants/hymns. Religion is a very strong belief in something that guides peoples lives to do righteous things.