Angels, demons, spirits, wizards, gods and witches have peppered folk religions since mankind first started telling stories.
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Most religions live from a narrative that shapes their relationship with the divine other, God or the gods, and with the human other, the stranger.
When fairy tales are written in the west, they're known as folklore. In the east, fairy tales are called religions.
When you watch television shows, as good as they are, like 'Joan of Arcadia' and 'Touched by an Angel,' everything is this kind of mishmash of faith but not any specific religion.
In course of time, religion came with its rites invoking the aid of good spirits which were even more powerful than the bad spirits, and thus for the time being tempered the agony of fears.
Religion is like magic. It is all about tricks.
In every religion there is an element of the supernatural, varying with the influence of pure reason over its devotees.
In the world of language, or in other words in the world of art and liberal education, religion necessarily appears as mythology or as Bible.
Most religious stories and mythologies have some sort of similar root, some sort of global archetypes.
Religion which requires persecution to sustain, it is of the devil's propagation.
So potent was religion in persuading to evil deeds.
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