Welcome to Gaia! ::

Religious Link List!

(If you have some good links, post em)

Post 1: Religions (General Info, Philosophy, Multi-faith, Agnosticism - Occultism)
Post 2: Religions (Paganism - Zoroastrianism, Religious Humour)
Post 3: Religious Moral Issues and Support Groups
Post 4: Gaia Guilds on Religion

(Note: Sites marked with * have material that may be seen by some as intolerant or offensive. They are here for the sake of maintaining a full perspective on religion.)

General Info on all Religions
Religious Tolerance Articles on religions, moral issues and intolerance.
Beliefnet An e-community devoted to helping people find their spiritual path.
About: Religion & Spirituality Articles about many different religions.
Center for Studies on New Religions Research material on recent religions.
Internet Sacred Text Archive An archive of sacred documents of many religions.
Encyclopedia Mythica An encyclopedia of mythology, folklore and religion.

Philosophy
The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy A source of philosophical information.
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy An online philosophical encyclopedia.

Agnostic/Atheist/Secular
Positive Atheism History, ethics and philosophy of Atheism.
American Atheist Articles on Atheism in America.
Killing the Buddha A religion magazine for people with no religion.*
The Secular Web A site that compares reason against religion.*
The Skeptics Society Scientific reasoning for the promotion of science.*
NormalBobSmith.com An artist who emphasizes friends and family over religion.*

Baha'i
The Baha'is A source for information on the Baha'i faith.

Buddhism
BuddhaNet Buddhist education and information network.
Theravada (Tibetan) Buddhism
Access to Insight Readings in Theravada Buddhism.

Christianity
Bible Gateway A searchable online Bible.
Early Christian Writings Documents from the first two centuries of the Church.
Associates for Scriptural Knowledge A bible study and research site.
Christian Answers An evangelical site of Eden Communications.
American Baptist
National Ministries A mission and discipleship organization of the American Baptist Church.
German Baptist
Dunkard Brethren Church Homepage of a German Baptist sect.
Christian Goth
Christian Goth A site created to serve the Christian Gothic community.
Christian Science
Answers in Genesis A Creationist site that looks at the bible from a scientific perspective.*
Eastern Orthodox
Orthodox Church in America A site for American members of the Eastern Orthodox Church.
Silouan Articles with an Orthodoxy point of view.
Gnosticism (Christian Mysticism)
The Gnosis Archive Collection of texts and resources relating to Gnosticism.
Gnostique.net Information of the French Gnostic Tradition.
Grail Christianity Information on the Grail Religion.
Gnostic.Org A Gnostic site that teaches Enlightentment as a World Event.
Mennonite
Third Way Cafe Mennonite Media.
Mormonism and LDS
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints The official LDS website.
Peace Monastery Non-LDS studies on Mormon Fundamentalism.
Mormonism Researched Research on Mormonism.
Real Mormon History Controversial research taken from Mormon sources.*
JosephLied.com A website against the prophet of Mormonism.*
JosephToldTheTruth.com Responses to claims made on JosephLied.com.
Roman Catholic Church (Catholicism)
Vatican: The Holy See The offical RCC website.
The Catholic Encyclopedia An online version of the Catholic Encyclopedia.
Quaker
The Religious Society of Friends Info on the Quaker denomination.

Fiction-Based Religions (Religions revealing the truth in fiction.)
Esoteric Order of Dagon
Esoteric Order of Dagon Artists and magicians using the Cthulhu Mythos for initiatory ends.
Jedism
The Jedism Way Philosohpy and belief behind Jedism.
Matrixism
Matrixism A religion based off the Matrix movie series.
Sithism
Sithism: The True Sith Religion The opposite and counterpart to Jedism.
The Reform Sith Empire The official site of the Reform-Sith branch of Sithism.

Hinduism
The Hindu Universe Hindu research center.
Hinduism A guide to Indian religious thought.
Kauai's Hindu Monastery The website of the Kauai Aadheenam Monastery in Hawaii.

Islam
The Koran The Koran at the Electronic Text Center.
Islamic Research Foundation Devoted to research on Islam.
The Islam Page Information about Islam.
Islam.com Islamic resources and forums.
Al-Islam.org Ahlul Bayt Digital Islamic Library Project
IslamiCity.com Islam and the global Muslim eCommunity.
NaatSharif A city of Ghulaman-e-Mustafa.
Harun Yahya The website of the Islamic author Harun Yahya.
Shi'ite
The Shi'a Homepage Info on Shi'a Islam.
Sunni
Allaahuakbar.net A site that presents Sunni Islam as true Islam.*
Sufi (Islamic Mysticism)
Sufism: An Inquiry A journal of articles on Sufism.

Judaism
Judaism 101 Frequently asked questions about Judaism.
The Judaism Site Information of Judaism.
Jewish Encyclopedia An Online Version of the Jewish Encyclopedia.
Early Jewish Writings Documents from Early Jewish History.
Kabbalah (Jewish Mysticism)
Practical Kabbalah This site looks at folklore influenced by the Kabbalah.

Occultism
Occultopedia An encyclopedia of all things relating to the occult.
Hermeticism
The Hermetics Resource Site Books and articles relating to Hermeticism.
Hermetic Kabbalah Modern materials on the Kabbalah in Hermeticism.
Thelema
Thelemapedia A wiki-based encyclopedia of Thelema and Magick.

(Continued in next post.)

Religious Moral Issues and Support Groups

This section is organized by moral issue, rather than by religion.
(Note: Sites marked with * have material that may be seen by some as intolerant or offensive. They are here for the sake of maintaining a full perspective on religion.)

General Info on Morals and Religion
Religious Tolerance Articles on religions, moral issues and intolerance.

General Advice
(Islam) Ask the Imam Islamic Q & A online.

Modesty
(Christian - Conservative) Plainly Dressed A website selling modest clothing with a few articles on why.

Religious Recovery
(Wicca) Wicca: For the Rest of Us An anti-fluffbunny Wiccan countermovement.

Sexuality
(Raelian) Rael's Girls Raelian women in support of total sexual freedom.*

Homosexuality
(Christian - Jehovah's Witness) A Common Bond Gay and Lesbian support group for former Jehovah's Witnesses.

Sexual Abuse
(Pagan) The Healing Grove Support for Pagan survivors of sexual abuse.

Humor:

http://www.jesusishitler.com/index.htm

http://groups.msn.com/AncientGeek/homepage

http://www.elevatrism.tk/

Asatru:

http://www.gale.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/midnite_gale_25.htm

http://www.webcom.com/~lstead/Ravenbok.html

http://altreligion.about.com/od/beliefsethicsandmorals/

http://members.tripod.com/~onespiritx/gods31.htm

Christian:

http://www.nationalministries.org/mission/evangelism/index.cfm

http://www.objective.jesussave.us/index.html

Pagan/Neo-Pagan:

http://www.spiralnature.com/

http://www.paganspath.com/

Wiccan:

http://paganwiccan.about.com/

http://wicca.timerift.net/

Islamic

http://www.askimam.com

http://www.harunyahya.com


Hindu

http://www.hindunet.org

another humor/satire:
www.truechristian.com

I find that Beliefnet.com is a very informative site for many "established" or "traditional" beleifs.

Hellenic: Hands on Hellenismos