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Common component- central deity
 
  The first implication of the meaning of the word religion and the most common component of all religions is the belief of some central deity. This may be in the form of an absolute deity, a monotheistic deity, a pantheistic (group deity) or a combination.  
  All religions believe in some deity. The name they give this deity is often the starting point for the religion itself.  
  By definition, the word religion outlines the first and most important belief of all religions of human history- the existence of supernatural being/force or beings/forces greater than the force/capability of the human being.  
  The universe as an absolute deity  
  By definition the broadest of religions believe the universe to be an absolute deity in its own right. This is pure absolutetheism and is a fundamental component of Buddhism, Taosism, Native-American Culture, Australian Aboriginal culture, Celtic culture and Polynesian culture.  
  These belief systems use various words to describe their name for the absolute deity. However, they all agree on the same principle that the universe is a living and spiritual entity in its own right.  
  The local "physical" deity  
  In contrast to the universe as an absolute deity, many religions were founded on the existence of some local "physical" deity. The Egyptian pantheistic religion put the pharaoh as the living god Horus reborn. The Mayans place their kings as living gods.  
  The oldest Asia-Minor civilizations believed the gods were flesh and blood and that they were our genetic architects. Even ancient Mediterranean cultures believed in flesh and blood gods until the age of "enlightenment" when the naturalist philosophers ended the reign of the flesh and blood gods.  
  The giant "physical" deity  
  Ancient Sth American cultures worshipped the Sun as a physical god. Some northern European tribes worshipped the sky as a god. The ancient druid and ancestors of wicca saw the moon as a god.  
  The solar system deity  
  In contextual history, many religions have now extended their practical model of deity to a solar system level, to accommodate what we know about science.  
  Because we now know that planets are a normal feature of virtually every star formation and star life, the chance of iron planets existing within life zones around more than one star in the trillions of trillions of billions of trillions of stars in the universe is reasonable. Therefore, the claim that a religion owes its legitimacy to a covenant with the only son of god holds true in so far as the human species.  
  To claim that a religions founder is also the only son of the god of alien self-aware higher order life forms is not credible or sustainable as a logical or rational argument. It is an irrational argument that is unsupportable unless you maintain that the human species is the only higher order lifeform in the universe.  
  Such a state of mind is non scientific and irrational and ultimately unsustainable. There is life throughout the universe. The universe is alive. Distance is vast. Signs of life are everywhere.  
  Christianity is a solar deity religion. It may claim to have absolutetheistic existence in the modern world and modern evangelical christian movements, but this is contrary to its inherent structure. To believe christianity is to believe that Jesus is the only son of god, therefore the only son of all lifeforms in the universe.  
  This in part is one of the reasons for the radicalization of christianity in developed countries in recent years. Christians who have any level of awareness know that the argument "jesus is the only son of god" is unsustainable with the continuing discoveries of science. The response by some is to fundamentalize and seek to reject modern science/society as an enemy.  
  In coming years, countries such as the United States, Canada as well as European countries will unfortunately experience more and more tragedies surrounding fundamentalist christian cults who are set on killing themselves and others.  
     
 
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