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Common component- sacred locations
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| All religions have places on Earth they regard as most sacred. Temple Mount in Jerusalem is such an example of a place where three of the great religions all claim the same spot as fundamentally sacred to their own religion. | ||
| Sacred places of burial/death | ||
| Places of human burial and death have always been considered sacred. The respect of the dead is a central component to all the major religions, although the treatment of human remains is different. Most of the mono-related religions choose preservation of human remains as a key part of religious belief. In contrast, other religions such as Hinduism teach cremation as a method of disposal. | ||
| Battlefields have historically been considered sacred, as with locations of any mass death or burial. The site of the twin towers in New York is and will always be one of the most sacred sites in America for centuries to come. | ||
| Sacred places of divine contact/temples | ||
| Places of claimed divine contact have also always been considered sacred. The initial site might start out as a rocky outcrop, or a stream. By the time the religion has finished, it will be a grotto underneath a massive temple. | ||
| Sacred places become sacred temples and so become doubly sacred. The temple mount in Jerusalem is such as place. Built and re-built by different religions and generations, it is considered so sacred, that not one stone should or could now be moved. | ||
| Sacred places of messiahs life | ||
| Places where messiahs of a particular religion lived are also frequently considered sacred. The ancient city of Ur is and should be considered sacred as the Birthplace and city of Abraham. | ||
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