Religion

loudspeakers on mosques

Request: Common in Islamic countries. Intrusive proselytizing or maintaning awareness of God?

blood of Jesus Christ for protection

e.g. saying a prayer asking Jesus to cover one with his blood for protection and purification --request

Bastet (Egyptian goddess)

the goddess of protection, pleasure, and the bringer of good health. She had the head of a cat and a slender female body --egyptianmuseum.org

Maximilian Kolbe (Catholic martyr)

Franciscan friar who volunteered to die in place of a man named Franciszek Gajowniczek in the German death camp of Auschwitz --wikipedia

Hanuman (Hinduism)

He is viewed as the ideal combination of "strength, heroic initiative and assertive excellence" and "loving, emotional devotion to his personal god Rama" --wikipedia

Metatron (an angel in Judaism)

In folkloristic tradition, he is the highest of the angels and serves as the celestial scribe or "recording angel" --wikipedia

All Souls' Day

also known as the Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed and the Day of the Dead, is a day of prayer and remembrance for the faithful departed, which is observed by Roman Catholics and other Christian denominations annually on 2 November --wikipedia

burial, cremation

request: "Some teachings insist on one or the other, but is there a difference in reality?"

God's jealousy

Request: What does it mean that God is jealous? (Old Testament, Exodus 20:5, for instance)

T/F: each person has a soul

request: "It's been an endless debate across religious, spiritual, and scientific circles on whether we as human beings have souls."

unction (religion)

the act of putting holy oil or water on someone in a religious ceremony, in order to make them holy or give them holy responsibilities --request

In the Garden (hymn)

Author: C. Austin Miles (1913), Published in 245 hymnals

Unification Church ("Moonies")

Active in politics in South Korea and Japan. "In civil cases, Japanese courts have issued a number of rulings ordering the Unification Church to pay compensation to the plaintiffs, saying its missionary work is illegal" --wikipedia

Apparition of Padre Pio in Irish Church

Two women reported seeing an apparition of the saint Padre Pio at a church in Limerick city --irishexaminer.com

Job the prophet

Calibration based on the Biblical account