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PostPrincess Sat 15 Mar 2014, 4:17 am

BRANCHES OF RELIGION
1. Nature Worshipers: these are people who believe in all the natural manifestation etc. The nature worshippers believes in something like wind, moon, stars, stones of all this natural things has contribution to human lives.

2. Animism: these is a belief in ghost, sould or spirit to animal and person e.g. Our ancestor worships.

3. Totemism: is a special religious system in which each family group, or clam has a certain animal as a symbol of worship. It is around this, that an elaboral worship is developed (ATR) African Traditional Religion.

4. Monotheism: Is a belief in one supreme God. The god is not man like other gods he lives in the sky away from man but has a lot of interests on man. E.g. Of monotheistic religion is Christianity.

5. Polytheism: means belief in more than one duty, here each god is expected to perform special duty and has a particular ranking among gods. E.g. Buddhism.

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