Adherents to magic believe that it may work by one or more of the following basic principles:

Adherents believe in a single god, Tenri-O-no-Mikoto, who is defined as the creator and caring parent of all mankind.

Adherents of Mormonism believe that the molten sea in Solomon's Temple was a baptismal font.

Adherents of Christian Science believe that Genesis ( creation ) contains two interleaved stories of creation, one spiritual, the other material and hold that the reality of all that God made is spiritual, and not material.

Adherents believe that the net effect of individuals cultivating their potential will bring about positive social change at large.

Adherents of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ( LDS ), commonly called Mormons, believe that founder Joseph Smith, Jr., was a prophet of God, chosen to restore the primitive, apostolic church established by Jesus, now " in its fullness ", rather than to reform the church or priesthood, which had ceased to exist in any substantial or authoritative sense shortly after the end of the apostolic age and before the First Council of Nicaea in 325.

Adherents of Romuva believe that the souls of those who die continue to exist in the afterlife and stay with the living family and descendants, prior to reincarnation.

Adherents to this belief may also believe that the original-language Hebrew and Greek can be corrected by the KJV.

Adherents believe that the church today should contain every element of the early church.

Adherents of Mormonism believe that Moroni, as an angel, appeared to Joseph Smith in 1823 and directed him to where the plates were hidden.

Adherents believe the Christian Bible is inerrant and hold its passages to be historically accurate, including the story of Noah's Ark, and that the Bible's internal chronology, which places the Flood about 6000 years ago, is reliable.

Adherents of the Bahá ' í Faith believe their founder, Bahá ' u ' lláh, to have been a descendant of both Keturah and Sarah.

Adherents of the Ascended Master Teachings believe that each person is an incarnation of an " Individualized Presence " of the " Most High Living God " — the " Mighty I AM Presence " — as part of humans ' very nature and being.

Adherents believe this Sound Current cannot be heard by the uninitiated ; it is made manifest at the time of initiation.

Adherents believe Surat Shabda Yoga has been expressed through the movements of many different masters.

Adherents believe this sets up the serpent's seed as an antitype to Jesus Christ.

Adherents of mandatory sentencing believe that it reduces crime, is fair for any criminals and ensures uniformity in sentencing.

Adherents also generally believe that as humankind gains greater understanding of the world, New Thought itself will evolve to assimilate new knowledge.

Adherents believe that salvation is through unity with the ‘ living one ’ by being united with the identity of Yashua Jesus.

Adherents of the beliefs of the United American Committee believe that citizens must take a role in the activities of the nation.

Adherents believe that their founder knew everything almost at birth due to his connection with / being a Divine Power.

Adherents believe that Shakyamuni Buddha was the first human to be awakened to the Dharma, which is believed to be an invisible entity that sustains, guides and improves the lives of all living things.

Adherents of the heterodox Cārvāka or Lokāyata philosophy of India hold that this world is made of four elements only.

Adherents of source criticism suggest that references to a woman called Ahinoam being Saul's wife belong to the account of the republican source of the Books of Samuel, while in the passages ascribed to the monarchial source, the only mention of a woman called Ahinoam is the description of her as a wife of David.

Adherents generally accept religious pluralism and find value in all teachings, but remain committed to their core belief in Christ's teachings.

Adherents of recognized religious minorities are not required to register individually with the Government ; however, their community, religious, and cultural events and organizations, including schools, are monitored closely.

Adherents of Islam are concerned with clothing in two contexts: clothing for everyday wear, inside and outside the house ; and clothing required in specifically religious contexts.

" Adherents are strongly encouraged to think freely and to not be oppressed by past religious inculturisations.

Adherents of the traditional position date the Epistle to Titus from the circumstance that it was written after Paul's visit to Crete in Titus 1: 5.

Adherents. com estimates that there are roughly one million pagans worldwide ( as of 2000 ), including " Wicca, Magick, Druidism, Asatru, neo-Native American religion and others ".

Adherents of these religions insist that they would have to continue observing their holy days every seventh day, causing the worship days to drift by one day each year ( two on a leap year ), relative to The World Calendar week.

Adherents of sola fide respond that Jesus was not instituting keeping a higher moral code as means of salvation, and tend to see the exclusion of " works of the law " ( as the means of obtaining justification ) as referring to any works of the Mosaic law, and by implication, any " works of righteousness which we have done " ( Titus 3: 5 ) or any system in which one earns eternal life on the basis of the merit of works.

Adherents of different techniques ( for example, candlestick charting, Dow Theory, and Elliott wave theory ) may ignore the other approaches, yet many traders combine elements from more than one technique.

Adherents believed that signs indicated a " major energy shift " was about to occur, a turning point in Earth's collective karma and dharma, and that this energy was powerful enough to change the global perspective of man from one of conflict to one of co-operation.

Adherents of this view, espoused most explicitly by Max Shachtman and closely following the writings of James Burnham and Bruno Rizzi, argued that the Soviet bureaucratic collectivist regime had in fact entered one of two great imperialist " camps " aiming to wage war to divide the world.

Adherents anti-organizational commitments prevents one from referring to “ union ” ‘’ per se ’‘, at least before the middle of the century.

Adherents propose achieving this through decentralization of political and economic power, usually involving the socialization of most large-scale private property and enterprise ( while retaining respect for personal property ).

Adherents may choose simple living for a variety of personal reasons, such as spirituality, health, increase in " quality time " for family and friends, work – life balance, personal taste, frugality, or reducing personal ecological footprint and stress.

Blue Crescent Adherents typically shave their hair bald, tattoo a blue Crescent on their foreheads, give up all personal property beyond what they can carry, and must visit the major locations that Mamoud once lived in the Badlands during their life.

Adherents of the Oxford Movement, begun in 1833, raised questions about the relationship of the Church of England to the apostolic church and thus about its forms of worship.

Adherents also emphasise ancestor worship and hold that the spirits of the dead live side by side with the world of the living, each family of spirits having its own female priesthood, sometimes hereditary when is from mother to blood daughter.

Adherents of Dongba had no places of worship, and so they were not officially recognized as a religion by the Communists following their arrival to the region.

" Adherents of the monistic schools ( such as Advaita Vedanta ) worship multiple forms of God as emanations from the ultimately formless Brahman, whereas followers of the bhakti traditions may worship a particular form or Avatar of Vishnu, Shiva or Ganesha as the Supreme God ( Ishvara ) in the dualistic sense.

Adherents, many of whom are ethnically Jewish, worship in congregations that include Hebrew prayers and use of a Torah scroll.