Thom's thesis, based on a statistical analysis of Neolithic monuments in the United Kingdom, is that the builders of these sites employed a common unit of measurement, implying a transfer of information that may not have existed, even if it were possible: see Pseudoscientific metrology.

* Pseudoscientific claims of a prefiguration of modern science in the Vedas, see scientific foreknowledge in the Vedas

In August 1996, he organised and chaired an integrated paper session on the topic of The Psychology of Paranormal and Pseudoscientific Beliefs at the XXVI International Congress of Psychology in Montreal.

The beliefs of a religion also reflecting the values are expressed in creeds, dogmas, and doctrines, and form what Durkheim calls a credo.

Respecting ethnicity and family beliefs are key to a family-centered and ethnically competent approach.

Archaeological interpretations of the Chaco road system are divided between an economic purpose and a symbolic, ideological role linked to ancestral Puebloan beliefs.

Their beliefs and behavior are difficult to decipher from physical materials, and their languages remain unknown as they had no known writing system.

One consequence of the Hindu and Spiritist beliefs is that our current lives are both afterlife and a beforelife.

According to those beliefs events in our current life are consequences of actions taken in previous lives, or Karma.

Both Spirit Prison and Paradise are temporary according to Latter-day Saint beliefs.

Articles of faith are sets of beliefs usually found in creeds, sometimes numbered, and often beginning with " We believe ...", which attempt to more or less define the fundamental theology of a given religion, and especially in the Christian Church.

The core beliefs of Jacobus Arminius and the Remonstrants are summarized as such by theologian Stephen Ashby:

Some of these beliefs, such as Pelagianism and semi-Pelagianism ( see below ) are not considered to be within Arminian orthodoxy and are dealt with elsewhere.

* Many traditional beliefs in the Philippines still practised to an extent today are animist and spiritist in origin in that there are rituals aimed at pacifying malevolent spirits or are apotropaic in nature.

Folklore consists of legends, music, oral history, proverbs, jokes, popular beliefs, fairy tales, stories, tall tales, and customs that are the traditions of a culture, subculture, or group.

The meanings of the sky vary from culture to culture ; nevertheless there are scientific methods which can be applied across cultures when examining ancient beliefs.

Bahá ' í beliefs are sometimes described as syncretic combinations of earlier religious beliefs.

In an article addressed to critics of tank warfare, he wrote " until our critics can produce some new and better method of making a successful land attack other than self-massacre, we shall continue to maintain our beliefs that tanks — properly employed, needless to say — are today the best means available for land attack.

Jasmuheen claims that their beliefs are based on the writings and " more recent channelled material " from St. Germain.

Though there are many important differences of interpretation and opinion of the Bible on which Christianity is based, Christians share a set of beliefs that they hold as essential to their faith.

Creeds ( from Latin credo meaning " I believe ") are concise doctrinal statements or confessions, usually of religious beliefs.

Among Christian beliefs, the death and resurrection of Jesus are two core events on which much of Christian doctrine and theology is based.

" Attributes that are seen as religious — such as ancestor worship, ritual, and sacrifice — were advocated by Confucius as necessary for social harmony ; however, these attributes can be traced to the traditional non-Confucian Chinese beliefs of Chinese folk religion, and are also practiced by Daoists and Chinese Buddhists.

As such Haredim have created extensive outreach programs, conducted out of a deep love and concern for the spiritual well-being of other Jews ; on a philosophical level, the generation and beliefs of these movements are condemned as stemming from the widespread denigration of religion of the 19th century.

The Hellenistic, local pagan and Mithraic religious beliefs would however remain widespread until the 4th century.

This came with the dramatic loss of the languages, religious beliefs, and cultures themselves due to widespread use of corporal punishment and mental abuse.

Periodical literature played an important part in the rapid and widespread dissemination of Millerite beliefs.

Convergence theory claims that crowd behavior as such is not irrational ; rather, people in crowds express existing beliefs and values so that the mob reaction is the rational product of widespread popular feeling.

During the trial, school superintendent Roudabush displayed contempt for the beliefs of the children, stating that he felt they had been " indoctrinated " and that the existence of even a few dissenters would be " demoralizing ," leading to widespread disregard for the flag and American values.

Midsummer tradition is also especially strong in northern areas of the country, such as Galicia, where one can easily identify the rituals that reveal the pagan beliefs widespread throughout Europe in Neolithic times.

Zeus swallowing the goddess symbolized the progressive suppression of the earlier traditional religious beliefs, symbolically dethroning the goddess, Metis, but allowing Athene ( her daughter ) to be " born " of Zeus because her worship was so pervasive and widespread that it could not be suppressed.

Fard's racialization of Islamic beliefs is thought by some to be a part of a widespread preoccupation at the time with racial theory and eugenics among many people from various backgrounds.

His proclamation came during a period of widespread resentment among the Sudanese population of the oppressive policies of the Turco-Egyptian rulers, and capitalized on the messianic beliefs popular among the various Sudanese religious sects of the time.

Related beliefs are widespread among the peoples of Siberia and northeast Asia.

Although an understanding of reproduction and modern medicine is widespread in Trobriand Society, their traditional beliefs have been remarkably resilient.

The habit of standing still and flushing only at the last moment has led to widespread folk beliefs that they are semi-blind and their name in many languages includes such suggestions.

The Pachamama worship is still widespread throughout Salta and Jujuy along with Catholic beliefs, without opposition from the Catholic Bishops.

The late 1980s saw the beginning of the first widespread debate and division over beliefs and practices related to marriage and divorce.

This effect can provide a partial explanation for the widespread acceptance of some beliefs and practices, such as astrology, fortune telling, graphology, and some types of personality tests.

This practice of mountain worship holds a significant place in Japanese beliefs and had become widespread throughout Japan ’ s history.

It required the building of churches, conversion of elites and a widespread adoption of Christian self-identity with a system of Christian values, practices and beliefs.

In the late 1990s, Yourdon became the centre of controversy over his beliefs that Y2K-related computer problems would result in severe software failures that would culminate in widespread social collapse.

Many proponents dislike the name amillennialism because it emphasizes their differences with premillennialism rather than their beliefs about the millennium, and although they prefer alternate terms such as nunc-millennialism ( that is, now-millennialism ) or realized millennialism, the acceptance and widespread usage of the alternate names has been limited.

Such beliefs are, as Boyer says, remarkably widespread, and for all their variant forms the variation is neither limitless nor random.

Sufism, involving the organization of mystical brotherhoods ( tariqa ) for the purification and spread of Islam, is also widespread, laced with indigenous beliefs and practices.

The idea was quite contrary to beliefs widespread at the time and seen as ridiculous by many people in high places, yet it has been proven to be very wise by the many major droughts in the 140 years since, which have led to major losses by all graingrowers near to, or north of, the line.

In addition to the difficulties of collecting original Bábí documents at such a distance — Browne was at Cambridge — was the widespread Azali practice of Taqiyya ( Dissimulation ), or concealing one's beliefs.