Some theories have been put forward that the anthropocentric belief in animism among early humans was the basis for the later evolution of religions.

Some faiths and religions are even both pantheistic and animistic.

Some religions ascribe a special status to the female breast, either in formal teachings or through symbolism.

Some also denounce non-Christian religions such as Islam, Wicca, Paganism, New Age groups, Buddhism, Hinduism, and other polytheistic religions.

Some 16th-century anti-Trinitarian divines sought to reconcile Christianity, Islam and Judaism ; on the basis of very similar arguments to those presented in the Gospel of Barnabas, arguing that if salvation remains unresolved until the end times, then any one of the three religions could be a valid path to heaven for their own believers.

Some religions uphold the belief that other forms of afterlife exist in addition to heaven and hell, such as purgatory, though many hells, such as Naraka, serve as purgatories themselves.

Some forms of Christianity, and other religions believe hell to be the termination of the soul.

Some Kashmiri rulers, such as Sultan Zain-ul-Abidin who was popularly known as Budshah ( بڈشاہ ) ( the King ) ( r. 1423-1474 ), were tolerant of all religions in a manner comparable to Akbar.

Some other religions also include monastic elements, most notably Buddhism, but also Hinduism and Jainism, though the expressions differ considerably.

Some religions and sects enthusiastically embrace occultism as an integral esoteric aspect of mystical religious experience.

Some modern Celtic pagan religions accept the practice of polygamy to varying degrees, though how widespread the practice is within these religions is unknown.

Some religions place an emphasis on belief, while others emphasize practice.

Some religions focus on the subjective experience of the religious individual, while others consider the activities of the religious community to be most important.

Some religions claim to be universal, believing their laws and cosmology to be binding for everyone, while others are intended to be practiced only by a closely defined or localized group.

Some scholars classify religions as either universal religions that seek worldwide acceptance and actively look for new converts, or ethnic religions that are identified with a particular ethnic group and do not seek converts.

Some academics studying the subject have divided religions into three broad categories:

Some religions do not include all these features.

Some religions have religious texts which they view as divinely or supernaturally revealed or inspired.

Some other religions include their own descriptions of Jesus which may not include his resurrection.

Some, such as Bruce Jakosky have also argued that the official disclosure of extraterrestrial life may have far reaching and as yet undetermined implications for society, particularly for the world's religions.

Some elements of Taoism may be traced to prehistoric folk religions in China that later coalesced into a Taoist tradition.

Some historians now believe that Kirov's assassination in 1934 was arranged by Stalin himself or at least that there is sufficient evidence to plausibly posit such a conclusion.

Some of these theories posit that " Robin Hood " or " Robert Hood " or the like was his actual name ; others suggest that this may have been merely a nickname disguising a medieval bandit perhaps known to history under another name.

Some posit that median nerve symptoms can arise from compression at the level of the thoracic outlet or the area where the median nerve passes between the two heads of the pronator teres in the forearm., but this is highly debatable.

Some scholars posit that the root rot-or rod-found in the name " Rhone " as well as in the name of many western European rivers, and whose original meaning seems to be " river ", is in fact Pre-Indo-European.

Some theories of syntax posit the null subject PRO (= pronoun ) to help address the facts of control constructions, e. g.

Some contemporary writers tend to posit an absolute importance of the feminine to the Hopi and attribute the role of a male Creator ( Tawa ) to intrusions into Hopi folklore of European beliefs.

Some form critics posit conflicting descriptions of manna as derived from different lore, with the description in Numbers being from the Jahwist tradition, and the description in Exodus being from the later Priestly tradition.

Some analysts, such as Noam Chomsky, posit that a state of perpetual war is an aid to ( and is promoted by ) the powerful members of dominant political and economic classes, helping maintain their positions of economic and political superiority.

Some social movement scholars posit that with the rapid pace of globalization, the potential for the emergence of new type of social movement is latent — they make the analogy to national movements of the past to describe what has been termed a global citizens movement.

Some theories posit that in far ancient times, humans had a third eye on their foreheads which provided them the ability to peer into spiritual realms.

Some etymologists posit that the French ( and English ) word baron, taken from the Latin baro, also derives from the Latin par.

Some posit that the ease of achieving the American Dream changes with technological advances, availability of infrastructure and information, government regulations, state of the economy, and with the evolving cultural values of American demographics.

Eulji Mundeok ( Some Korean scholars posit that the Eulji 乙支 in his name is some form of Goguryeo rank or title ) was an educated man, skilled in both " mun " ( 문, 文 ) political and the " mu " ( 무, 武 ) military sciences.

Some historians suggest that Duklja was ruled directly by the strategos of Dyrrhachium, whilst others posit that a native prince ( whose name has not survived ) was allowed to remain, ruling as a Byzantine vassal.

Some biographies of Welles posit that Welles himself was a source of inspiration for the character.

Some extensions of present physics posit the existence of extra dimensions of space.

Some posit that the lack of signaling in some species is a retained ancestral trait, not something that existed previously and later disappeared.

Some scholars posit Duenos as a proper name, instead of merely an adjective.

Some posit that its theology fits into the general cannon of Jewish mysticism.

Some economists posit that the minimum wage is in part to blame for structural unemployment.

Some researchers, such as Thorington ( 1976 ) posit that S. oedipus is more closely related to the white-footed tamarin ( S. leucopus ) than to S. geoffroyi, a view supported by a multivariate analysis of dental morphology by Hanihara & Natori ( 1987 ) and by work done by Skinner in 1991, which found more similarity between S. oedipus and S. leucopus in 16 out of 17 morphological traits considered.

Some scientists posit it in the area between the cities of Petrich and Sandanski, but its exact location remains unknown.

Some of the theories are functionalist assuming that criminal activity is motivated by economic needs, while others posit a social class rationale for deviance.

Some dermatologists posit that, if a sufferer is allergic to a substance, then a general allergy test on the forearm will suffice.