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According to the dictionary " is the service and worship of God or the supernatural."1  I challenge that definition.  It is true that all s do involve the worship of some supernatural force, however, it is also true that no in history has ever stopped at that. ....

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.... papacy in the Middle Ages, charged with seeking out, trying, and sentencing people guilty of heresy."2  Heretics were considered enemies of the state.  The penalty for heresy was torture and death.  The crucifixion of Jesus Christ, "Jesus was taken to Golgotha and nailed to a cross, the Roman punishment for political offenders and criminals."2  The Crusades, "The name Crusade (from Latin, "Cross") was also applied, to the wars against pagan peoples, Christian heretics, and political foes of the papacy."2  All three examples illustrate how man has used God to justify his greed and quest for power.  When the leadership was challenged, it used devi ....