Sentence examples for distinct religion from inspiring English sources

Their distinct religion, language and culture, large villages and autonomous networks threatened the atomized, closely supervised society that the Pol Pot leadership planned.

And implementing it would entangle the government in theological questions about how to define religious groups and when a sect should be treated as a distinct religion.

From the mid-19th century, use of peyote extended north into the Great Plains of the United States, and probably first developed into a distinct religion about 1885 among the Kiowa and Comanche of Oklahoma.

Only much later — after the destruction of the Jerusalem Temple in A.D. 70, and after Paul's remarkable success in spreading his distinctive form of Jewish messianism among the Gentiles — did the radicals begin to think of themselves as a distinct religion.

Almost all of them chose Bahá'u'lláh, which confirmed his calling, and from this point on the Bahá'í faith emerged as a distinct religion.

Shinto shrines are some of the most prominent features of the landscape in Japan, where over 100 million people - most of the population - count themselves as adherents.Since its emergence as a distinct religion many centuries ago, Shinto has happily coexisted with Buddhism and other religions; in fact, adherents often practise both simultaneously.

He discussed distinct religions only because religion in the abstract has no existence.

I always think I grew up in a very religious household but there were two distinct religions.

Sikhs have been frequent targets of anti-Muslim attacks, even though Sikhism and Islam are distinct religions.

For seven years, Quakers here have shared their space with Jews, allowing the practice of two distinct religions under one roof.

Some Sikhs were handing out fliers titled, "Five facts you may not have known about Sikhism!" (Fact No. 4: "Sikhism, Hinduism and Islam are all distinct religions with many different beliefs").