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Confucianism

Confucian ethics, moral cultivation, humaneness, ritual, education, family relationships, responsibility and government through virtuous example.

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Cruelty

Unnecessary harm, suffering, violence, neglect or indifference toward people, animals or nature.

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Gods

Questions about gods, creator gods, deities, divine beings, monotheism, polytheism, supernatural authority, worship, revelation, and claims made about divine will or divine existence.

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Good and Evil

Questions about good, evil, virtue, cruelty, moral responsibility, avoidable harm, whether good and evil are absolute or relative, and whether evil is best understood as supernatural, psychological, social, or practical.

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Jainism

Jain teachings on nonviolence, truthfulness, non-possession, karma, many-sided reasoning, asceticism and liberation.

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Life After Death

Questions about survival after death, rebirth, heaven, hell, resurrection, spirits, consciousness, near-death experiences, and claims about what may or may not continue after bodily death.

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Morality

Questions about right and wrong, good and bad conduct, and the moral quality of actions.

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Origins

Questions about the origins of life, the universe, consciousness, morality, religion, belief systems, cultures, institutions, and human ideas.

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Paganism

Modern Pagan religions, polytheism, nature reverence, seasonal observance, reconstruction, revival traditions and claims about ancient religious continuity.

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Platonism

Plato's philosophy of knowledge, reality, Forms, the soul, virtue, justice, education and political order.

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Realities

Questions about reality and different kinds of reality claims, including physical reality, subjective experience, social reality, perceived reality, spiritual claims, objective truth, illusion, imagination, symbolism, and whether something is real, constructed, unknown, or false.

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Stoicism

Stoic philosophy, virtue, reason, emotional discipline, human responsibility and the distinction between what is and is not within our control.

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Taoism

The Dao, naturalness, simplicity, non-forcing, balance, change, perspective and Chinese Daoist philosophy and religion.

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Wicca

Modern Wiccan religion, nature reverence, ritual, seasonal festivals, Goddess and God concepts, magic, ethics and historical origin claims.

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Wisdom

Judgement, discernment, practical understanding and the careful use of knowledge.

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Witchcraft

Religious, magical, folkloric, ceremonial, cultural or secular practices and identities described as witchcraft. Witchcraft is not one single religion and is not synonymous with Wicca or Paganism.

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