Who is the most powerful god in all religion

For decades, humans have been raised by the norms and values they believe. 15 of those beliefs are on the top of the most powerful religions list. A religion is the belief in and worship of a superhuman controlling power, especially a personal God or gods. The most powerful religions are those successful in making people live with the embodiments of their disciplines. Even though science has been developing what may seem to be a better understanding of how the universe works, these fifteen religions remain strong among their adherents. Regardless the controversy among the agnostics or even among the adherents themselves, the history behind each religion is still fascinating. Millions of people study them from time to time, whether it is to explore their own religion or to appreciate this incredible anthropological phenomenon. From all across the world, we picked out fifteen most powerful religions based on the estimated number of their adherents. Take a look! 15. Tenrikyo (2 million adherents) Nakayama Miki, a Japanese woman, brought this religion to the world in the 1838. She was possessed by the God of Tenrikyo, Tenri-O-no-Mikoto. The God demanded her to be given as a shrine. In 1854, she started to recruit followers. One of her first was Izo Iburi who carried out the religion’s values. In the beginning, Tenrikyo was a part of other religions, Shinto and Buddhism. Basically, Tenrikyo teaches its followers to have a joyous life. The body we live in is borrowed but the min...

All ancient civilizations on our planet have gods and goddesses, or at least important, mythical leaders who brought the world into existence. These beings could be called on in times of trouble, or to pray to for good harvests, or to support the people in wars. Commonalities are widespread. But ancient people configured their pantheon of gods whether they were all powerful or part human, or stuck to their own realm or visited on earth, meddling directly in the affairs of humans. The cross-cultural study is a fascinating one. Greek Gods Many people can name at least some of the major Greek deities, but the list of gods in ancient Greece runs into the thousands. The Greek creation myth begins with the god of love, Eros, who creates the sky and the earth and makes them fall in love. From their perch on Mount Olympus, the major gods such as Apollo and Aphrodite acted like and even associated with, humans, leading to god/human hybrids called demigods. The creation myths of ancient Egypt were complex, with several versions, but they all start with the god Atum who creates order from chaos. Monuments, texts, and even public offices bear the marks of Egypt's myriad gods. Fifteen gods (Anubis, Bastet, Bes, Geb, Hathor, Horus, Neith, Isis, Nephthys, Nut, Osiris, Ra, Set, Shu, and Tefnut) stand out as being the most significant religiously or the most prominent in terms of the political power of their priesthoods. Roman Gods The Romans sustained a religion that adopted most of the G...

We've all heard of tales of Zeus, Odin and such, but who are the mightiest in mythology? Religion is something that you’ll find in every culture throughout human history and the amount of different gods we have believed in all this time is astronomical. They range from the bizarre to the gorgeous to the almost impossible to comprehend. But here we’ll talk about the straight-up best, the most powerful of them all. 15. Jade Emperor From Chinese mythos, the Jade Emperor is the ruler of all 30 Heavens, Earth and the Underworld. He is also called, of course, emperor of the universe. He is also a bureaucrat, having a plethora of ministers and officials to aid him in his rule. The Jade Emperor is best known for: • Having a very large family • Having an endlessly complicated form of governing, with as much bureaucracy as godly possible • Being the representation of morality 14. Amaterasu The main goddess in Shinto religion, she is the divine embodiment of the sun. Despite not being the maker of the universe according to Japanese mythology, she is it’s Queen and provider of light, nourishment and order. It is also believed that the Japanese Imperial family is descended from her, thus legitimizing their position of power. Amaterasu is best known for: • Banishing her husband Tsukuyomi and creating the separation between day and night. • Being lured out of self imposed isolation by a revealing dance and her own reflection. • The Japanese Imperial family, her descendants and the longes...

When I talk to my students about , I like to bring up the case of Francis Collins. Early in his career, Collins was a successful gene-hunter, who helped identify genes associated with cystic fibrosis and other disorders. He went on to become one of the world’s most powerful scientists. Since 2009, he has directed the National Institutes of Health, which this year has a budget of over $40 billion. Before that he oversaw the Human Genome Project, one of history’s biggest research projects. Collins was an atheist until 1978, when he underwent a conversion experience while hiking in the mountains and became a devout Christian. In his 2006 bestselling bookThe Language of God , Collins declares that he sees no incompatibility between science and religion. “The God of the Bible is also the God of the genome,” he wrote. “He can be worshipped in the cathedral or in the laboratory.” Collins just won the , created in 1972 to promote reconciliation of science and spirituality. (See my posts on the Templeton Foundation and ). This news gives me an excuse to post an interview I carried out with Collins forNational Geographic in 2006, a time when , Daniel Dennett and others were vigorously attacking religion. Below is an edited transcript of my conversation with Collins, which took place in Washington, D.C. I liked Collins, whom I found to be surprisingly unassuming for a man of such high stature. But I was disturbed by our final exchanges, in which he revealed a fatalistic outlook on hu...

We've all heard of tales of Zeus, Odin and such, but who are the mightiest in mythology? Religion is something that you’ll find in every culture throughout human history and the amount of different gods we have believed in all this time is astronomical. They range from the bizarre to the gorgeous to the almost impossible to comprehend. But here we’ll talk about the straight-up best, the most powerful of them all. 15. Jade Emperor From Chinese mythos, the Jade Emperor is the ruler of all 30 Heavens, Earth and the Underworld. He is also called, of course, emperor of the universe. He is also a bureaucrat, having a plethora of ministers and officials to aid him in his rule. The Jade Emperor is best known for: • Having a very large family • Having an endlessly complicated form of governing, with as much bureaucracy as godly possible • Being the representation of morality 14. Amaterasu The main goddess in Shinto religion, she is the divine embodiment of the sun. Despite not being the maker of the universe according to Japanese mythology, she is it’s Queen and provider of light, nourishment and order. It is also believed that the Japanese Imperial family is descended from her, thus legitimizing their position of power. Amaterasu is best known for: • Banishing her husband Tsukuyomi and creating the separation between day and night. • Being lured out of self imposed isolation by a revealing dance and her own reflection. • The Japanese Imperial family, her descendants and the longes...

When I talk to my students about , I like to bring up the case of Francis Collins. Early in his career, Collins was a successful gene-hunter, who helped identify genes associated with cystic fibrosis and other disorders. He went on to become one of the world’s most powerful scientists. Since 2009, he has directed the National Institutes of Health, which this year has a budget of over $40 billion. Before that he oversaw the Human Genome Project, one of history’s biggest research projects. Collins was an atheist until 1978, when he underwent a conversion experience while hiking in the mountains and became a devout Christian. In his 2006 bestselling bookThe Language of God , Collins declares that he sees no incompatibility between science and religion. “The God of the Bible is also the God of the genome,” he wrote. “He can be worshipped in the cathedral or in the laboratory.” Collins just won the , created in 1972 to promote reconciliation of science and spirituality. (See my posts on the Templeton Foundation and ). This news gives me an excuse to post an interview I carried out with Collins forNational Geographic in 2006, a time when , Daniel Dennett and others were vigorously attacking religion. Below is an edited transcript of my conversation with Collins, which took place in Washington, D.C. I liked Collins, whom I found to be surprisingly unassuming for a man of such high stature. But I was disturbed by our final exchanges, in which he revealed a fatalistic outlook on hu...

For decades, humans have been raised by the norms and values they believe. 15 of those beliefs are on the top of the most powerful religions list. A religion is the belief in and worship of a superhuman controlling power, especially a personal God or gods. The most powerful religions are those successful in making people live with the embodiments of their disciplines. Even though science has been developing what may seem to be a better understanding of how the universe works, these fifteen religions remain strong among their adherents. Regardless the controversy among the agnostics or even among the adherents themselves, the history behind each religion is still fascinating. Millions of people study them from time to time, whether it is to explore their own religion or to appreciate this incredible anthropological phenomenon. From all across the world, we picked out fifteen most powerful religions based on the estimated number of their adherents. Take a look! 15. Tenrikyo (2 million adherents) Nakayama Miki, a Japanese woman, brought this religion to the world in the 1838. She was possessed by the God of Tenrikyo, Tenri-O-no-Mikoto. The God demanded her to be given as a shrine. In 1854, she started to recruit followers. One of her first was Izo Iburi who carried out the religion’s values. In the beginning, Tenrikyo was a part of other religions, Shinto and Buddhism. Basically, Tenrikyo teaches its followers to have a joyous life. The body we live in is borrowed but the min...

All ancient civilizations on our planet have gods and goddesses, or at least important, mythical leaders who brought the world into existence. These beings could be called on in times of trouble, or to pray to for good harvests, or to support the people in wars. Commonalities are widespread. But ancient people configured their pantheon of gods whether they were all powerful or part human, or stuck to their own realm or visited on earth, meddling directly in the affairs of humans. The cross-cultural study is a fascinating one. Greek Gods Many people can name at least some of the major Greek deities, but the list of gods in ancient Greece runs into the thousands. The Greek creation myth begins with the god of love, Eros, who creates the sky and the earth and makes them fall in love. From their perch on Mount Olympus, the major gods such as Apollo and Aphrodite acted like and even associated with, humans, leading to god/human hybrids called demigods. The creation myths of ancient Egypt were complex, with several versions, but they all start with the god Atum who creates order from chaos. Monuments, texts, and even public offices bear the marks of Egypt's myriad gods. Fifteen gods (Anubis, Bastet, Bes, Geb, Hathor, Horus, Neith, Isis, Nephthys, Nut, Osiris, Ra, Set, Shu, and Tefnut) stand out as being the most significant religiously or the most prominent in terms of the political power of their priesthoods. Roman Gods The Romans sustained a religion that adopted most of the G...