eastern beliefs
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The significance of a belief system is its ability to attain a government in which cultures have the ability to spread and affect others. Their power is maintained through population. There are many different types of belief systems, beginning with Animism moving to more complex religious teachings, such as Catholicism or Islam. Three of the belief systems that came more to my interest are: Animism; Buddhism; and Confucianism. These belief systems caught my eye a slight more than the others.
Animism originated at around three thousand years ago. Coined by the anthropologist E.B. Taylor (1832-1917), the term "animism" refers to a theory of religion, not a type of religion. It Is known to be the oldest known belief system in the world...