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View your most frequently asked questions on religion. Our editors do the research to provide accurate answers to submitted questions.

I am wondering what the X in Xmas means? Why is Christmas abbreviated this way?
What are the three most important holidays in the Jewish religion and how many holidays are there altogether?
What is Ramadan and how is it celebrated?
Why do Jewish holidays begin at sundown? There has to be a practical answer other than referring to the traditions of the Jewish Calendar.
What language was the Bible originally written in?
What is the most practiced religion in the world?
Who were the Muses?
Is it true that Catholics, Protestants, and Jews all have different versions of the Ten Commandments?
Why can't people with tattoos be buried in a Jewish cemetery?
What were the names of the Three Kings (or Three Wise Men), and the gifts that each brought to the baby Jesus?
What is the approximate Jewish population in the United States?
Where may I find Bar Mitzvah etiquette?
Could you please give me the address for the Vatican's website?
What is Chrismahanukwanzakah?
What is the tallest church in the world?
What is Chrismukkah?
Why does Easter occur at different times each year?
I am in a class entitled "American Communal Utopias" and we are studying the Hutterites. I was wondering if there is any information about life at a Hutterite colony that you could send me?
Who was the man who founded the Jehovah's Witnesses religion?

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