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Common component- sacred objects
 
  All religions have physical objects they consider sacred. The oldest of human worship is the belief in objects having special power/significance.  
  "Idol worship" remains the single most common and automated method of worship by humans today. Millions are drawn to any point on the globe with the slightest sign of a premonition or display of divine influence on an object. Weeping madonna's are a favourite.  
  The bones of saints and the dead  
  One category of objects that universally is admitted as being sacred and powerful are the bones of saints and the dead.  
  The bones of the dead, particularly the skull has played a key part in religious rituals from the beginning of human history. In ancient European pagan cultures, the bones of the dead have particular significance to those who have departed and as a tool for magic.  
  The alleged powers of witchcraft are strongly associated with the power associated with the sacred objects of bones.  
  Sacred texts  
  All religions regard reproductions of their sacred texts as sacred objects. To defile a book representing one of the sacred texts of a religion is to defile that religion. In some cultures such as Islam, this is justifiably considered a slur on all believers of that religion.  
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
 
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