Weather it is religion or region or anything. Ambitious leaders sometimes wants to set a more correct standard for what is being followed at that time. At this point, a new belief system starts. That is true everywhere. People divided to religions and there by sub category of beliefs in that religion. Rulers divide the land into smaller regions and declare new rules. Coming to religion, this is clearly seen in every religion. Hindu's are classified to Shaivites, Vishnavites and so on. Muslims are classified to Sunni's, Shia's and so on. Christians as Catholics, Protestants and so on. This is similar in every major religion. But, if we go deeper in each of these. We can easily observe the similarities not just between the sub groups. But, many times between different religions. A classic example I find very interesting is how Hinduism and Zoroastrianism evolved together(or separated from a parent belief). I should actually use a word like Vedic instead of Hinduism here as t...
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