The 8 Aspects of Religion
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Purpose of Religon
-Help guide you along life's journey.
-Give purpose to life.
-Something to turn to in times of need.
Symbols
What are Symbols
Roman Catholic Symbol
-Holy spirit
-Alter
-Bread (flesh)
-Wine (blood)
-Dove
Jewish Symbol
-Menorah
-Hanukkah
-Shofar (Rams Horn)
-Torah Scroll
-Magen David
Shofar (Rams Horn)
A shofar [ʃoˈfaʁ] (Hebrew: שׁוֹפָר (help·info)) is a horn, traditionally that of a ram, used for Jewish religious purposes. Shofar-blowing is incorporated in synagogue services on Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. Shofars come in a variety of sizes. The shofar is mentioned frequently in the Hebrew Bible, the Talmud and rabbinic literature. The blast of a shofar emanating from the thick cloud on Mount Sinai made the Israelites tremble in awe (Exodus 19:16).
Dove
Doves, usually white in color, are used in a variety of settings as symbols of love, peace or as messengers. Doves appear in the symbology of Judaism, Christianity and Paganism, and of both military and pacifist groupsThe goddesses Atargatis, Ishtar, Inanna, Astarte and Aphrodite are all depicted with doves. The legendary queen Semiramis was raised by doves, connecting her to the goddesses. In the Epic of Gilgamesh the dove was released to search for the end of the deluge.
Beliefs
What are Beliefs
What are Roman Catholic beliefs!
-The Holy Spirit
-Resurrection
-Jesus Christ
-God the Maker of Earth
What are Jewish beliefs
-Humankind Was Created In the Divine Image
-Torah
-Messiah
-The Land of Israel
-God
Resurrection
Resurrection (anglicized from Latin resurrectio) is the concept of a living being coming back to life after death. It is a religious concept, where it is used in two distinct respects: a belief in the resurrection of individual souls that is current and ongoing (Christian idealism, realized eschatology), or else a belief in a singular "Resurrection of the Dead" event at the end of the world. Most eschatologies believe in a universal resurrection, wherein all people from all history are resurrected. The Resurrection of the Dead is a standard eschatological belief in the Abrahamic religions. In a number of ancient religions, a life-death-rebirth deity is a deity which dies and resurrects. The death and resurrection of Jesus is the central focus of Christianity. In Christianity, resurrection most critically concerns the Resurrection of Jesus Christ, but also includes the resurrection of Judgment Day known as the Resurrection of the Dead by those Christians who subscribe to the Nicene Creed (which is the majority or Mainstream Christianity), as well as the resurrection miracles done by Jesus and the prophets of the Old Testament.
Messiah
A messiah is a saviour or liberator of a group of people, most commonly in the Abrahamic religions. The Jewish messiah is a leader anointed by God, physically descended from the Davidic line, who will rule the united tribes of Israel and herald the Messianic Age of global peace also known as the World to Come.
Myths & Other Stories
What are Myths & Stories
Stories are things that people tell for entertainment.
Roman Catholic Myths & Stories
Christian mythology is the body of myths associated with Christianity. Mircea Eliade argues that the imagery used in some parts of the Hebrew Bible reflects a "transfiguration of history into myth". For example, Eliade says, the portrayal of Nebuchadnezzar as a dragon in Jeremiah 51:34 is a case in which the Hebrews "interpreted contemporary events by means of the very ancient cosmogonico-heroic myth" of a battle between a hero and a dragon.
According to Bernard McGinn, "mythic patterns" such as "the primordial struggle between good and evil" appear in passages throughout the Hebrew Bible, including passages that describe historical events. Citing Paul Ricoeur, McGinn argues that a distinctive characteristic of the Hebrew Bible is its "reinterpretation of myth on the basis of history". As an example, McGinn cites the apocalypse in the Book of Daniel, which he sees as a record of historical events presented as a prophecy of future events and expressed in terms of "mythic structures", with "the Hellenistic kingdom figured as a terrifying monster that cannot but recall [the Near Eastern pagan myth of] the dragon of chaos".
Jewish Myths and Stories
Adam & Eve
Adam and Eve, according to the Abrahamic religions, were the first man and woman. These religions teach that all humans are descended from Adam and Eve. In the Book of Genesis, chapters one through five, there are two creation narratives with two distinct perspectives on woman. In the first, Adam and Eve were created together in God's image and jointly given instructions to multiply and to be stewards over everything else that God had made. In the far more detailed second narrative, God fashions Adam from dust and places him in the Garden of Eden where he is to have dominion over the plants and animals. God places a tree in the garden which he prohibits Adam from eating. Eve is later created to be Adam's companion. However, "the serpent" tricks Eve into eating from it. God curses only the serpent and the ground. He prophetically tells the woman and the man what will be the consequences of their sin of disobeying God. Then he banishes the man (and presumably also the woman) from the Garden of Eden.
Noah's Ark
Noah's Ark (Hebrew: תיבת נח; Biblical Hebrew: Tevat Noaḥ) is the vessel in the Genesis flood narrative (Genesis chapters 6–9) by which the Patriarch Noah saves himself, his family, and a remnant of all the world's animals when God decides to destroy the world because of mankind's evil deeds.[1] God gives Noah detailed instructions for building the ark: it is to be of gopher wood, smeared inside and out with pitch, with three decks and internal compartments; it will be 300 cubits long, 50 wide, and 30 high; it will have a roof "finished to a cubit upward", and an entrance on the side.
Sacred Texts
What are Sacred Texts
Sacred Texts of Roman Chatholics
Sacred Texts of Juddism
The Jews are known as the "People of the Book," an appropriate title. After the destruction of the Second Temple in 70 CE and the subsequent exile, sacrifices became impossible and Jewish religious life turned to Torah study and prayer in the synagogue. Study of Torah and other Jewish texts has been central to religious life ever since.
The Torah, the Talmud, and other Jewish writings are precious sources of Jewish history and divine commandments (the mitzvot), both of which continue to play a dominant part in Judaism.
To remember the great things God has done for the Jewish people in history, and what he asks of them in return, selections from the Torah and the Prophets are read in the synagogue several times a week.
To assist in proper interpretation and application of the mitzvot, a great body of rabbinical writings has developed and continues to develop to this day.
Study of Torah (prefably in its original language, Hebrew) is an integral part of a Jewish child's education, and even Jewish mysticism is focused on intensive textual study.
The Holy Bible
The Holy bible is where we keep stories of the past it is divided into the Old Testament and the New Testement
Torah
This is like the bible but from a different country
Rituals
What are Rituals
Roman Catholic Rituals
== Answer == The Catholic Church never calls itself the "Roman Catholic Church", that is something that the English started after the protestant revolt. The primary and most important ritual for Catholics is the Mass, the Eucharist, it is from this that all the rest depend, see below for the different ways in which the word "ritual" is used in the Catholic Church. Baptism,confession, first communion, confirmation, marriage,the last rites, becoming a priest or nun
Always attending Easter mass (church) SayingThe Apostles creed
obeying the 10 commandments
during Mass, listening to the Gospel and the priest, receiving communion, saying the Our Father, genuflecting, genuflecting before you step into the pew, genufleciting when you are at the front of the altar by the Host, or in front of the altar.
Try just going to a Mass and watch, you do not have to interact, you can just sit there, or just get up and down and kneel like everyone else does to get the feel of it.
If you are not a Catholic and sit during the mass the others know you are not atholic and will accept it.
Jewish Rituals
Every biblical personality has a particular meaning in the wheel of life, and since Torah includes every created thing, we can find a faithful representation of the world through its characters. This section tries to shed some light on the biblical personality patterns.
Jewish Festivals and the calendar-
Just the same as all calendars around the world, the Jewish calendar is sprinkled generously with festivals. Most of these occur on an annual basis, although some are more frequent. The Jewish calendar is split into 12 months, based on the lunar cycle. To bring it in line with the seasons, however, a thirteenth month, Adar Sheni (literally the "second Adar") is frequently added. The Jewish New Year starts around September, the exact date never being fixed because of differences between the solar and lunar calendar. The New Moon which brings in the new month is called "Rosh Cloddish (translated as "Head (of the) Month"). On Rosh Cloddish parts of a special prayer called the Hallel (which consists of selected psalms) is read. As a reward for not donating jewelry in the making of the Golden Calf after the Exodus from Egypt, tradition dictates that women need not work on Rosh Cloddish. A Luach is a booklet which contains all the dates of the festivals so that we know when to observe them.
Jewish Food-
This section is dedicated to that most loved of Jewish pastimes - preparing food. What can we say about food? It's central to our lives - social as well as religious. Eating it can have good consequences or bad ones (we're talking fall from Eden here, not indigestion!).
The Eating of the Flesh & the drinking of the blood
jesus told his decibels to eat the bread in his memory and drink the wine in his memory this is still used in every mass
Bat-Mitzvah & Bar-Mitzvah
Becoming an adult (Adulthood) and growing up.
Social Structures
What are Social Structures
Ethics (Codes of behavior)
What are Ethics
Roman Catholic Ethics
Jewish Ethics
Holy Beads
If you sin a preist will tell you that you will have to say five or two hail mary's.
Oral Torah
Legal interpretive traditions.
Religious Experience and spirituality
What are Religious Experience and Spirituality
Roman catholic Religious Experience and Spirituality
Catholic spirituality is the spiritual practice of living out a personal act of faith (fides qua creditor following the acceptance of faith (fides quae creditur). Although all Catholics are expected to pray together at Mass, there are many different forms of spirituality and private prayer which have developed over the centuries. Each of the major religious orders of the Catholic Church and other lay groupings have their own unique spirituality - its own way of approaching God in prayer and in living out the Gospel.
Jewish Religious Experience and Spirituality
Heaven
The act of faith believing the tremendous world up there
Northern lights
Believing that god is always around you