WORLD RELIGIONS
Will Kelly
Buddhism
Beliefs:
- Buddha "Enlightened one"
- correct understanding of human nature and ultimate reality.
- Karma
- Reincarnation
- Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta
- Buddha
- Buddhist New Year
- Buddha Day
- Observance Day
- The Festival of The Tooth
Founded in India 2,500 years ago, Buddhism remains the dominant religion of the Far East and is increasingly popular in the West. Over its long history Buddhist has developed into a wide variety of forms, ranging from an emphasis on religious rituals and worship of deities to a complete rejection of both rituals and deities in favor of pure meditation. But all share in common a great respect for the teachings of the Buddha, "The Enlightened One."
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Judaism
Beliefs
13 articles of faith
Monotheistic 1 god
Human Nature
The messiah
Afterlife
Rituals
Birth and Naming Ceremonies
Brit Milah: Circumcision
Bar and bat mitzvah
Hanukkah is a major holiday
Passover
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Christianity
Beliefs-
The Christian God
Creation And Evolution
Jesus Christ
Virgin Mary
Devil and demons
MONOTHEISTIC
1 God
Holy Bible
Christmas
Easter
Rituals
- Baptism
- prayer
- confirmation
Islam
- On god named Allah
- the Shahada: "There is no God but God, and Muhammad is his Prophet."
- Afterlife belief is the same as Christians
- Monotheistic
- Eid Al-Fitr (celebrated at the end of Ramadan)
- Eid Al-Adha (sacrifice an animal to eat or give its meat to their friends or the poor)
- Ramadan (fast from dawn to sunset for a month)
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Hinduism
Hinduism has no exact founder or origin date, but it is known to go back as far as 2000 BC.
It is a monotheistic religion, because it believes in one God, but they believe that the God takes many different forms. The main god is, Brahma, although each different form has a different name. Hindus believe in reincarnation, karma, and then cycle of the universe. They believe also that your karma determines what you will reincarnate to next. The main scripture of Hinduism is the Vedas. Hindus worship multiple times a day, usually in their own households. Hindus participate in Holi, Diwali, Kumbh Mela, and Dassera.
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