Religion is defined generally as a relationship of devotion or fear of a God or gods. Fundamentally, religion includes a belief system of holy, divine, or sacred objects and beings. Almost all religions include a community of believers held together by common practices and ethical codes. See appendix A “Evolution of Religions”
There are eleven religions that will be the focus of our discussion, and they include: Native American, African, Hinduism, Jainism, Buddhism, Sikhism, Chinese, Shinto, Zoroastrianism, Judaism, Christianity and Islam. These religions date back to as early as 2500BCE and over time new religions have been created. Zoroastrianism being the older of the religions studied date back to 1500BCE, Jainism, Buddhism, Christianity, …show more content…
And while there are many differences amongst these structures, there are often many similarities that can be found as well. Reflecting back on all religions reviewed in this class, I believe that the more important item is what each of the religions believes in, a God, Gods or spirits. I envisage that understanding this first will help grasp why the followers of any one religion, do what they do in their practices.
“When Christians, Jews, Buddhists, and others pray to their god, all of those individuals are actually praying to the same god, but simply using different names for that deity.”
Registered opinion of four of every ten American adults (Barna …show more content…
It is one of the first recorded monotheistic faiths and one of the oldest religious traditions still practiced today. Zoroastrianism is indeed a monotheistic religion, centered around the worship of the god Ahura Mazda. It is believed to be the first monotheistic religion that ever existed. Hinduism, also called The Vedic Religion traverses from Monotheism to Polytheism. Monotheistic systems generally hold to salvation by belief or by good works that takes the soul into some eternal heaven or paradise after birth as the highest goal, with all other souls condemned to sorrow, if not eternal damnation. They usually reject the karma, rebirth and liberation approach of Hinduism that rests upon Yoga and meditation and cannot be achieved by belief or action alone. Hinduism emphasizes individual spiritual experience through Yoga and Vedanta over any creed or formula. Hinduism does not teach any final heaven or hell, or salvation by belief or works, such as most monotheistic traditions promote. Sikhism is a monotheistic religion because it teaches that there is just one single true creator God. Sikhs believe in predestination and that every being has a purpose, while also believing in reincarnation and karma. They believe that the more karmic debt one has, the more lives they will live, and that the less karmic debt they have the closer they are to reuniting with God. It is only once a Sikh has completely rid himself of all
There are eleven religions that will be the focus of our discussion, and they include: Native American, African, Hinduism, Jainism, Buddhism, Sikhism, Chinese, Shinto, Zoroastrianism, Judaism, Christianity and Islam. These religions date back to as early as 2500BCE and over time new religions have been created. Zoroastrianism being the older of the religions studied date back to 1500BCE, Jainism, Buddhism, Christianity, …show more content…
And while there are many differences amongst these structures, there are often many similarities that can be found as well. Reflecting back on all religions reviewed in this class, I believe that the more important item is what each of the religions believes in, a God, Gods or spirits. I envisage that understanding this first will help grasp why the followers of any one religion, do what they do in their practices.
“When Christians, Jews, Buddhists, and others pray to their god, all of those individuals are actually praying to the same god, but simply using different names for that deity.”
Registered opinion of four of every ten American adults (Barna …show more content…
It is one of the first recorded monotheistic faiths and one of the oldest religious traditions still practiced today. Zoroastrianism is indeed a monotheistic religion, centered around the worship of the god Ahura Mazda. It is believed to be the first monotheistic religion that ever existed. Hinduism, also called The Vedic Religion traverses from Monotheism to Polytheism. Monotheistic systems generally hold to salvation by belief or by good works that takes the soul into some eternal heaven or paradise after birth as the highest goal, with all other souls condemned to sorrow, if not eternal damnation. They usually reject the karma, rebirth and liberation approach of Hinduism that rests upon Yoga and meditation and cannot be achieved by belief or action alone. Hinduism emphasizes individual spiritual experience through Yoga and Vedanta over any creed or formula. Hinduism does not teach any final heaven or hell, or salvation by belief or works, such as most monotheistic traditions promote. Sikhism is a monotheistic religion because it teaches that there is just one single true creator God. Sikhs believe in predestination and that every being has a purpose, while also believing in reincarnation and karma. They believe that the more karmic debt one has, the more lives they will live, and that the less karmic debt they have the closer they are to reuniting with God. It is only once a Sikh has completely rid himself of all