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Judaism And Christianity
Number of Words: 558 / Number of Pages: 3
... person with holly water. Baptism was important for both religions because people are purified from orignal sin. Easter, which is a resurrection of Christ, christmas and eucharist, which means a ritual meal of bread and wine distributed among the members, are the rituals in Christianity. On the other hand, Judaism has circumcision and passover, a holiday related to taken out of bondage as a ceremony.
Another difference between is their teachings. The teachings of Judaism were based on Torah, The Old Commandments, Talmud of Hillel and Mishnah. Torah holly book of the Judaism. Another teaching is the ...
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Religion Support And Education
Number of Words: 1070 / Number of Pages: 4
... This paper is dealing with several different valid sources,
which mesh together to make a collective statement. This statement is that the
lack of religious support is one of the main reasons why society and its morals
are decreasing.
World Vision of Canada has published as of November 1993 statistics
dealing with the attendance of church and youth, which states; Canada's church
attendance, in all denominations has decreased by twenty-five percent in adults
and fifteen percent in youth. In Britain Adult attendance is down ten percent
and youth attendance is down nine percent. In France the adult a ...
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The Role Of Women In The Church
Number of Words: 1913 / Number of Pages: 7
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a particular issue must be undertaken. Traditions and customs that have
arisen after the Bible was written may thus be carefully scrutinized. Such
practices may or may not prove sound after comparison with scripture.
Before we discuss specific issues concerning women in worship, we
should consider principles derived from the relationship of Adam and Eve
as described in Genesis chapter one. The Apostle Paul frequently uses this
passage as a guideline when discussing women and women's issues. Genesis 1
verse 27 states: “So God created man in his own image, in the image of God
he created hi ...
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The Differences Between Judaism And Christianity
Number of Words: 534 / Number of Pages: 2
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this point in time I will simply state that there are many differences in
between Christianity and Judaism The Jews believe in "anointed prophets,"
or someone who speaks for God. The majority of Jews rejected Jesus Christ
because Jesus claimed to be God. The Jews believe that Jesus was just a
prophet and he is not God. The Jews understand God as being set apart from
everything else. God is the "wholly other."
There are different levels of Jews. There are reform Jews,
conservative Jews, Orthodox Jews, and Hesetic Jews. There are many
religious holidays for the Jews, and religious ...
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Religion And Discrimination
Number of Words: 713 / Number of Pages: 3
... of their personal autonomy. Most decisions are
made by the cult leader, access to the outside world is often denied, and all
information about the outside world is distorted by the leader. These types of
operations should be intolerable by society.
Second, there should be no tolerance for ‘religions' that espouse any
form of sacrifice, be it human or animal. Although historically, these
practices were more or less prevalent and accepted, there certainly is no place
for them in modern times.
Lastly, there should be a limit of religious tolerance with regards to
the manner in which some display th ...
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Buddhism
Number of Words: 1198 / Number of Pages: 5
... her path through life. Buddha wanted to be known as someone who taught others kindness and wellness, he never wanted to be a god like others did in different religions. He just wanted to be known as a man who transformed himself, and in turn set out to transform others.
In there are several basic beliefs to be learned and followed. These beliefs are from past experiences that Buddha went through in his life and now teaches to others. I will list the major points and then give a brief explanation of what each means.
1. All existence is suffering
The first belief All existence is suffering explains ...
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Buddhism
Number of Words: 548 / Number of Pages: 2
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concentrating properly. Buddha preached that the life was a continuing cycle of
death and rebirth. The well-being of oneself was determined on your behavior in
your previous life. Buddha said that by ridding oneself of worldly things he
would be in nirvana, peace and happiness. After Buddha's death, his followers
collected his teachings that became the dharma.
The sangha is what sometimes referred to as an ideal Buddhist community. All the
people in the community follow all the laws and seek nirvana. The arrangement of
the monks that had a role in the sangha. The monks' arrangement kept ...
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Hinduism And Buddhism
Number of Words: 1918 / Number of Pages: 7
... practicing Yoga and “adopted a life of radical asceticism.” He soon gave up this way of thinking and focused on “a middle path between the life of indulgence and that of self-denial.” After a time of great inner struggle, he began to wander to different places and preach and organized a monastic community know as the sangha.
The Buddha started the movement for all different peoples and denied that a person’s spiritual worth is a matter of birth. The Buddha left no written word. His ideas have been put into writings though but his followers. The Cannon for the Buddhist religion is known as the Trip ...
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Shintoism
Number of Words: 594 / Number of Pages: 3
... can be said about Shinto. First, it was a tribal religion,
not a state one. However, even when the tribes were organized into coherent
states, they still retained their Shinto beliefs. Second, all Shinto cults
believe in Kami (“the divine”) Individual clans worshipped a single Kami which
was regarded as the principal ancestor of the clan. As the clan spread, it
still worshipped it's Kami, but when one clan conquered another clan-the
defeated clan had to worship the Kami of the victorious clan. What the Kami
consist of is hard to define. Kami refers to the gods of Heaven, Earth, and the
Underwor ...
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Trito-Isaiah
Number of Words: 916 / Number of Pages: 4
... types, such as laments, oracles of promise, and condemnation to convey his messages. He used these forms of writing because he needed to shock the people into attention. ’s life and ministry comes to the central message that all human activity motivated by the fear of anything but God is contrary to faith and will almost always lead the faithful astray (Who’s who in the Bible 169). An outstanding characteristic of ’s message occurs in his repeated and deceptively simple concern: Do not fear! (Who’s who in the Bible 169) The prophet condemned all efforts to defend the kingdom through alliances wit ...
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