i have the 01.02 Monotheistic Religions Assessment for world history, which is required to have four questions, answered by each moses, mohammed, and jesus--i feel like the text doesn't give me enough comprehensive informative to answer the questions "What types of internal differences and divisions exist within your faith?" and "What is the holy book of your faith and how does it compare to others?". beccaboo333 one year ago It's asking you to look up information on the faiths and holy books of each person. You'd compare the notes and facts you gain from that to compare it to each one.…
Christianity and Sikhism are two of the most influential and profound religions in the world. Their scriptures give an amazing, clear understanding on their beliefs and guidelines on how to worship and live their lives, words of wisdom and knowledge, and how the scriptures arise and what they contain. Christianity and Sikhism both contain wise sayings of wisdom and knowledge. An example of this is contained in the Guru Granth Sahib. "By his command souls come into being; by his command glory and greatness are obtained"(Guru Granth Sahib 1).…
They have my differences including their idol worship, monotheism and their history. Compare and contrast both religions Islam and Hinduism are the second and third most popular religions around the world now a days, they have so many differences in many aspects including their idol worship, their history and monotheism. Hinduism: Life after death - is a cycle of reincarnation until enlightenment is reached.…
The two religions I chose to compare are Judaism and Hinduism. Judaism is a Middle Eastern religion that originated in Israel. Hinduism is a religion that originated in India. Both of these religions have no one founder. Judaism and Hinduism both believe in reincarnation, but believe in different types.…
Islam originated in Arabia and has spread all over the world¨.This relates to the topic because this is where the Islam Faith had landed and made itself known as it got larger in mass. All in all this is how faith in Islam started and became as well known as other religions.…
Compare the processes (what was different, what was the same) by which Christianity and Islam became world religions? Christianity and Islam are two of the largest religions in the world. They both believe in one God, and the massagers of God. Christianity began during the early modern period in Europe and later on spread to the Americas and the Philippines. When Europe expanded to the new world so did their religion.…
Moderate news outlets are more likely to not discuss scripture, and if they do, it is usually referring to how a certain terrorist interpreted the scripture for themselves. However, verses from the Bible or other holy books are not mentioned in the media as much as Islamic scripture when justifying terrorism. Jack Nelson-Pallmeyer, an associate professor at the University of St. Thomas, found that violence is prevalent and justified many times throughout Abrahamic religious texts. He theorized that the similar presence of a “Deity who uses unfathomable violence to both reward and punish" may explain why Muslim, Christian, and Jewish extremists interpret texts more violently. Pallmeyer further points out an ironic fact that the public and media…
The monotheistic religion known as Zoroastrianism was founded by Zarathushtra (Zoroaster in Greek), which fundamentally progressed out of modern Iran sometime around the 18th century. Like the nomadic Hebrews, Zoroaster pronounced monotheism at a time when polytheistic religions prevailed. Similarly, he was attacked for this teaching, but Zoroastrianism became the state religion of the Persian empire. When the Islamic Arabs conquered Persia in 650 CE, Zoroastrians fled to India where most are concentrated today.…
Identify: a) Urdu: Urdu was a new language that was a mix of Hindu, Arabic, and Persian. This language evolved from the cultural blending that was occurring during that time period. b) Sikhism: Sikhism is a religion that is based off of Muslim monotheism as well as Hindu beliefs. Nank, the Indian holy man who created this religion, preached about the unity of God and brotherhood. The text states that Sikhs later clashed with rulers of India by forming military forces.…
The safavid religion was mostly straightforward. The old Safavid leader Shah Ismail declared early on that the Safavid religion would be a form of Islam called Shi’ism. However, this did not go over quite so easily. This old leader created a program of people to help convert a mostly Sunni population either by persuasion, or by force. During this time there was a council of religious leaders, the Sunni ulama.…
The founder of Sikhism is Guru Nanak and is instructed by his teachings and the teachings of the 9 Sikh gurus who followed. Today the religion palls in comparison to Christianity and Islam in the number of followers with 20 million worldwide. “The Sikh religion today has a following of over 20 million people worldwide.” (Sikhism Par 1). However, with 20 million, this is no small following.…
In this article, the author explained the basic unbiased history and teaching of all the three monotheistic religions. He/she also explain about how these religions came into existence and place of origin. What people believe about earth and reason of coming to earth of each religion are somewhat similar. Believers of Judaism believe that mosses are the messenger of God, nobody is coming after him and the God is one. People that believe in Islam, believes that Mosses, Jesus and Muhammad were all messenger of Allah (God) and they all came to earth to spread the word of Allah (God) and Allah (God) is only one.…
There are five elements that make the bases of beliefs in the Muslim faith. The first element is faith in God and that he alone is the creator. The second element is the belief in angels. Angels play an important role in the Muslim faith, the first messenger Muhammad was visited by the angel Gabriel. The third element is the faith in God’s messengers, the prophet and messengers who God made revelations to.…
Similarly, Sikhism does not practice the superiority of men over women found is Islamic beliefs. The founder was known as Guru Nanak. Guru Nanak was raised Hindu but one day in his early thirties, he went down to the stream to take a bath and did not emerge. He was reported to have drowned. Three days later, he re-emerged, said to be in Holy Communion with God (Sikhism), with a divine trance and relinquished all his belongings to the…
A conventional question a stranger inquires about to better understand a newly met stranger is “What religion are you?” For me, I would instantly respond “Sikh”, and then exude a quick smirk staring at my querier who then, with a bewildered look, responds, “You're sick? Feel better, but what religion are you?” In an effort to save speech and time, I simply type in “Sikhism” onto Wikipedia’s homepage and have my newfound friend briskly glance over the first summary paragraph on the webpage. As he or she becomes more aware of Sikhism, I soon delve into explaining this unknown abyss further explaining some of Sikhism’s core philosophies and practices.…