Founders of religions

compromised. Religion brought many colonists to America in the first place, yet in the 18th century, while the number of denominations were increasing, the number of regular churchgoers were dwindling. The primary purpose of The Great Awakening was to revive religion in the American colonies, but primarily in New England. Another, was social reform, the obsession with acquiring wealth and obtaining as much profit as possible was priority in the American colonies, and caused religion to become…

Mahatma Gandhi once said “a friendly study of the world’s religion is a sacred duty” (Mahatma Gandhi). This quote is important because it tells us how everyone should read about the world’s religions because it would create a better understanding of the world’s cultures (Alex Gorge).Faithism is when someone’s language,culture,religion,faith,etc. is being disrespected. People usually think their religion is the best, therefore other religions should be ignored. Due to Sikhs and their religious…

Public Religion in the New Republic As a whole, post- Revolution Americans believed that God had a special vocation in store for the country, which was expressed in both the country’s culture and government. At the time, a vast amount of the citizens were Christians; and as a result of their shared beliefs, religion in church coexisted with religion in the government. In this time period, most citizens belonged to a protestant religion. The largest were the Congregationalists,…

misfortunes, such as poor harvests or disease. Animism, similar to Shamanism, was widespread among many societies in Africa and in the Pacific Islands of Polynesia. This belief was that gods and goddesses inhabited natural features. Another polytheistic religion that had numerous gods and goddesses who often displayed human characteristics formed the basis of Greek society. Such Greek gods were Zeus and Poseidon. One of the first monotheistic faith…

the course of history, religions have been a source of praise and of war. Over time, three main religions became prominent, Islam, Christianity, and Judaism. The three religions all differ in their gods and the rules to abide by to remain faithful, but all three religions maintain a holy book to worship and all have one figure to pray to. All of the religions interacted with each other through means of violence and through means of peace, spreading the knowledge of each religion across the…

Hinduism emerged as an integration of several ancient religions and cultures, with no specific founder nor time of founding. Hinduism focused on the goal of attaining freedom through reincarnation, or Moksha, the stage at which one achieves enlightenment. From this religion, Buddhism developed. Similar to Hinduism, Buddhism strived towards a life free of pain and suffering. A branch of the religion, Mahayana Buddhism, introduced the idea of the enlightened helping to guide those who have not yet…

Jesus, Moses, Buddha and Lao Tzu have a huge influence on 4 major religions. Jesus Christ is a major figure for Christianity. He is the center of Christianity. Even though Christianity evolves around Jesus, He didn’t start the religion. Christians see Jesus as the Son of God that was born from a virgin woman. They believe that He was both man and God, when He was on earth. Likewise, they believe that He came to earth to save the human race. The most important thing that He told his followers to…

the religiously fundamental view. Or as Schama puts it, Jefferson doesn’t believe Jesus to be a ‘water-walking, corpse-resuscitator’. He believes the new state of America should be guided by the morality of Christianity, but not be regulated by its religion. “It does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods or no god. It neither picks my…

leader. We are a communist state so I don’t really rule but I am the founder so the people love me. In my utopia everyone plays hockey or some kind of sport that’s not basketball. In my utopia nobody does wrong and everyone has what they want because nothing cost anything.everyone goes to elementary school and can continue if the want but they never get a break from school so it only takes like 3 years instead of 5. The religion is catholicism The reason we are a communism is because that is…

To Remain Under God Controversy spreads widely on a topic that has yet to be settled: the appropriateness of the expression “under God” in America’s national Pledge. Supporters of the saying believe that it instills a sense of safety, humbleness, and morality. They approve of the phrase whereas critics condemn it for its hostility. Contestants argue that the saying imposes a monotheistic conviction, a religious declaration, and the fear of out casting on an entire nation whose people are not…