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Christianity and Judaism are two very popular religions in society today. The two religions have similar origins but they do have different beliefs and teachings. It is important to note the differences between the two, but also the similarities. The similarities these two religions share begins with the belief in one true god. The two religions also believe in the same three spiritual beings, angels, demons and spirits. Both religions also believe that the death of Jesus was caused by crucifixion. They also share a similar practice of prayer and worship. The differences between the two religions include the place of worship; Christian places of worship are churches, chapels, and home bible study. Jewish places of worship are synagogues and…

Introduction. Sharks have been around for hundreds of millions of years Subclass Elasmobranchii: Sharks and Rays are classified in the Kingdom Animalia, Phylum Chordata, Class Chondrichthyes(Greek, chondr- 'cartilage', ichthys 'fish'), and Class Elasmobranchii. Elasmobranchs are fish which all share one main characteristic: cartilaginous skeletons. There are over 1,000 species of elasmobranchs ranginging from great white sharks, to spotted rays to sawfish to skates. Sharks and rays are the…

expand in the Christian religious system. One of the most recognized Christian symbols is the fish. Greeks, Romans, and many others used the fish symbol before Christians began to use it. Making the fish an excellent choice for symbolism that attracted little suspicion, making it a perfect secret symbol for persecuted believers. Christians used the fish to mark meeting places and tombs, or even to distinguish friends from enemies. According to one ancient story, when a Christian met a…

loved, this is spoken in their holy text. (Discoveringislam.org, n.d.) The text reads "We alternate among the people so that Allah may make evident those who believe and [may] take to Himself from among you martyrs and Allah does not like the wrongdoers and that Allah may purify the believers [through trials] and destroy the disbelievers." (Surah 3:140-141). Christianity both have many similarities and differences and that reflects on their understanding of god. Christianity has symbols that…

burning people alive (Montgomery). The persecution was extremely bloody and not only restricted to the Christians, but empire-wide in the city of Rome. The terrifying conditions Christians were living under did in fact considerably affect early Christian art. Because of such restricted, hostile environment, presenting or creating any Christian form of art or literature would be punished or tortured to death. Therefore, early Christian arts developed in a very symbolic and allegory way to avoid…

When different regions colonized Latin America, Africa, Asia, and the United States they brought their Christianity along with them (Esposito, John L. et.al., 95-103). This allowed the religion to move out of the Mediterranean region into more continents. All of these aspects of diffusion adding together produce the global religion we have today. The second element of globalization is Interdependence. Interdependence can be defined as, “…members of the group are mutually dependent on the…