October 24-27
The point of Religion?
To explain things in the world, keep people straight, gives life meaning
Numbers
Christianity- 1.9 billion
Isalm: 1.1 Billion
Hunduism: 800 million
Buddhism: 325 million
Judaism: 14 million
Judiasm
Monotheistic
Dates back to adam and eve or Abraham 1800 B.C.
Anti-Semitism in history
Diaspora
Pograms
Holocausts- ⅔ of Eurpean jews killed
Christainty
Christains are divided into 3 main branches: Roman, Catholicism, Eastern Orthdoxy, and Protestantism
Beliefs are based on the life, teachings, and death of jesus christ and founded in 33 AD
The cross is a symbol used to represent life, death, and resurrection
The first christians were jews who came to believe Jesus was the messiah
78.4% of U.S. adults as Christians
Christians believe they can have a personal relationship with god, and saved by faith, and good works
The believe in Heaven and Hell
Christian way of life
Fellowship with god
Our relationships with others
Obedience to God’s Commands
Discipline
Good Works
Hinduism
Hinduism is devrived from a sanskirt word that mand “dwellers by the Indus River”
There is no single founder of Hinduism
It consists of thousands of different religious groups that have evolved in that area
The hindu belief is that gods can take many forms, but all form one universal spirit calld brahman
There is no single hindu book of doctrine
The vedas are the primary literary works containing sacred versus
The hindu belief involves recarination of the soul, which is rebirth after death
Hindus believe the conditions of one’s present life are due to Karma, or accumalated good or bad behavior in past lives
The purpose of life is to obtain liberation from the cycle of reincarnation
People reach true enlightment and happiness- moksha when they free themselves of earthly desires
Dharma
Signifies behaviors that are considered to be in accord with the universe
Includes duties, rights, laws, conduct, virtues and “right way of living”
People are encouraged to practice good Dharma and they may come back into a higher class/better life
The cast system- is the social classes and laws of the system
Good karma will born you into higher cast and bad karhma will born you into the lower cast
Four stages of Life
1. Ages 12-24 you get a edcated and trained
2. Ages 24-48 you get married, raise a family, make money, get involved in many things
3. Ages 48-72 you become a mentor to a young person and start isolating themselves from the outside
4. Ages 72 you end ties to the outside world and get rid of your worldly possessions. Prayer and Devotion become very important
Mostly aimed at men and not as much followed as used to be
Polythesic
- Brahma (creator), Vishnu (the preserver), and Shiva (the destroyer)
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