Wednesday, January 8, 2014

Study Guide for World Religions

Modern Religions Comparison Chart


Buddhism

Islam

Judaism

Hinduism

Christianity

Symbol
wheel with 8 spokes
Crescent &
Star
Star of
David
the Aum symbol

cross, fish
Size (No. of Followers or
Ranking)
376 million
1.5 billion
14 million
900 million
2.1 billion

Founder

Siddartha Gautama
(Buddha)
Muhammad
Abraham
The Seven Sages called the Saptarishis
Jesus of Nazareth

Holy Book

Tripitaka &
Mahayanna
Sutras
The Koran
The Talmud & Torah
The Vedas
The Bible

Country of
Origin
India
Central Asian
Arabian Desert
Canaan/
Israel
India
province of Judea


Main
Beliefs




Four Noble
Truths-
1)life means
Suffering
2)the origin
Of suffering
Is attachment
3)stopping
Suffering is
Attainable
4)there is a
Path to the end of
Suffering
Five Pillars of Islam -
1) the Islamic Creed
2) daily prayers
3)almsgiving
4)fasting in
Ramadan
5)pilgrimage to Mecca
one God;
613 commandments from the Torah;
Maimon-
ides 13
Principles
Of Faith
Life has 4 stages; pantheistic
(God is in everything); devotion and discipline
There is one God; Jesus is the Son of God;
he died on the cross for the sins of man



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14 comments:

  1. UnknownJanuary 8, 2014 at 3:11 PM

    Thank youMrs.Morton for the study guide but when is the test?

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  2. AnonymousJanuary 8, 2014 at 4:22 PM

    Thank you Mrs. Morton for the back up study guide! Christine Lee

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  3. AnonymousJanuary 8, 2014 at 6:06 PM

    Thanks.
    - Jana Shelton

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  4. AnonymousJanuary 8, 2014 at 6:38 PM

    Thank for the extra study guide
    -selenne zarate 5th

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  5. AnonymousJanuary 8, 2014 at 6:51 PM

    Thank you for the extra study guide. I can't lose this.
    Rashad Abdur - Raheem 4th period

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  6. AnonymousJanuary 8, 2014 at 6:58 PM

    Where can you find the videos?

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  7. AnonymousJanuary 8, 2014 at 8:27 PM

    thank you for the correct study guide!!!
    Hamsa Jambulapati

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  8. AnonymousJanuary 8, 2014 at 8:42 PM

    Thank you for the study guide.i will study.
    -Alejandra Vazquez
    -6th period

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  9. AnonymousJanuary 8, 2014 at 9:39 PM

    Thanks, now I can study the right thing.
    Reginald Matthews 4th period

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  10. AnonymousJanuary 8, 2014 at 9:41 PM

    Thanks You! Now It's Going To Be Easier To Study! :D

    ~Amy Xue
    4th Period

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  11. AnonymousJanuary 9, 2014 at 6:31 PM

    Thank you Mrs. Morton! I can study now!! :D
    - Ganga Pradeep ^_^

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  12. AnonymousJanuary 11, 2014 at 5:30 PM

    Too bad I didn't find this before I used White Out on the wrong boxes and then wrote in the correct words.... Too late!
    -Sukanya Barman (5th Period)

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  13. AnonymousJanuary 14, 2014 at 4:32 PM

    So when's the makeup test?

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