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Comparative Religions and Denominations
Comparative religion refers to the study that analyzes the differences and similarities of concepts, myths, themes and rituals among the religions in the world. It also refers to man’s ideas about the spiritual, the sacred and the divine.
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What does a triangle mean in religious terms?
It means Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Kind of like the cross.
How does Buddhism contradict Christianity?
No, Buddhism does not have stance for or against the existence of God. That question is left to the practitioner. Many religious figures from both traditions have studied the "other side". For instance, Thomas Merton a Catholic Monk practiced Zen Buddhism while also writing a few texts such as "Zen and the Birds Appetite" or The Buddhist Monk Thich Nah Han's "Living Buddha Living Christ". More input Buddhism is not against Christianity, but they do not share ideas. Examples: Buddhists believe in reincarnation, but Christians believe in afterlife after one death. Christians believe in Jesus Christ as a saviour, but Buddhists believe in no divine beings. Buddhists believe in karma, but Christians don't believe in punishments from actions.
What are the differences between the 5 major world religions?
Christianity is a religion where Jesus Christ is your Savior. He died on the cross and rose again after 3 days.
Judaism- beliefs in god, but does not belief he came here on earth. They also have bat mitzvah's, passover, and more
They all believe in a god or goddess.
Why is the festival epiphany important to Christians?
It celebrates the coming of the 3 Wise Men to see Jesus, symbolising that he came for the whole world. So it is an important feast day and it also marks the end of Christmas, being on the 6th of January.
In most ways, Islam is more similar to Christianity than to Judaism. For example, Islam shares with Christianity a belief in hell and a belief that Satan is the evil adversary of God.
Islam believes that Jesus had a divine role. Although not divine himself, Jesus was one of the great prophets, a view not shared by Judaism. The consequence of this belief is that Islam is closer to Judaism in one respect - they are both more strongly monotheistic than Christianity because of Christianity's belief in the divinity of Jesus (and of the Holy Spirit).
Unique to Islam among the Abraham religions is belief in jinn. These were pre-Islamic spirits that are mostly evil but can be good.
These have nothing to do with modern laws.
Answer 2
The first half of Exodus chapter 21 is concerned with slavery, so I agree with Answer 1, that it does not have much to due with modern laws. However, much of the latter half of Exodus 21 deals with compensation for injurious conduct. It makes individuals responsible for compensating victims of their violent acts (see Ex. 21:22), makes individuals responsible for animal-caused damage in certain cases (see Ex. 21:29), and makes individuals compensate others for death of their animals (see Ex. 21:32-33). It is certainly not as nuanced or as complex as modern tort law, but it serves as a point of origin.
If you meant Exodus 20, you were thinking of the Ten Commandments, whose only real gifts to modern law are the prohibitions on stealing, murder, and perjury. All of these required significant nuances before becoming modern law.
What are the main similarities and differences between the 3 branches of judaism?
Although many people see Judaism as having three sects: Reform, Conservative, and Orthodox, this is actually incorrect.
Judaism has only two major sects. However, they have very different perceptions of each other and these are the Torah Jews (Orthodox, Ultra-Orthodox, Hassidim, Haredim, etc.) and the Liberal Jews (Secularist, Reform, Reconstructionist, Conservative, etc.). The main divisions between these sects is the ability to use non-Judaic source content to abrogate and modernize Jewish teaching and practice. Torah Jews believe that such things represent a deterioration of Jewish identity and purpose whereas Liberal Jews see Jewish Identity to be more internal or ethnic and the religious aspect to be secondary. As a result, Torah Jews believe Liberal Jews to have "lost their way" and Liberal Jews see Torah Jews as being antiquated and "out of sync" with the modern world. Regardless of whether a person is a Torah Jew or a Liberal Jew, that person may also practice rites derivative of his ancestral region such as Eastern European customs, Iberian customs, North African customs, etc. These customs do not affect other Jews as perceiving him as Jewish and these rites are all co-equal.
Within the Torah Judaism Sect there are a number of movements distinguished by their level of integration with the non-Jewish World, their styles of prayer, and their level of conservatism. The Modern Orthodox are typically seen as the more liberal branch of Torah Judaism; and, while wearing Jewish paraphernalia (such as a Kippa and Tzitzit), they will dress in a typical business-suit and work in Western companies. On the more conservative side are the Hasidim and Ultra-Orthodox who wear unique vestment at all times and are recognizable by their payyot (sideburn-curls) and beards.
Within Liberal Judaism there are a number of movements also distinguished by their level of integration with the non-Jewish world, their styles of prayer, and their level of conservatism. At the most liberal are Secular Jews who may make Jewish foods and sing Jewish songs, but rarely attend synagogue services and do not perform the daily acts required of Torah Jews. In Liberal Judaism there is a question as to how much Hebrew and how much vernacular should be used in a Synagogue service. Conservative Jews, on the more conservative side typically prefer more Hebrew, whereas Reform Jews prefer more vernacular. Liberal Jews are often well-acclimated to non-Jewish society and may have many non-Jewish friends and contacts.
How does the Assemblies of God differ from other churches?
Today there is very little difference between the two churches. You would find their beliefs and worship services almost identical. Both are Pentecostal denominations which means they believe in a post-salvation experience called the Baptism with the Holy Ghost where the believer is filled with the Holy Spirit and speaks in tongues. Originally, the Church of God comes from a Holiness Movement background and put great emphasis on a crisis experience in the believer's life of deeper surrender and consecration to God in Holiness known as sanctification which was a doctrine taught by John Wesley and the early Methodists. They taught that you needed such and experience after being saved before you could be a candidate to be filled with the Holy Spirit. They taught three experiences: Salvation, Sanctification, and the Baptism in the Holy Spirit. The Assemblies of God on the other hand, coming from a Baptist background taught only two experiences: Salvation and the Baptism in the Holy Spirit. They believe that sanctification is a gradual experience in growth throughout the entire life of the believer and not a specific crisis experience after salvation. Today in the Church of God, both views exist now with the majority of people now believing the way the Assemblies of God have always believed. Another difference between the two churches was that the Church of God believed and practiced "foot washing" (just like Jesus washed the disciples feet after the Last Supper) as and ordinance alongside Communion and water baptism, whereas the Assemblies of God never did. This practice still exists in the Church of God, but it is becoming less and less frequent and common in many places.
The principal difference today between the two denominations is the form of church government. The Church of God (Cleveland, Tenn) has a centralized, or episcopal type form of government while the Assemblies of God has a congregational form of government and each local church is autonomous within the fellowship of the Assemblies of God
(I have attended both denominations for years!)
How do different religions deal with death?
Well first their are so many different religions that you would lose count. Some religions such as Christians believe that if you Repent (confess your sins) & get baptize and have the Holy Ghost( the spirt of God) & pray and live up to a holy lifestyle that you will get to heaven. But Atheis( may not be spelled right) don't believe in anything such as God and just believe that they will just die & be died in the ground.But being a Christian they want to get to heaven and don't fear it. But ATHESIS fear dying because they don't want to living in a hole in the ground.
I am an ATHEIST and Atheism is not a religion so right off the bat your wrong, and we do not fear dying. we just accept that when we die we are dead and that we don't go to heaven. If anyone is afraid it would be Christians because to comfort themselves that they are going to die and cant accept that the are going to die. So before you talk about something make sure that you know what your talking about and not just make stuff up as you go.
What are the similarities between the Catholic and Islamic faiths?
They both believe in God and in Christ but do not have the same number of bibles. I think Christians have more number of Bibles.
AnswerA Catholic is a Christian. Roman Catholic AnswerChristianity is the religion of, the body of faith and morals taught by, the Catholic Church of Christ. The word may be properly extended to include the religious systems of the dissident Eastern churches and of some Protestant bodies (see Christian below). The current popular use of the word [Christianity] in an ethical, subjective sense, is to be deplored: it is stripping it of all objective or historical connotations.Christian. A name first given to the followers of our Lord at Antioch (Acts xi, 26). Since the rise of Protestantism the name has been used in so many different senses as to have become almost meaningless: it may indicate a Catholic or a Unitarian, or even be applied to an infidel who displays some virtue which is associated with Christ. It may reasonably be applied to the members of all the ancient churches, whether in communion with the Holy See or not, and to those Protestants who profess, explicitly or implicitly, the Nicene creed in its traditional interpretation. the Church puts no definite official meaning on the word, as she does on Catholic.
from A Catholic Dictionary, Edited by Donald Attwater, 2nd Edition, revised.
How do you know if someone is possessed?
Demons probably do not exist, and for that reason humans can never be demons.
The danger, in believing that humans can be demons, is not a danger of the occult or of demonology or possession. It is that such beliefs change your outlook and the way you relate to other people. Follow your religion, whatever that is, in a positive way and seek the salvation or divine help that you believe comes from faith and good works. Do not dabble in psychologically damaging concepts.
What are three basic teachings of Jesus?
John 13:34 A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. Luke 14:26 If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children,and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple. Matthew 5:17 Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil. 5:18For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled. 5:19 Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven. Matthew 10:34 Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword. 10:35For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law. 10:36 And a man's foes shall be they of his own household. 10:37 He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. He taught about 1) heaven, 2)hell, and 3) life on earth.
Love your neighbor as yourself. Love God. Do nothing to hurt or disrespect either.
What percentage of Americans are Jewish?
The National Jewish Population Survey (NJPS), sponsored and conducted by the United
Jewish Communities and released in October, 2002, showed a U.S. Jewish population at
the end of 2001 of 5.2 million, slightly below the 5.5 million found in 1990.
According to the 2000 US Census, the total US population was 281,421,906, an increase
of 13.2% over the total enumerated during the 1990 Census.
The ratio of the 2001 NJPS to the 2000 US Census was 5.2 million / 281.4 million, or 0.01848,
equivalent to
1.85 percent of the US population. (rounded)
How do different religions believe the world began?
Christians believe what Genesis 1:1 says.
In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.
How is the concept of salvation different in Christianity and Islam?
Christians worship Jesus and Islam worships Mohammad. Christians use the Bible (Jewish and Christian writings), Islam uses the Koran (and to a lesser extent, the Bible) for spiritual guidance. Rome (specifically Vatican City) is the religious center for many Christians. Islam's most holy site is Mecca in Saudi Arabia.
Who is the head of the church in an Anglican Church?
The Pope is not the Head of the Church of England, otherwise known as the Anglican Church. Please note the following brief history of the Modern Anglican Church.
King Henry VIII requested that Pope permit him to divorce his wife and marry his mistress. The Pope refused and Henry married his mistress anyway and renounced Catholicism. He removed England from the Pope's control, seized many of the Church's assets and declared himself to be the head of the Church. Henry's repudiation of papal authority led to the Church of England's existence as a separate entity: a new branch of the Christian Church that was neither Catholic nor Protestant but a hybrid that became known as the Anglican Church or the Church of England. It became official in 1536. Henry funded the first printing of the Bible in English to spite the Pope.
Another Perspective
While Henry did indeed request the pope for an annulment, not a divorce, he did so because it was custom and practice at that time. Sometime previously the King of France had obtained a divorce or annulment , from this source at great financial cost, but as I say, just as in any industrial dispute today, it was custom and practice.
At no time had the Bishop of Rome been head of the Anglican Church, the Church in Britain was in this country within a few years of the Crucifixion and the popes claim to sovereignty had not been made till several hundred years after that time. Further the popes claims to authority relied on the gifts of the Roman Emperors not on the Divine Will. Authority is on the shoulders of the Episcopal College not on the papacy!
What Henry did do , was to enter another arena, on the side of the Eastern Church and of the Conciliarists, by pointing out that according to the Councils, [Nice,] No bishop can interfere in another bishop's see!
Do all religions give an offering?
not all it depends what religion you are talking about. Most of them do, some you have to sacrifice your love ones and others you would have to sacrifice your self by giving your soul, your spirit etc.
What is God's tenth commandment in Exodus 34?
The tenth commandment is: You shall not covet your neighbour's house; you shall not covet your neighbour's wife, or male or female slave, or ox, or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbour.
What is the word for relating to Easter?
I thnk Reressrection, Rose from the dead, and Eggs(New Life)
What is the main conflict between the Orthodox Church and the Catholic Church?
A split in the authority. The Catholic Church is under the authority of the Pope. The Orthodox Church has a different authority.
Catholic AnswerPlease get the small book (it's an abridgment) The Russian Church and the Papacy by Vladimir Soloviev, it is available from Catholic Answers for only $2 and it will answer all the questions you may have ever had about the Orthodox Churches and the Catholic Church. The main problem is that firstly, there is no "Orthodox Church" there are only Orthodox Churches, which are nationalist, the Russian Orthodox, the Greek Orthodox, the Ukrainian Orthodox, etc. The Orthodox Churches have been steered into heresy from the fourth century onwards by their secular leaders. They have turned to Rome again and again over the centuries to have Rome solve their problems, and then immediately turned again to their national leaders. This has been an ongoing problem for sixteen centuries now, and Vladimir Soloviev, who was raised, and grew to adulthood in the Russian Orthodox Church was the single most acclaimed theologian since St. Thomas Aquinas. His works were cited frequently by Blessed John Paul II, and by Orthodox theologians, he was the brightest star in the ecumenical movement all through the 19th century. The main problem with the Orthodox Churches is that they are national Churches, and are not in communion with Rome anymore. Vladimir Soloviev expounds this thesis in a wonderful, profound, and easy to understand manner. See link below.What are the religons of Egypt?
The religion of most people in modern Egypt is Islam which is the state religion. Approximately 87 percent of the population are Muslim. There is also a significant minority of Coptic Christians. Prior to the establishment of modern Israel, there was a significant population of Jews, but nearly all have now emigrated to Israel.
Who is the founder of presbyterian church?
Presbyterianism comes out of the Church of Scotland, which subscribes to traditional Reformed doctrines as espoused by John Calvin and John Knox. The name reflects the govermental organization of the church, and comes from the word "presbyter" which means elder.
Additional Info
John Calvin was a leader of the Reformation who lived and worked in Geneva, Switzerland. He held a "School for Reformed Theology" there, and John Knox (from Scotland) was one of his pupils. The churches in Geneva and many of those in Europe that were developed from Calvin and his pupils can be considered to be Presbyterian, although they may not have had that word in their name. John Knox brought Calvin's teachings back to Scotland.
Actually, Presbyterian refers to the way the church is governed - by elected representatives (elders or presbyters) from the congregation. Reformed refers to the set of doctrines that the church follows, and indicates that the church follows the teachings originating from John Calvin. Thus it is possible to have a "Reformed Baptist Church" that is not governed in the Presbyterian manner. Presbyterian churches are almost always Reformed in doctrine.
What do Buddhism and Confucianism have in common?
On almost every account they are different. Buddhism is a philosophy as Shinto is a religion. Buddhism originated in northern India, Shinto in Japan. Shinto has gods, Buddhism is non theistic.Aside from having followers in Japan and generally supporting good behaviour over bad, there isn't a lot of overlap.
How are judaism and mesopotamian religions alike?
Judaism and Mesopotamian religions have nothing in common as far as beliefs go, but it is theorized that they may share some laws and customs. The difference is the reason for the law.
