Elements of Religious Traditions
Elements of Religious Traditions Paper
Pamelia J. Pointer
University of Phoenix
World Religious Traditions ll
Religion 134
Dr. Johnny Boudreaux
July 30, 2010
Elements of Religious Traditions Paper
Unique in their own way there are numerous religious traditions, some of the religion traditions include: Buddhism – this is a means of existing based on the experience of Siddhartha Gautama, Christianity – earth’s largest belief, foundation of Jesus Christ teachings, Hinduism – collection of faiths, embedded in the religious thoughts of India. Islam – discovered by the Prophet Muhammad. These religious traditions along with numerous others vary from each other, but they serve the same purpose. A relationship with the divine is essential in all beliefs of religion without communication and connection with the divine, the challenges, tribulations and experiences encountered daily becomes difficult to handle because the testing of his or her faith and being disobedient to the word of God. The relationship as well as the fellowship with the divine helps him or her to walk in the light and to live in total honesty toward God as well as with each other, without the consistent relationship and fellowship it causes he or she to be out of character and have broken fellowship with the divine. Sacred time is the “time of eternity” (Molloy, 2010, p. 43). The schedule or activities that he or she encounters daily is determine by the effective use of the clock throughout our lives. Within the religious sector sacred time for numerous religions is valued in different ways. Sacred time allows the believer to come in contact with his or her thought of being set apart. There are sacred times for worship, celebration of religious holidays during particular times of the year, meditation, religious ceremonies, and prayer. “Sacred time is devoted to the heart, to the self, to others, to eternity. Sacred time is not measured in minutes, hours or days” (Eberle, 2003, p.
Pamelia J. Pointer
University of Phoenix
World Religious Traditions ll
Religion 134
Dr. Johnny Boudreaux
July 30, 2010
Elements of Religious Traditions Paper
Unique in their own way there are numerous religious traditions, some of the religion traditions include: Buddhism – this is a means of existing based on the experience of Siddhartha Gautama, Christianity – earth’s largest belief, foundation of Jesus Christ teachings, Hinduism – collection of faiths, embedded in the religious thoughts of India. Islam – discovered by the Prophet Muhammad. These religious traditions along with numerous others vary from each other, but they serve the same purpose. A relationship with the divine is essential in all beliefs of religion without communication and connection with the divine, the challenges, tribulations and experiences encountered daily becomes difficult to handle because the testing of his or her faith and being disobedient to the word of God. The relationship as well as the fellowship with the divine helps him or her to walk in the light and to live in total honesty toward God as well as with each other, without the consistent relationship and fellowship it causes he or she to be out of character and have broken fellowship with the divine. Sacred time is the “time of eternity” (Molloy, 2010, p. 43). The schedule or activities that he or she encounters daily is determine by the effective use of the clock throughout our lives. Within the religious sector sacred time for numerous religions is valued in different ways. Sacred time allows the believer to come in contact with his or her thought of being set apart. There are sacred times for worship, celebration of religious holidays during particular times of the year, meditation, religious ceremonies, and prayer. “Sacred time is devoted to the heart, to the self, to others, to eternity. Sacred time is not measured in minutes, hours or days” (Eberle, 2003, p.
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