religious practitioner aren't perfect
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English 1010
15 September, 2013
Religious Practitioners aren’t Perfect
We have many religions all over the world. Christianity, Buddhism, and Islam: the people who believe in these religions do share many similarities in their beliefs. Some attend church once a week and others go several times a week. All the people who believe in these religions have one thing in common; they all try to be and struggle with being perfect everyday of their existence. However, all religious practitioners are not perfect. They are human and still commit sin. Some of the main sins committed daily that keep religious practitioners from their goals are; jealousy, greed, and lying.
The first sin that keeps all religious practitioners from being perfect is jealousy. Jealousy is when someone else has something that you want and it makes you angry. It is stated in (Proverbs 6:34), “For jealousy makes a man furious and he will not spare when he takes revenge.” It also says in the Qur’an that “Jealousy is an attitude condemned by Allah. Allah reveals in the Qur’an that He created people’s inner selves as prone to jealousy but that believers have to avoid this.” It is also noted in Buddhism, by the Enlightened Master Buddha, “that Jealousy cannot be overcome either by escaping from it or hating the object of jealousy. All you need to do is just be fully aware when the feeling of jealousy arises.”
The next sin that keeps all religious practitioners from perfection is greed. Greed is an excessive desire to acquire or possess more than what one needs or deserves with respect to material wealth. It is said in (Proverbs 28:25 ESV), “A greedy man stirs up strife, but the one who trusts in the Lord will be enriched.”
It is stated in the Islam faith that “Because of their distorted value judgments, they think the real meaning of life consists of material things like money, wealth, property, beauty, and reputation.” The Buddhists spend all their lives trying
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English 1010
15 September, 2013
Religious Practitioners aren’t Perfect
We have many religions all over the world. Christianity, Buddhism, and Islam: the people who believe in these religions do share many similarities in their beliefs. Some attend church once a week and others go several times a week. All the people who believe in these religions have one thing in common; they all try to be and struggle with being perfect everyday of their existence. However, all religious practitioners are not perfect. They are human and still commit sin. Some of the main sins committed daily that keep religious practitioners from their goals are; jealousy, greed, and lying.
The first sin that keeps all religious practitioners from being perfect is jealousy. Jealousy is when someone else has something that you want and it makes you angry. It is stated in (Proverbs 6:34), “For jealousy makes a man furious and he will not spare when he takes revenge.” It also says in the Qur’an that “Jealousy is an attitude condemned by Allah. Allah reveals in the Qur’an that He created people’s inner selves as prone to jealousy but that believers have to avoid this.” It is also noted in Buddhism, by the Enlightened Master Buddha, “that Jealousy cannot be overcome either by escaping from it or hating the object of jealousy. All you need to do is just be fully aware when the feeling of jealousy arises.”
The next sin that keeps all religious practitioners from perfection is greed. Greed is an excessive desire to acquire or possess more than what one needs or deserves with respect to material wealth. It is said in (Proverbs 28:25 ESV), “A greedy man stirs up strife, but the one who trusts in the Lord will be enriched.”
It is stated in the Islam faith that “Because of their distorted value judgments, they think the real meaning of life consists of material things like money, wealth, property, beauty, and reputation.” The Buddhists spend all their lives trying