11 CHRISTIANITY A (a) What does the festival of Pentecost (Whitsun) celebrate? [1] (b) State three things that happened in the story of this festival. [3] (c) Explain the importance of this festival for Christians. [6] 2 ISLAM (a) What is the Muslim place of worship called? [1] (b) Name three features of this place of worship. [3] (c) Explain the importance of this place of worship for Muslims. [6] Section C In this section‚ answer either Question 7 or Question 8. 7 (a)
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Comparing and contrasting Christianity and Judaism really relates to me because over these past four weeks I have really enjoyed learning more about my own religion‚ Christianity‚ and learning about Judaism. Starting off with the first point the "Nature of the Religion" taking a look at these two religions in practical there is some similarities between them for instance both religions believe in a God and also both religions have a set of laws or commandments that they follow in their religion.
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Pagan Influences on Christianity Jason McMullen July 29‚ 2007 Axia College of University of Phoenix COM 125 Chris Shevereve Christianity is the largest religion in the world. With all the different types bundled into one it is possible that there are over one billion followers. Since its ’ beginning around two thousand years ago Christianity has underwent some major changes. In fact many of the first century followers of Jesus Christ would not even recognize what we practice and
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Scott Williams Rel1300 Buddhism vs. Christianity Buddhism and Christianity are two of the most prominent worldwide religions; the Buddhist faith has three hundred and sixty million followers while Christianity is the largest religious sect worldwide with two billion believers. These particular sects of religious belief are the two largest religions in the world but have conflicting views on things such as the religions individual views of the afterlife and death‚ and moral code or ethics
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2013 Naturalism versus Christianity Naturalism is a prominent worldview that is held and praised widely in today’s modern world. However‚ when examined closely and held up to certain criteria that would establish it as a legitimate worldview‚ one can see that it comes up short in several areas such as the source of morality‚ internal logical consistency‚ and human nature. In these areas that Naturalism fails‚ Christianity succeeds by offering a valid alternative. Christianity then can further establish
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Christianity and Islam are the two most recognized religions in the world today. And their attitudes toward merchants and trade has had a major effect on the worlds economy even dating back to the founding of the religions. Islam’s firsts views on trade where very positive most likely due to the fact that it’s founder‚ Muhammad was a merchant himself. However Christianities first views on merchants and trade were more negative. Jesus the founder of Christianity was a carpenter and thought that the
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Judaism differs from Christianity when coming to the Person of jesus Christ‚ the Christianity teaches that jesus christ is the fulfillment of the old testament prophecies while the Judaism takes jesus as a good teacher and a prophet of god not a messiah (gotquestion.org). They do not believe that he is the messiah because the word “Messiah” is an English rendering of the Hebrew word “Mashiach”‚ which means “Anointed” and a person initiated into God’s service by being anointed with oil (Rabbi Shraga
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Christianity Vs Islam What you may not know about the both In the united states Christianity is more profound than Islam is‚ but most people associate Islam with terrorism‚ and that could be the furthest thing from the truth. Here are a few things about Christianity and Islam that most may not know. There are those who question whether Jesus Christ pretty much founded Christianity or was it was it Paul? Did he invent Christianity as we know it‚ transforming the beliefs and vocation of Jesus of
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old (Judaism) and the new (Christianity) religions shown by the all mighty God. Hebrews was a great document written for the Jews who were weighing Jesus or hesitant with his faith. In the beginning‚ the book of Hebrews reads of how Jesus is greater than the angles‚ the leaders‚ and even grander than the priests. We learn how Christianity outshines Judaism due to the covenant‚ the better sanctuary‚ and the more sufficient sacrifice for sins. We learn about how Christianity is about grace and truth
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the Roman gods proclaiming that there was only one true God worthy to worship. As a result‚ Roman religion found itself threatened by Christianity setting forth concerns and
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