God so much adoration. In Buddhism however‚ due to the lack of an all powerful God figure‚ there is no strict‚ routine worship. The meditation that they do is entirely for them. Through meditation (a way of becoming enlightened) they can break free from the cycle of reincarnating repetitively into this world‚ and can finally enter what they call Nirvana. Nirvana is a Buddhist’s idea of a peaceful‚ serene afterlife. The similarities in the commandments are another way that Christianity and Buddhism
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There have been many arguments and philosophical beliefs of the existence of god. For many centuries‚ there have been many attempts by many philosophers to prove the existence of God. Many philosophers’ arguments for the existence of God come in many different evidence like using science‚ personal experience‚ history and philosophy. Looking at the philosopher’s point of view‚ I have come across two arguments that explain the existence of god which is the cosmological and ontological argument. As of
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Hinduism and Judaism are two of the oldest religions in the known world dating back as far as 3500 BCE. Though both religions have millions of followers and recognize a supreme being they are practiced very differently. Hindus have a belief in multiple gods which are subordinate to a single supreme being called Brahman or the universe. Judaism is a monotheistic religion with the belief in one God and is the foundation of other religions such as Christianity and Islam. Judaism belief is that the universe
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Hinduism; organized religion or compilation of smaller belief systems? Some would argue that Hinduism is a combination of both of those terms and much more. What encompasses the Hindu religion? Why do people of today‚ even in modern America still practice a faith that some may even consider paganism? In comparison to the dominant monotheistic religion of Christianity‚ where does the Hindu religion rank? Although Hinduism is not the world’s leading religion‚ there are still large numbers of followers
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Hinduism has many things in common with other religions‚ but they also have differences. Hinduism and Christianity are similar because they both preach peace‚ have a sacred book‚ and have principles used to guide them. Although they are similar in many ways‚ Christians and Hindus differ because of their views on afterlife and religious practices and their views of God. Hinduism also shares many features with Islam‚ such as faith in their founder‚ religious texts‚ and instructions to follow the
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In the Hinduism religion‚ with elements tracing back to several thousand years‚ the different stages of life are often celebrated in various ways. Traditional Hinduism holds that each stage of life has its proper way of being lived (Molloy 88). A complicated religion that is interpreted differently by numerous sects‚ the concepts and stages of the life cycle are each riddled with various rituals‚ ceremonies‚ and customs that are aimed at achieving four distinct objectives. These four major life-cycle
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topic in metaphysics is the existence of God‚ and there are many philosophical arguments from the theist and atheist side trying to prove whether God exists or not. In philosopher Ernest Nagel’s “A Defense of Atheism” he proves to dispel the classical arguments for the existence of God as well as give an atheistic view on why there could not be a God. Instead of just dispelling the theistic arguments Nagel brings forth an argument in defense of Atheism regarding the existence of evil and stands to prove
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1 The play offers a romanticized vision of slum life that nevertheless reflects the atypical characteristics of New Orleans. The mix of characters and social elements around Elysian Fields demonstrates the way New Orleans has historically differed from other American cities in the South. It was originally a Catholic settlement (unlike most Southern cities‚ which were Protestant)‚ and consequently typical Southern social distinctions were ignored. Hence‚ blacks mingle with whites‚ and members of different
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Disembodied existence after death is incoherent The idea of disembodied existence is a dualist view; that the soul and the body are two separate things. Dualists believe that the soul can live on after the death of the body. A prime example of a dualist would be Plato; he believed that the body was gross and unthinking object that has cravings and desires and it connected to sensory illusions. But he believed that the soul was in fact a thoughtful and eternal and craves intellectual stimulation
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systems influence a society’s social‚ economic‚ and political aspects: belief systems of a society shape the way it functions‚ grows‚ and prospers – they form a society’s culture. Two exemplary paradigms that portray this ideology are Hinduism and Confucianism. Hinduism‚ a monotheistic religion‚ was founded in the Indian subcontinent in the Indus River valley around approximately 3000 B.C. as a product of Aryan invasions‚ which drove its development through the process of cultural diffusion. One of
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