Professor Roy Shaff World Religions March 11‚ 2012 Hinduism is a very complex religion that consists of a variety of beliefs and traditions. The Indian religion embraces the belief and practices of Hindu. Hinduism is a religion of many gods and goddesses. There are many elements that characterize the Hindu religion. The oldest and most sacred scriptures‚ is the Vedas which originated around fifteen hundred B.C. The Hindu people believe that Vedas is timeless. Veda means “knowledge”
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Hinduism‚ which is native to India‚ was founded sometime between 1500-500 BCE when the Aryans invaded the Dravidians and their cultures and religions merged into one. Islam was founded between 570-632 AD in what is now Saudi Arabia by the prophet Muhammad. Both faiths are still widely practiced to this day‚ Islam being the 2nd most popular religion practiced and Hinduism placing at fourth. Hinduism and Islam are similar in a few ways‚ two being that they both worship a god and follow a holy book
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Hinduism Chandler W. Morgan HUM/130 3/10/2013 Dr. Virginia Merlini Hinduism Paper Hinduism originated in India around 2000 B.C.E. (Before Common Era). At the time of origination Hinduism had 1‚000‚000‚000 followers (Reincarnation of Hinduism‚ 2012). This religion has originated from the ancient Vedic Age and other indigenous beliefs. Incorporated over time‚ Hindu religion comes in many different religious beliefs. Hindu religion includes Dharma‚ meaning religion‚ encompasses
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Part One: The worldview I have to write about is Hinduism. One interesting fact about Hinduism is that it has no founder‚ no timeline. · The Questions of Origin: Hindus believe that God and the universe are one or the same thing. “Pantheism views God as an infinite‚ impersonal force (Weider &Gutierrez‚ 56). They do believe in God but they don’t believe that he is the created of anything that everything was already here before he came. · The Question of Identity: “Pantheists consider
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Because I honestly feel that way myself I feel that God is everywhere and when I say that in my mind I beleive he is within every living thing we are all just gifts from God. I understand more of the statues and the 300 million Gods that make up the Hinduism religion that I at one time did not understand at all. They believe that the statue is just a statue that a man made but it helps them focus. When I heard them talking about making their mind focus by consentrating on a statue it made me think
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Response Paper #1 Hinduism is one of the oldest religions in the world. It encompasses many religious traditions and beliefs and includes people from all over the world. There are many stories‚ hymns‚ passages‚ rituals‚ and sacred texts in Scriptures Of The World’s Religions about Hinduism and its beliefs of moksha‚ or liberation‚ and how to attain it. Sacrifice is very prevalent in Hinduism. Many passages from the reading contain stories and doctrine about how‚ when‚ and why to perform sacrifices
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over the years by historians. Many saw this religion as a bridge between Eastern and Western religions. Zoroastrianism has been said to been practiced in Ancient Iran around 6th century B.C.E. This was one of the first monotheistic religions shining out among the clutter of polytheistic religions in the east and west. The worship was to maintain the natural order‚ truth‚ and righteousness of the universe. Zoroastrianism was founded by Zarathushtra a Persian prophet‚ would said he had a vision of a
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Hinduism and Buddhism both came into existence from India. According to S. Rahdhakrishnan‚ “Buddhism‚ in its origin is an offshoot of Hinduism.” (Buddhism & Hinduism‚ 2007) This is due to the fact that Buddhism was started around 2‚500 years ago by Siddhartha Gautama who was originally brought up in a Hindu family and was later called “the Buddha” by his followers. (Teece‚ 2003) Hinduism has been around for well over 5‚000 years and was not started by a single historical figure. Hinduism and
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important to discern what causes Hinduism to remain a religion of those from India‚ while allowing Christianity‚ specifically Roman Catholicism‚ to gain traction across many nationalities. Because both of the religions stem from such different areas‚ it is important to first find similar elements that may attribute to their appeal‚ or lack thereof. At first‚ these two religions seem to bear few commonalities‚ as one is a polytheistic religion while the other monotheistic. However‚ one of the most important
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What do you know about Judaism and Hinduism? Hinduism is the third largest religion in the world‚ the followers are called Hindus. Judaism‚ on the other hand‚ is the 7th largest religion‚ and has over 14 million followers‚ they are called Jews. Hinduism and Judaism are similar in many ways but also differ in many ways. Hinduism is a very different religion compared to Judaism‚ Hindus have 3 gods‚ Brahma‚ Vishnu‚ and Siva. Hindus believe that when you die you are reincarnated‚ and the reincarnation
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