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    World Religions Report Elizabeth HUM 130 Oct 21‚ 2012 Laura Templeman World Religions Report In this paper I will be discussing what I learned about Christianity and Islamic faiths. How that even though these two religions have differences that they have core similarities and history that show that they have more in common than they do not have in common. I will discuss my interview at a Christian church and what I learned from it. Then I will discuss how much all the religions I have studied

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    Final Project: World Religions Report Christopher Hansen HUM/130 August 29‚ 2010 Paxton Reed Final Project: World Religions Report I will be explaining information from various resources covering the United Methodist Religion. I will give a comparison to the Islam Religion and reference Jesus and Muhammad from the tenth chapter of the class textbook. Although there are many similarities‚ there are also many differences. The United Methodist Church Location and Interview My interview took

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    people within it. They aim to become the best through different ways‚ which are in relation to their ideology. Popular ones among ancient civilizations were through military or religious power. In particular‚ ancient Greece’s religion is well-known as it is in mainstream media and taught to many students. In the same way‚ Greece’s religion was well-liked in the ancient world. The twelve Olympian gods and goddess have a notable spot in Greece’s society. Specifically‚ Dionysus‚ the god of wine‚ festivity

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    Rama is a man unlike many of the leaders in Greek and ancient literature. For one‚ The Ramayana of Valmiki is a much older story‚ one passed from around 2‚000 years ago. Instead of focusing on worldly riches and possessions‚ Rama instead “cannot swerve from the path of dharma”‚ shunning worldly desires such as greed and lust. Like Gilgamesh who is “two-thirds” god and “one-third”‚ he is also a god‚ but a much higher one‚ the “imperishable cosmic being” Visnu (Foster: Tablet I: 50)‚ (Venkatesananda:

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    * yes Religion has brought nothing but wars and destruction. Throughout history‚ we have only seen corruption and destruction from religion‚ wars and regimes. Because people are sinful‚ they corrupt the very foundations of what each religion is trying to teach - usually good things. Ultimately‚ it is not in carrying out the rituals and rights of religion that is important‚ it is through a personal relationship (not religion) with Jesus Christ that a person can come to know his or

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    Islam – A Diverse Religion in a Diverse World DeVry University The ill view of the Islamic faith remains years after 9/11. A more comprehensive knowledge of their faith and its good attributes will help in our perceptions and how we treat members of this religious order. There are certain factions of the Islamic faith that are terrorists‚ this has been proven in more than one instance. These are the radicals of the faith. There are many more

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    "Great conquering nation of the world" (Morey‚ n.d) this was dubbed to the Roman empire‚ during the period where they had successfully conquered and colonized vast territories. However‚ unlike other ancient civilizations‚ the kind of treatment they had demonstrated with the inhabitants of their newly acquired colonial possessions were far different from other western civilizations. They have had governed them in a civilize manner specifically in organizing these territories as a compact society

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    In Brave New World they have a completely different point of view when it comes to the idea of religion. Rather than them believing in a God or in some religions gods like most people in our real world believe they do not have a God that that all just worship. The story of Brave New World is one that shows a completely different religion that most people in our world would think is just completely odd and a religion that is completely out there and it would never actually be a real thing. In the

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    Islam the most misunderstand religion in the world “The Islam religion establishes a clear system of worship‚ civil rights‚ laws of marriage and divorce‚ laws of inheritance‚ code of behavior‚ what not to drink‚ what to wear‚ and what not to wear‚ how to worship God‚ how to govern‚ the laws of war and peace‚ when to go to war‚ when to make peace‚ the law of economics‚ and the laws of buying and selling. Islam is a complete code of life” (Alkhuli‚ M. Al‚ 2012). Even though dealing with the damage

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    World Peace Without Religion Extra-Credit Essay Roni Law May 19‚ 2013 John Adams once said‚ “This would be the best of all possible worlds‚ if there were no religion in it‚” and I completely agree. This quote is very true because religion causes worldwide problems between several individuals all over our country and even the world. If everyone would look around at their neighbors‚ friends‚ and even world leaders; religion keeps us all apart one way or another. If we could all come together into

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