ANSWER THE QUESTIONS FROM READING
Answer the Questions from Reading
After reading the materials on religion, I learnt that all three monotheistic religions hold something in common. Essentially, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam religions believe in one deity. However, there are various aspects that I discovered about the three religions that make them distinct. For instance, while there is only one God in Christianity who is the creator of everything. He exists in three forms, i.e. God the son, God the father, and God the Holy Spirit. In Christianity, I discovered that Christians are historically inclined and follow the events that took place when Jesus was still on earth. From a Jewish perspective, I have gained knowledge of the reasons as to why Jews listen to prophets and why they strive to do what is good. This is rooted upon the fact that prophets act as a link to God and He communicates through the said prophets. In addition, Jews believe that they will be punished if they do wrong and rewarded for their good deeds. From Islam, I got to learn develop better understand of why Islam refer to God as Allah. One of the said reasons is that Muhammad, who happens to the prophet of God according to the said religion (although there were other prophets before him) called his followers to follow only one God who did not have rivals.
There are three concepts that I found interesting in this module which are as follows:
1. God as the creator of all things - Everything in the world was created by God and therefore all things must remain perfect as God made them.
2. The use of stories and poetry to explain Gods love - Jesus used stories which in most cases had to be explained to illustrate certain events and explain the will of God to people. In Islam, both stories and poems were used. Therefore, there would be need for stories and poems to be rooted in religious purposes.
3. Worship of Idols - It is interesting that despite the fact that God was the ultimate creator of all things, idols were still worshipped in monotheist religions. Idol worship should, and must, be banished.
Jewish values neither ban the rights of abortion, nor do they allow undiscerning abortion capabilities (Yadgar, 2006). Women who are the solitary carriers of their babies have the right to do whatever they want with their bodies; however in Judaism, abortion is only allowed if there is some deathly threat to mother. After testifying, men are obliged to have education as similar to the God who strived for improvement
Islamic Teachings and Their Practice in Different Cultures Islam a highly controversial sensitive issue today's world, misconceptions beliefs, values, goals. For, Americans Muslims live Middle East, reality Indonesia people Islamic faith. What means Islam, Islamic teachings and their practice in different cultures Islam developed in the 7th century, in the Middle East. It is a monotheistic religious tradition. Islam which means submit or surrender literally, is founded upon the teachings of Prophet Muhammad,
Islamic Civilization Islam, as a religion, has been adopted and is practiced by a variety of different ethnic groups and cultures around the world; and each ethnic group has had an influence on Islamic culture. As Islam spread out from its home in Arabia, the followers of Mohammed were joined by a number of different ethnic groups who adopted Islam. From Spain to Persia, India to Indonesia, Islamic Civilization is a
Islam and Christianity have a lot of history to share dating back to some years before the birth of Jesus. Although the members did not interact freely, the current 'animosity' characterizing the two religions was unheard of. In fact, they appeared to be focused much in solving their individual problems which unique but almost similar. This study shows that the two religions were affected by problems related to political succession
Islam in the Age of Globalization The three major religions in the 21st century are all Abrahamic in historical basis. These religions, Judaism, Islam and Christianity remain at the edge of political, social, and cultural issues, particularly now in that globalism has become so predominant. These religions are noted as Abrahamic because each uses the basic teachings of the Prophet Abraham in their general world view. All three faiths are monotheistic
The new and ancient technology that was being imported from Middle East together with the turn to rebirth Europe was a representation of one of the greatest transfer in the field of technology to have been recorded in history (Wallace, 56). Conclusion The Muslims specialized a lot in the sciences that existed and civilizations reliable with Islam and established them. All this was accomplished thanks to the Islamic conditioning and conscious
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