Compare And Contrast Cherokee Indian Religion

Everyone has different beliefs and cultures. Religion is important in our society and every religion is different. Although they all have some similarities. All religions give us some kind of stress and anxiety reducing effect. They also impart us with an emotion of satisfaction and happiness. Religions offers hope that after we die there is another life. Christians believe that you go to heaven, Aboriginals believe that your spirit lives on and returns to significant sights within the country. Cherokee Indians have a similar belief to what happens after death – to Christianity beliefs. Cherokee Indians also believe that you rise up into a heavenly place, but God also gives you a choice of where you would like to go. This written report will compare comparing the three above named religions, and proving and all religions have similarities and something in common.
One of the things Christianity, Aboriginal beliefs and Cherokee Indian beliefs have in common is that they all have Sacred Stories. Sacred Stories are stories repeated for hundreds and hundreds of years, answering big questions of way of life and creation.
Aboriginal Sacred stories are called Aboriginal Dreaming. Dreaming however is not a creation myth; the Aboriginal community refers to them as myth of formation. Dreaming stories are stories of formation and how certain objects or places
They have been part of their culture for hundreds and hundreds of years and still are. One of the most important ceremonies is the initiation ceremony. The main reason for this ritual is to teach young members of the tribe- both girls and boys- the law, and also a lot about their country. It is also intended to teach the young people about spiritual beliefs and for the Elders to pass on their knowledge. The initiation ceremony is often prolonged and sometimes take place over a few years. This is called the stage of “learning” and