On Sunday October 24‚ 2010‚ I attended a Buddhist service at the Buddhist Church of Florin. The service was held at 10:00 a.m. and it lasted for about an hour. The morning service began with the ringing of the kansho. The reverend and his assistant entered bowing to the area where the Amida Buddha Statue was and they placed fruits and flowers in the table that was in front of the statue. They chanted a nembutsu‚ “Namo Amida Butsu”‚ which means “I rely upon Amida Buddha”. This was followed by
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World Religions Report – The Islamic Religion INTRODUCTION: The Islamic religion is one of the three major monotheistic religions of the world. These three are Christianity‚ Judaism and Islam. According to both Fisher and Bassiouni‚ these religions all can be traced to the prophet Abraham‚ and all of them originated in the Middle East (Fisher‚ 2005; Bassiouni‚ 1999). According to Bassiouni (1999)‚ Abraham‚ who is also known to Islam as “The Patriarch‚” was the father of Isma’il (Ishmael)
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A World Without Religion Religion has separated millions of human beings because of numerous people attempting to prove that their belief is superior‚ while another’s is false. For these reasons‚ faith is also the basis of many wars‚ suicide bombings‚ and other crimes. So is religion a fair motive to justify these actions? And if that excuse vanished to thin air‚ what would happen? I believe‚ without religion‚ there would still be immorality in the world. In fact‚ I can only imagine a world that
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World Religions: Hinduism Lisa M. Gardner Hum 130- World Religions Axia College of University of Phoenix There are various religions in this world. Several are indigenous religions that have been passed down from generation to generation and remain unchanged by the people. Hinduism is one of the oldest known religions dating back in time. Though Hinduism lacks a uniting belief system there are aspects that define the Hindu religion‚ cultural and societal influences
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Religion around the World The Pew Research Center’s Forum on Religion and Public Life conducted an interesting study regarding the demographics of worldwide religions. The group began by accumulating data from national censuses; analyzing the data from over twenty five hundred different censuses‚ large-scale surveys and official registers. Using this information the study group analyzed how religious change impacts societies found around the world. After gathering the required data‚ they went on
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World Religions Report HUM/130 Vickie Burns-Sikora July 29‚ 2012 The religious organization we know today as Jehovah’s Witness was formed around the end of the 19th century by a group of Bible students in Pittsburg‚ Pennsylvania. However‚ it was a little over sixty years before they adopted the name Jehovah’s Witness in order to separate themselves from other Christian denominations (Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania‚ 2006). Jehovah’s Witness is a Christian religion but differs
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a“ A world without religion is a world full of peace and harmony” Some people believe that a world without religion would lead to world peace and harmony in the entire world. In their opinion all the wars have the same reason: differences in religious beliefs. People compare God to a car manufacturer whose brakes do not work. According to their opinion‚ God gave us a “ car “‚ told us to use it‚ but never mentioned that once you start the car and reach top speed‚ you are basically risking your life
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There are 3 different categories of religions that are still practiced in this world‚ Abrahamic‚ Dharmic‚ and Taoic. A lot of Religions are categorized by these‚ but they all have a specific meaning. Abrahamic means that the religions are monotheistic and trace to their origin of Abraham. Dharmic religions have a great importance in Indian philosophy and religions‚ and Taoic religions originate from the far eastern‚ often in China or India. Christianity‚ Islam‚ and Judaism are in the Abrahamic
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Two billion people around the world are Christian. Christianity is an influential world religion. The world follows the Christian calendar‚ Sunday is known as a day off from work‚ and businesses and schools close down for Christian holidays like Good Friday and Christmas. This is all because of Jesus Christ who lived 2000 years ago. Christians are made up of Catholics and Protestants. Although they have different beliefs and different practices‚ they all believe that Jesus died on the cross for
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We think the same way. It’s like our brains have their own waves linked to each other‚ like we are born to be friends forever. We have almost the same dreams and views in life. We keep on inspiring and encouraging each other when the other one is feeling down. We love traveling‚ taking pictures‚ eating‚ and reading books together. She’s the nerdy type of girl and I’m not. But we are weak. We try hard to behave like any other girl does but we are really crazy and almost mentally-retarded girls. We
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