Aspects of religions Flashcards
Islam beliefs and symbols
The religions in Islam believe in one god, and that is Allah (God-Arabic). They believe a prophet
known as Muhammad was the founder of Islam, he is known as the last and greatest of God’s messengers.
- Islam has no original sin. This is why Muslims believe that all humans are born good.
The Crescent Moon and Star
Hinduism beliefs and symbols
Hinduism does not believe in one accountable creation system.
Hindus believe the world originated from spirituality, and the idea of a material world which is expressed by God, Brahman.
Hindu believe in multiple Gods
OM
Buddhism beliefs and symbols
people believe in Buddha who discovered four universal truths and noble truths.
Taught to people for 45 years
Golden wheel
Christianity beliefs and symbols
They believe Jesus is the son of God and that Jesus died for us and God will bring him back from the dead in the future and he will return.
They believe in the trinity.
Cross and fish
Jewish beliefs and symbols
Jesus is a prophet
one god name, Yahweh
Star of David
Aboriginal beliefs
They believe in dreaming. They believe the earth is the mother of all things. And once they die they will return as an animal, rock and planet and human.
Islam - Sacred stories and rituals
Adam and Eve
live in heaven, not the garden of Eden, and are banished to earth when Satan tempts them to eat the
forbidden fruit.
-Pray 5 times a day
Hinduism Sacred stories and rituals
The Ramayana discusses a prince who was banished from his kingdom and was forced to live outside because of his peers plotting against him. His wife and brother joined him but the wife got kidnapped by a demon king. He got the help of a monkey to save his wife and returned to the kingdom.
Rituals
Hinduism invites and includes many rituals from the outside world into their respected religion.
Jewish Sacred stories and rituals
Torah is a scroll that holds the stories
Ritual-
Circumcision at birth, coming of age at bah mitzvah
Christians Sacred stories and rituals
Old Testament – Genesis
New Testament – Death and Resurrection
Rituals
They have seven sacraments which are confirmation, eucharist, matrimony confession, holy orders.
Buddhism Sacred stories and rituals
Rituals
Going to the temple and bow down to the statue
Mantras are sacred sounds that they play in temples
Sacred stories
Mahayana sutra and the Tibetan book of the dead are three major non-canonical Buddhist texts
Aboriginal Sacred stories and rituals
They have not been written or recorded. But shown with dance and singing and art. The dream time stories about the rainbow serpent.
Rituals
initiations: the initiation ceremony is performed when a child is moving into adulthood which can occur at the age between 10 and 16.
Islam Ethics and texts
Muslims look to the Glorious Qur’an and the Traditions of the Prophet as their
moral guides.
Text
Quran
Buddhism Ethics and texts
Human dignity
Social justice
Not to harm others or take things that don’t belong to you.
Text
The Buddhist canon consists of the Sutras.
The Buddha teaching was oral, He thought for 45 years
Aboriginal Ethics and texts
Laws covered what food could be consumed and how they need to share the food.
No text just oral