Religon Oral Communication Flashcards
What is Fundamentalism?
Fundamentalism is when you want to bring back the old ways in a religon. Meaning that you follow holy scripts and following it literally. Ex: If the holy scripture it says, you have to kill this man for doing that, u need to kill him.
Give examples of groups that can be considered as fundamentalist in judaism?
One example are the Zionist since they wanted a Israeli state, they can be seen as a fundamentalist group considering that they brought back jewish control over Israeli. Because of the Torah.
Orthodox- they follow all scriptures literally, Ex: A law int he torah that you can’t mix diary products with flesh. Many orthodox have 2 kitchens, one for flesh and 1 for dairy products.
Discuss why it seems like fundamentalist groups are growing today?
Fundamentalist groups are growing because they offer stability in a unstable world. Personally I believe this means that people are scared of that many things in the world are not decided, so they are putting there faith in things that won’t change.
Is homo sexuality accepted in Islam?
Homosexuality is not accepted nor supported within the islamic teachings. Muslims generally believe that homosexuality stems exposure, and that a person who feels homosexual is forced to change. In many Muslim countries, acting upon homosexual feelings is illegal and can be punished with imprisonment and worse.
Are women as religious leaders accepted in Islam?
No because Islam is a mail dominant religon. There is nothing in the Quran which states that women can’t be religious leaders, but in mohammed’s, the Hadich, which is the biography of mohammed, there he had stated that women can not hold male prayers, amongst other things.
What are the different groups basing there interpretation on?
Christianity is basing there interpretation on the 12 apostles, which is basically the 12 people that jesus chose. And all of the apostles were men, and that’s why there can’t be any women carnivals, and such.
Islam: In Islam they are basing there interpretation on mohammeds saying, an example is that women can’t hold prayers.
Judaism: I DONT FUCKING KNOW!
Define creationism…
The belief that God created all things out of nothing as described in the Bible and that therefore the theory of evolution is incorrect.
Define Intelligent Design…
The theory that life, or the universe, cannot have arisen by chance and was designed and created by some intelligent entity.
Define Theory of evolution…
The theory of evolution explains how living things change over a long time, and how they have come to be the way they are.
Compare and contrast the view of man and the view of god in Judaism, christianity, and Islam.
Christianity and Islam: Christianity say that all the believers are gods people. They believe that they have a new contract with god which says that they are the right ones. They see god as the son, father, and holy spirit. Similar principal in Islam, they believe that all muslims are all the same. In the beginning of the religon, the majority of the world was man dominant, since men were more important, they did more things, which then influenced islam and christianity.
Judaism: In judaism they say that only jews are gods people. They believe that god is there father, the people think they believe that they have gone into a contract, and that Israel is there land and that god is all mighty.
Is homo sexuality accepted in christianity?
Christianity considers homosexuality unnatural, they believes it is seen as an immoral act. If god had intended gay marriage to be a natural act, he would not have made it unlikely in the eyes of humans. But for the christian people themselves, they don’t see homosexuality as an issue, but something that should be normal and allowed.
Is homosexuality accepted in Judaism?
The subject of homosexual behavior and Judaism dates back to the Torah. That can be subject to capital punishment under halakha (Jewish law). Traditionally, Judaism has understood homosexual intercourse as a negative act towards Judaism, and this opinion is still maintained by Orthodox Judaism.
Are women as religious leaders accepted in Christianity?
Historically no because it was not acceptable to have female priests since jesus had only male apostles so the christians believed that that was how god wanted it. Today after many religious reforms it has become acceptable to have female priests and bishops but there still aren’t any female popes.
Are women as religious leaders accepted in Judaism?
Historically, they were only rabies (priests, or the leaders of society), and all were males. Today because of religious reform they have been more accepted.
Give examples of groups that can be considered as fundamentalist in Islam?
ISIS= super fundamentalist, almost every terrorist group is fundamentalist, they want to bring back the old ways when mohammed ruled. They want to build up a islamic empire and a calif, which is the successor to mohammed (calif: the religious and political leader)
