religion

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• The Five Pillars of Islam

  • Shahada (Testimony of faith/Islam)
  • Salat (Establishment of Prayers)
  • Zacat (Obligatory Charity)
  • Saum (Fast of Ramadan)
  • Hajj (Pilgrimage to Mecca)
• Shahada


  Intends to become a Muslim should pronounce the "Shahada" without delay
• Jihad should not be interpreted as bloody war only, but any expression of preserving the Good and destroying the destroyer of Good (evil)
• Jihad also means conversion by sword (HOLY WAR)
• Women's place in Islam

  Household, discouraged to nag, expected to submit wholly to her husband and follow his counsel
• If a wife is barren, it is necessary for the husband to look for a second wife under certain conditions
• Blessed Virgin Mary


  Exemplary woman and wife, a Muslim
• Islam believes in one God and Mohammed as prophet, the sanctity of sacred scriptures the QUR AN, and in resurrection and life everlasting
• Hadith

  Derived from the Arabic root ḥ-d-th, signifying "to happen," "to occur," or "to come to pass", encompasses meanings like "conversation," "discussion," "speech," "small talk"
• Teachings from Hadiths


  • Good education
  • Speak always the truth
  • Share and teach what you know
  • Him who pitied no one, none will pity
  • Be not a burden
  • Do not sit down between two sitting people without first asking their permission
  • Be economical
  • An inhospitable person is an inferior person
  • Repay those who made good to you
  • Everything created by Allah is fine, though people not always understand it
  • Allah created diseases, but He also created medicines for them
  • Allah is generous and likes generous people
  • The way to paradise is opened by knowledge
  • Do not be lazy
  • Do not wish death to yourself or to others
• Vedas


  Sacred scriptures, source of Truth
• Truth in Hinduism


  Eternal, the pursuit of knowledge and understanding of the Truth is a virtue - the only Reality and the essence of the universe
• Dharma


  The goal of every Hindu, could be the right conduct, righteousness, morals, or duty
• Reincarnation


  Part of the Karma cycle, the actions of the soul in the body will reap the consequences in the next life, the same soul is transferring in different bodies trying to perfect the dharma
• Eight-Fold Path to end suffering in Buddhism


  • Right view
  • Correct intention
  • Right speech
  • Right action
  • Right livelihood
  • Correct effort
  • Correct mindfulness
  • Correct concentration
• Right speech


  To avoid lying, misleading statements or standing as a false witness against another
• Correct effort


  To achieve goals in life that are attuned to what is right and truthful
• Correct mindfulness and correct concentration

  Right sense of awareness of one's person, body, thoughts, and the right spiritual practice to experience transcendence and enlightenment
• Tao


  The origin of all things, the Universe
• Yin and Yang


  Opposite forces all the time
• Chapter 1, Tao Te Ching: '"Tao (The Way) that can be spoken of is not the Constant Tao"'
• Chapter 2, Tao Te Ching: '"As soon as beauty is known by the world as beautiful, it becomes ugly"'
• Chapter 3, Tao Te Ching: '"By not adoring the worthy, people will not fall into dispute. By not valuing the hard-to-get objects, people will not become robbers"'
• Tao Te Ching teaches how to live life effortlessly in accordance to the law of nature or the Way
• Christianity

  Main points include Belief in God as Father, Jesus Christ as the son of God, and the Holy Spirit
• Mary


  The Virgin Mary
• Christian practices


  • Baptism
  • Eucharist (Holy Communion or the Lord's Supper)
  • Prayer (including the Lord's Prayer)
  • Confession
  • Confirmation
  • Burial rites
  • Marriage rites
• Non-Catholics do not practice praying the rosary
• Catholics get instructions from the Vatican, the Holy Pope
• Parts of the Mass

  • Entrance
  • Gospel reading
  • Mass
  • Giving of Peace to all believers
• Tithes

  Giving a portion of their incomes to the church
• theism - belief in one god, monotheistic religions (judaism, christianity, islam)
• monotheism - belief in one god, eg judaism, islam, christianity
• henotheism - worshipping only one god but acknowledging others exist
• pantheon - all gods are part of nature
• monotheism - belief in one god
• patron saint - saints who protect certain groups or places
• pantheon - group of gods that are worshipped by people
• religion is the belief in a supernatural power greater than oneself