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- 861: Buddhism
- ... not mean than people interested in Buddhism can not believe in God. People of all religions can study the teachings of the Budda. Buddhists do not worship the Budda; they look to the Budda for teaching and guidence, but not for salvation. Buddists want to make the Budda’s teachings available to all that are interested, they do not attempt to convert others to Buddhism. While the rest of humanity dwells ...
- 862: Buddha
- ... its tone of moral elevation and historical importance, to Jesus Christ's Sermon on the Mount. The five disciples rejoined Buddha at Benares. Accompanied by them, he traveled through the valley of the Ganges River, teaching his doctrines, gathering followers, and establishing monastic communities that admitted anyone regardless of caste. He returned briefly to his native town and converted his father, his wife, and other members of his family to his ...
- 863: Ancient Greek Beliefs of Religion and Death Differs From Other Cultures
- ... but still the overall belief that souls determine their afterlife is apparent through many religions. Each of the religions discussed have their own individual beliefs of other topics such as religious scrolls and ways of teaching. In Judaism, believing in more that one god would be considered unholy. Also, in Judaism, separating the body to remove organs is considered wrong. In Ancient Egyptian beliefs, all vital organs of the body were ...
- 864: The New Age Movement
- ... the exception and not the rule for New Agers. New Agers tend to be eclectic which means that they draw what they think is the best from various sources. Exclusive devotion to a single teacher, teaching or techniques is not long term. They move from one approach to "wholeness" to another in their spiritual quest.(Miller. 1989. P.18) New Agers consider spirituality much more a matter of experience than belief ...
- 865: The Greek Orthodox Church
- ... East and West were represented together. These were the councils of Nicaea I (325), Constantinople (381), Ephesus(431), Chalcedon(451), Constantinople II (553), Constantinople III (680), and Nicaea II (787) (Encarta 1996). The power of teaching and guiding the community is bestowed on certain ministries, particularly that of the bishop of each diocese or is directed through certain institutions, such as councils. Because the church is composed not only of bishops ...
- 866: Taoism and Buddhism
- ... is an inner light which guides a person in the right direction to the ultimate goal. Personal desires must be forsaken to enable the inner light to guide a person to achieve eternal bliss. "The teaching regarding the inner light is just as prominent in the Taoist schools as it is among the practices of Buddhism" (Politella 36). The inner light concept is similar, but the actual path is the difference ...
- 867: Islam More Than A Religion
- ... have of Islam and the Muslim world has a long history. Many have judged Islam without making an effort to consider this religious tradition on its own terms, without bothering to become acquainted with its teaching and the ways in which Muslims practice their faith. Like Judaism and Christianity, Islam is a monotheistic religion, based on the belief in one God.. This religion was proclaimed by the Prophet Muhammad in Arabia ...
- 868: Text and Traditions: Work Requirement One Historical Reconstruction
- ... soul requires some form of religious worship, mainstream or otherwise. Gnosticism The Gnostics were a group/sect that existed in the first half of the 20th century, and were thought to lead Christians astray by teaching manipulations of the Gospel. The mixed the ideas of the Christians with that of the Greeks, producing a religion that wanted release from the prison of this world. It draws on the Jewish monldthum, Babylonian ...
- 869: Forgiveness
- ... If you forgive anyone's sins, they are forgiven; if you retain anyone's sins, they are retained.' (John 20:22-23). In Paul's second letter to the Corinthians we see Paul developing this teaching of Christ, when he says 'All this is from God, who through Christ reconciled us to himself and gave us the ministry of reconciliation; that is, God was in Christ reconciling the world to himself ...
- 870: Contradictions In The Puritan Religion
- ... be turned aside; (5) those whom God elects in Christ are saved forever. These teachings made the trials and also the confessions meaningless, because if one of the elect was on trial, then according to teaching #5, a man was saved forever. So why confess? These confessions were worthless in the eyes of the Puritan God, because no matter what a man confessed to, no matter what he did in life ...
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