World Religions: A Comparison

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World ReligionsA Comparison

• World Civilizations

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Quiz

1. We are 2 Blocks North of Baltimore, would be
   considered an example of what kind of location?
2. Describe the difference between Region and Place.
3. Items from one culture that are used by another
   culture is referred to as what?
4. A bridge is an example of what geographical
   theme?
5. Of the three kinds of maps we discussed
   (Mercator, Interrupted, and Robinson) which TWO
   distort the size of Antartica?

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Followers of the Major Religions
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Buddhism

• 373 Million followers
• No personal deity
• Siddhartha Gautama was the founder, people follow
  his teachings.
• Many sacred texts, no main one
• Buddhist monks and nuns are the leadership

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The Buddha

• The Buddha is not considered a god, rather he is
  seen as an example on how to live your life.

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Basic Beliefs of the Buddhist

• People reach complete peace and happiness,
  Nirvana, when they divorce themselves from
  worldly things and desires.

• Noble Eightfold Path is the way that a person
  reaches Nirvana

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Hinduism

• 840 million followers
• Three main gods (Brahma, Vishnu, Siva)
• No one founder or holy book, several texts
  including the Vedas
• Leaders include the guru, Holy Man, and Brahmin
  priests

Since Hinduism has more than one god, what type
of religion is it?
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Basic Principles of Hinduism

• Reincarnation
• People reach happiness when they let go of
  worldly possessions
• Worship, knowledge and virtuous acts also lead to
  happiness
• Karma

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Compare/Contrast
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Islam

• One God (Allah)
• Muhammad is the founder
• The Quran is the holy book
• There are no clergy leaders
• Followers are known as Muslim (1.25 billion
  followers)

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Basic Beliefs of the Muslim

• Person achieves salvation by following the 5
  pillars and living a just life.
• The 5 pillars are
• Faith
• Almsgiving
• Fasting
• Hajj
• Prayer

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Judaism

• 15 million followers
• God (Yahweh)
• The founder is Abraham.
• Holy books include the Hebrew Bible or Torah
• Rabbis

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Basic Beliefs of Judaism

• There is only one god who watches over his
  people.
• God protects his people, but also holds them
  accountable for their sins.

• A person serves god by studying the torah and
  living its teachings.

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Christianity

• 2.1 Billion followers
• Jesus Christ is the founder
• The holy book is the bible
• The leaders of the Christian church are the
  clergy members

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Basic Beliefs of the Christian

• There is only one god and he protects and watches
  over his people
• Jesus was the son of god and he died for mans
  sins.

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Judaism Christianity Islam
Similarities
Differences
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Confucianism

• Not known how many followers bc of blending with
  other ideas.
• Confucius was the founder
• Some say the main deity as well
• Holy books include Analects and 5 Classics
• No clergy

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Basic Beliefs of Confucianism

• Strong family relationships
• Social order, harmony and good government

• Education is very important

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• A. Protestant D. Shiite Islam AC. Eastern
  Orthodox
• B. Catholicism E. Buddhism AD. Shintoism
• C. Sunni Islam AB. Hinduism