Review for the finals...

Today in class we had revived for our final which is Friday for my class. I really have been struggling to keep my grade at a decent average but I am really hoping to do good on this test because I have been trying very hard and studying like crazy. I want to be able to end the quarter off right. Getting ready for this means me making flashcards and going over and over the 5 important religions that he said. Reviewing the notes we had made and the handout he had given us. Most of the notes he had given out will be whats on the test. I really didn't enjoy todays review because we had to figure out whats on the test instead of just being told what to study. Fridays test is also another test we cant make up so if you don't do good on the test then you cant make it up which is another reason why I am tryin my best to understand the religions.

Today Mr. Schick was not in class. We have to write paragraphs on each religion and get ready for our test Friday.
 
     Christianity also known as christians is the largest religion in the world with 2.2 billion adherents. The holy book they follow wis the Bible. The person who had founded christianity was Jesus Christ which they believe that Jesus is both Human and Divine which means son of God. The clergy is the Pope who is head of the catholic church, priests are local authorities. Main locations to find christians is Europe, America, South Africa. They also have denominations which is the catholic church, Eastern orthodox church.
     Islam called Muslims would be the second largest religion practiced in the world with 1.5 adherents. The Holy book followed is called Qur'an (Koran). The founder of this religion is Muhammed who lived about (570-632). The clergy is imam who basically leads the prayers in the mosque. Geographic locations are Indonesia and Middle East. The Muslims denominations are Sunnis (75-90%) Shiites (10-20%). The strong beliefs they have are Monotheistic, Abrahamic, and Five pillars. They see their purpose in life as surfing and submitting to Allah (God), and observing Islamic law.
     Hinduism also know as Hindus is the third biggest religion practiced with 1.1 billion adherents. The holy book they follow is called The Vedas which isn't written down on books and given out it is sung and the way you learn is by previous generations which is also why it is the hardest to follow. There is no distinct founder which allows it to have series of points of views. They also do not have a clergy. Geographic locations is mainly India, and Nepal.
     Fourth we have the Buddhism also called Buddhists with 500 mill. - 1.5 billion adherents numbers vary. They do not have a holy book, Clergy or Specific beliefs. Geographic locations would be South East Asia, China, and Nepal. Denominations are Zen and Amidst with many more. Founder of this religion is Siddhartha Gautama. The main beliefs is that they can believe in more than one God.
     Lastly Judaism also called Jews with 14-18 million adherents making this the ninth biggest religion practiced. The holy book is called the Torah. Main locations Israel and US. The founder is Abraham beliefs are ethical monotheism- God is one action of humankind. 10 commandments and 13 principles are other strong beliefs they have.

Major religions packet highlighting

Today in class we went over more about the religions. For example Islam is the predominant religion of Central Asia and of southwest Asia and North America. Buddhism is clustered primarily in East Asia and southeast asia. The word Islam in Arabic means "submission to the will of God" and it has a similar root to the Arabic word for "peace".  The countries with the most Muslims are Indonesia, Pakistan, India, and Bangladesh. Two principal branches: Sunni and Shiite. The word sunni comes from the Arabic for "people following the tradition of Muhammad". Shiite Islam is divided into three principal schools of thought, based in part on disputes over leadership after the prophet Muhammad. In Europe Muslims account for 5% of the population. France had the largest Muslim population, about 4 million, a legacy of immigration from predominantly Muslim former colonies in North Africa  about 2 million Muslims. An accurate count of buddhist is especially difficult because only a few people participate in Buddhist institution. 97% of Hindus are concentrated in just one country (India), two percent are in Nepal, 1 percent are in just Bangladesh, and small number elsewhere. Judaism is the first recorded religion to espouse monotheism. Fundamental to Judaism is belief in one all-power God. Judaism offered a sharp contrast to the polytheism practiced by neighboring people, who worshipped a collection go gods. These are the main highlighted points in the text we have been going over.

The six religions worksheet

Today in class we had learned more about the major religions. For example some facts we have learned is even though most migrants learn the language of the new location, they usually retain their religion. Some but not all religions require exclusive adherents, so adopting a new religion could require turning away from the former one. This also leads into another topic such as only a few religions can claim the adherence of large numbers of people. Reliable statistics on the number of adherents are difficult to obtain. Out of all the religions christianity and or islam have the largest numbers of adherents. Christianity is the most widely practiced religion in the Western Hemisphere. Islam is most widely practiced religion in nearly every country of southwest Asia. More than 90 percent of Latin Americans and more than 75 percent of Europeans and North Americans. More facts learned is that India is 80 percent Hindu, whereas Bangladesh and Pakistan are more than 90 percent muslim. The word Islam in Arabic " submission to the willow God" and it has a similar root to the Arabic word for "peace".  So basically today we learned all about the facts and the regions where all of these religions are located. I really enjoy learning about tall of the other religions and not just my own. I enjoy seeing other peoples lives and what there day looks like do to there religion like if they pray how do they? Are they sung or spoken? Is it in the morning or all day? And for those who don't have a religion do they just go about there day and not think about praying or a certain god.

Todays research on religion

Today we did research on the religions into deeper context.  For example describing the four basic Vedic text used by Hindus. Hindus means a religious song or poem of praise to god or a god. The Hindus considered the Vedas to be "not of a man, superhuman". The four are 1. The Rigveda "knowledge of the Hymns of praise". 2. The Yajurveda " knowledge of the sacrificial formulas". 3. The samaveda "Knowledge of the melodies". 4. The Atharvadea " knowledge of the magic formulas" They consist about 1,017 hymns. Questioned being asked is Why do you think this made Martan Luthor object to indulgences?  Luthor had vigorously objected to the corrupt practice of selling indulgences. Luthor had written " The Disputation on the power and efficacy of indulgences" these had also been known as " The 95  theses".  He had written them all out which they were questions and propositions for debate. He went and nailed a copy of the 95 theses to the door of the Witten burg castle church. What is the haji? This is a person who has been to Mecca as a pilgrim. A description of a Haji would be a person who successfully completed the haji to Mecca in the picture below is usually what it would look like.
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Religion and the number of adherents.

Today in class we had gotten our exam grades and the essay back. Our question for todays blog is are all of the adherents numbers the same since a year ago. Islam had 1.5 billion, Hindu had 1.1 billion, Jewish had 14-18 million, Buddhism had 500 million- 1.5 billion. These numbers had been estimated from about a year ago. Todays answer says Islam had 1.7864 billion, Hindu had 1.155 billion, Jewish had 1.54 million,  Buddhism had 5.467 million. These numbers have changed by both increasing and decreasing. For example Islam has has increased, Hindu has stayed about the same, jewish had increased, Buddhism has increased. Some of them differ in increasing or decreasing. My question would be why does some increase and some decrease. On the last site we had to look on is about roughly the same facts. Christianity is the biggest followed religion. It is said that christianity will be the most popular religion. I am having a little bit of trouble understanding why they would decrease because if you believe so strongly on one god or a certain culture how can you change. Another thing is how can one increase because aren't you supposed to stay with that religion because you believe so strongly in it. I would like to know more about how you are able to leave and go to another religion.

Five major religions day 2 !

Today in class we went over more about the religions and finished what we had been learning. We had went over Hinduism and all of the beliefs they had. They were called Hindus and had about 1.1 billion adherents which is the third biggest. They had a geographic location of India and Nepal. One cool fact I had learned was they have no distinct founder. The holy book they follow is the Vedas. This is one of the hardest to understand because this holy book is ti be sung and they don't send out copies or handouts so generations before you would have to teach you parts of it. This is also one of the oldest religions around. Next we have learned about Buddhism and the number of adherents they have are 500 million to 1.5 billion. The reason the I can vary so much is because in this religion you are aloud to believe in more than one god for example a christian can be a Christian and believe in buddhism as well. Geographic location would be Southern East Asia, china, and Nepal. The denominations are Tibetan, Zen, Amidst, and Thedas. founder is Siddhartha Gautama. In this you are aloud to believe in more than one god. They also believe in Eight fold path and 4 Nobel truths. Lastly we have Judaism and the number of adherents they have are about 14-18 million. Part of the reason they don't have as much as the rest do is because of the holocaust and how many they killed. They wanted the entire jew population destroyed. Also in Judaism people are called Jews. Some main graphic locations for Them are Israel, and the united states. Founder is Abraham and holy book is called the Torah which is also basically the first 5 books in the new testament. Beliefs that they have are ethical monotheism- God is one actions of humankind, ten commandments and 13 principles of faith.
Eight fold path                                  
1. Right view
2. Right intention
3. Right speech
4. Right action
5. right lively hood
6. Right effort
7. Right mindfulness
8. Right dedication

Four Noble Truths
1. There is suffering
2. Attachment to desire is the origin of suffering
3. There is accusation of suffering
4. The Eightfold path will lead to the cessation of suffering