1. Introduction to Religion
Humanities
February 25, 2013
Targeted Question #1

2. Three Outsiders? Blaise Pascal: 3 Orders...
Soren Kierkegaard: 3 Stages...
Simone Weil: 3 Forms of Implicit Love...

3. Question #1 February 25

4. Tirthankaras = Ford Makers
Jainism Beliefs
Mahavira, the founder of Jainism, was a contemporary of Siddhartha Gautama (Buddha)
Jina = Conqueror
Tirthankaras = Ford Makers

5. “There is no Hindu, there is no Muslim...”
Sikhism
Associated with the Punjab (border region between India/Pakistan)
“There is no Hindu, there is no Muslim...”
Guru Nanak,

6. The Baha’i Faith
“Since God is infinite and our minds can only conceptualize the finite, humanity has no access to knowledge of the supreme reality... The only certain knowledge that human beings can gain... is that brought by certain intermediaries who arise from time to time and found the great religions of the world.” ~p. 425

7. Compare & Contrast Pick Two of the Following: Jainism’s Jinas (p. 165)
Sikhism’s Gurus (p. 216)
The Baha’i Faith’s Manifestations of God (p. 421)
What are the similarities and the differences (in the nature of authority) for these figures?

8. Let’s Talk... How does religious authority work well? Not well? Why?

9. For Wednesday
Targeted Question #2
Zoroastrianism
Small Group Research