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The Five Main World Religions
Myers Social 7
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Instructions These are key word and phrase notes
Do not write word for word This presentation is meant to be informative No valuing or judging statements are implied as part of this presentation
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History The five main religions of the world are:
Christianity Islam Judaism Hinduism Buddhism These are determined by the number of followers
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History Three of the five religions can be traced to the descendents of one man Abraham is considered to be the father of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
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Abraham Hagar Sarah Descendents eventually went on to found Judaism - then Christianity Descendants eventually went on to found Islam
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Three religions of the Middle East
Oldest to Youngest Judaism --> Christianity --> Islam All are monotheistic This means they believe in one god
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Three religions of the Middle East
Each of the three: Have places of worship Jewish - Synagogue Christianity - Church - Cathedral Islam - Mosque
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Three religions of the Middle East
Each of the three: Have religious holidays Jewish - Yom Kippur and Rosh Hashanah Christianity - Christmas and Easter Islam - Ramadan
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Three religions of the Middle East
Each of the three have Have sets of rules: Jewish - Talmud - Ten Commandments Christianity - Ten Commandments Islam - The Five Pillars
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Three religions of the Middle East
Each of the three have: Religious symbols Judaism – The Star of David or Tetragammon Christianity – The Cross or Crucifix Islam – The Crescent Moon and Star
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Three religions of the Middle East
Each has a holy text Judaism - Torah Christianity - Bible (Torah + New Testament= Bible) Islam - Quran (or Koran)
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Jewish and Christian Holy Text
The Christian Bible Jewish Torah AKA: The Old Testament The New Testament
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Three religions of the Middle East
Each of the three: Have important people: Judaism - Moses Christianity - Jesus Christ Islam - Muhammad
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Three religions of the Middle East
Each of the three: Have different branches or denominations: Judaism - Hassidic, Orthodox Christianity - Catholic, Protestant (which includes Lutheran, Episcopalian, Methodist, Baptist, etc.) Islam - Shia or Sunni
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Buddhism Based on the teachings of Siddhartha Gautama Prince
Observed the world’s suffering Meditated for a long time under a Bo tree - seeking enlightenment Reached Nirvana Buddha means “enlightened one”
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Buddhism Established the four noble truths
Developed the eight-fold path Buddha is not seen as a god, but as a teacher or prophet Found mostly in southeast Asia and other parts of Asia
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Hinduism The only Polytheistic religion of the five main religions
This means they has more than one god Hindus believe in reincarnation The idea that people return to live again after dying Hindus believe in Karma What you do in this life carries over to the next
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Hinduism Hindus (although technically illegal) follow a caste system
Levels in society ranging from powerful, wealthy people to slave-type people Those with bad karma (people who have done bad things) will be reincarnated into a lower caste Those with good karma (people who have done good things) will be reincarnated into a higher caste
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Hinduism Hindu goal is not a better caste - release from this world
Hindus believe in family spirits as well as their main gods The Hindu Trinity: Brahman the Creator Vishnu the Protector Shiva the Destroyer Each very complex and can take many forms
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Hindu Trinity Brahma Shiva Vishnu
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Organize Color coordinate Underline each religion a different color
For example: Christianity - Blue Judaism- Orange Islam - Red Hinduism - Yellow Buddhism - Green
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Language - translate these words
Suhrka - Rot - Amhar - Ruud - Curalium Rouge - Rojo -
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Language - translate these words
Suhrka - Hindi Rot - German Amhar - arabic Ruud - Swedish Curalium Latin Rouge - French Rojo - Spanish Red
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Languages Many languages sound similar because they belong to language families - meaning the same origin Words and written languages also reveal different language families Arabic
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Language Evolves Greet the person next to you as you would imagine someone would in 1709 Now 1979 Now 1989 Now 2009
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What do these words mean?
It’s the year 1953 Sick Tight Hot Cool It’s the year 2009
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How many time in the last week did you say…
Groovy? Gnarly? Radical?
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How has language continued to evolve?
Texting language New words in the dictionary Google IM’ing Green Biodiesel Unibrow
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