religious studies
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- saints and some religious beliefs
- how are saints role models
- Saints are role models because they have devoted themselves to God.
- saints could be martyrs which means that they have died for their faith and that shows that they
- why people have different religions
- some people have different religions because that is what they have been taught to believe
- people could change their religion to adapt to different reli which is called religious conversion.
- buddism
- Buddhism focuses on spiritual development
- Buddhists strive for a deep insight into the true nature of life
- they do not worship any Gods or deities
- Buddhist practices like meditation are means of changing yourself in order to develop the qualities of awareness, kindness, and wisdom
- Because Buddhism does not include the idea of worshipping a creator god, some people do not see it as a religion in the normal, Western sense
- hinduism
- Hinduism is the worlds 3rd most practiced religion with an estimate of 750 million followers
- Central to Hinduism is the belief in a supreme God Brahman, the universal soul, which is found in everything
- The religion of Hinduism originated from western-India, Near the river Indus, around 5000 years ago making it the worlds oldest religion
- Unlike most other religions, Hinduism has no single founder, no single scripture, and no commonly agreed set of teachingstitld
- Hinduism is the worlds 3rd most practiced religion with an estimate of 750 million followers
- Islam
- Islam began in Arabia, mecca and was introduced by the prophet Muhammad. The Arabic world for God is called Allah.
- Those who follow the Islamic faith are called Muslims. Muslims believed that their is only one God. Muslim believe that the islamic faith was founded over 1500 years ago.
- The Islam faith is the 2nd largest world religion with over 1 billion followers. In 2001 Census recorded 1,591,000 Muslims in the UK
- According to Muslims God sent a number of prophets to man-kind to show us how to live according to his law
- Sikhism
- Sikhism was founded in the Punjab by Guru Nanak in the 15th Century CE and is a monotheistic religion.
- Sikhs think religion should be practised by living in the world and coping with life's everyday problems.
- The Sikh place of worship is called a Gurdwara. The Sikh scripture is the Guru Granth Sahib, a book that Sikhs consider a living Guru
- Judaism
- Judaism is one of the oldest monotheistic religions and was founded over 3500 years ago in the Middle East
- Jews believe that God appointed the Jews to be his chosen people in order to set an example of holiness and ethical behaviour to the world
- Spiritual leaders are called Rabbis. 6 million Jews were murdered in the Holocaust in an attempt to wipe out Judaism.
- chrisstianity
- Christianity is the world's biggest religion, with about 2.1 billion followers worldwide
- It is based on the teachings of Jesus Christ who lived in the Holy Land 2,000 years ago
- Christians believe that God sent his Son to earth to save humanity from the consequence of our sins
- how are saints role models
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