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    Color and Religion

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    Color has so much meaning in our world today. Different countries and their cultures see different meaning in color. Religion is a major part of color distinction and meaning. The color red means something different to Christian‚ Buddhist‚ Jewish‚ and Islamic religions. Traditions and beliefs change the meaning of colors in religions around the world. Christianity is a monotheistic religion and teaches the life of Jesus of Nazareth. Christians believe in Jesus Christ ad follow him as the Son of

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    Religious Service

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    For my last response paper‚ I decided that I wanted to attend a Jewish service. Since I had missed the pre arranged field trip to go with the school‚ I decided that I would grab a friend‚ and make a day out of driving up to Park City to go to the Temple Har Shalom. We set off on our forty minute drive‚ and finally came upon the Temple. The temple itself was very intriguing to the eye‚ it was a mix of brick and what looked like maple wood‚ the architecture was interesting and had a very modern feel

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    A wife. A slave. A husband. Sarah. Hagar. Abraham. Love and respect from a man to his wife was a luxury and rare in Sarah and Abraham’s day. But Sarah and Abraham managed more of both than most people in their day. Parents chose their children’s mates with very little consideration taken for the people involved. Marriage was more about political alliances and producing children to keep one’s family line going‚ along with the human race in general. When Sarah is found to be barren‚ Abraham doesn’t

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    There are many religion on this Earth ‚ but finding the one that fits you could be the hardest part. Every Religion has different interactions with a Sacred. In defining Religions ‚ there are technical terms that apply to all of them. The arche‚ cosmos‚ ethos‚ and telos of religions define religion as a whole. The arche refers to a traditional understanding of why and how the world or universe exist. The arche is the leader or scared of the religion. The cosmos refers to a “ ordered totality”. The

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    I will discuss how the scriptures were developed and the function they serve in each tradition. In Christianity‚ the only scripture is the Holy Bible‚ made up of the Old Testament and the New Testament. The Old Testament is the same as the Jewish Tanakh recognized as scripture by early Christians. The New Testament is a collection of writings by early Christians‚ comprised of narratives‚ letters and apocalyptic writings. The Holy Bible is the written Word of God and relays how God the Creator reveals

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    Elena Zafrul Professor Robert Cargill Judaism‚ Christianity and Islam 032:001:A01-A12 16 September 2012 To Struggle : What It Means To Be a Jewish A foundational part of being Jewish is to struggle. Throughout history‚ the Jewish people have struggled both physically - with the hardships that they had to face – and intellectually - with what is called a cognitive dissonance. In fact‚ one of the earliest struggles can be traced back to the prophet Jacob‚ who had to struggle with God himself. By writing

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    Jewish beliefs are very diverse. There are many categories of Judaism such as: Orthodox‚ Ultraorthodox‚ Conservative‚ and Reform. Devout Jews have two components of authority for truth‚ life‚ and teachings: (1) the written law‚ known as the Torah or Tanakh‚ and (2) the oral law‚ known as the Talmud and Mishnah. According to the teachings of Judaism there is no set of beliefs upon the acceptance of which the Jew may find salvation. Judaism places a high level of importance on ethical values and performance

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    Christianity Vs. Judaism

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    Angela Hylton English 101 Prof. Gail McCrady March 20‚ 2014 Christianity Vs. Judaism At the most basic levels Christians are anyone who professes that Jesus of Nazareth is the “Christ” (the “Messiah or the Anointed one”) of God. This might sound simple‚ yet what does It mean? And what else do Christians believe about “Jesus” and “God.” Christianity is the Number one religion worldwide with 2.1 participants. It is approximately one third of the Worlds population. (and about god.com)

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    Hospitality in the Qu'ran

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    Cited: Ali‚ Ahmed. Al-Qurʻān: A Contemporary Translation. Princeton‚ NJ: Princeton UP‚ 2001. Print. Berlin‚ Adele‚ Marc Zvi. Brettler‚ and Michael Fishbane. The Jewish Study Bible: Jewish Publication Society Tanakh Translation. Oxford [u.a.: Oxford UP‚ 2004. Print. Hamid‚ Abdul Ali.‚ and Al-Bukhari. Moral Teachings of Islam: Prophetic Traditions from Al-adab Al-mufrad by Imam Al-Bukhari. Lanham‚ MD: AltaMira‚ 2003. Print. Hughes‚ Thomas Patrick. A Dictionary

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    Judaism and Christianity; the latter deriving from the first‚ were so similar that one was bound to be hostile towards the other. Traditionally‚ both Judaism and Christianity believe in the God of Abraham‚ Isaac and Jacob‚ for Jews the God of the Tanakh‚ for Christians the God of the Old Testament‚ the creator of the universe. And both religions agree that God shares both transcendent and immanent qualities. These attitudes were reinforced in Christian preaching contempt for Jews‚ as well as statutes

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