In every religion there is always a teacher, a guide, a person who is sent by their God to lead them to their faith and God. These people are now considered to be truly holy to their faith and recognized as saviors. Many of these saviors left another person in charge so that they can continue the teachings of these saviors. For this essay religious figures will be discussed for three religions such as Catholicism, Buddhism and Islamic.
First and foremost we shall start with Catholicism and their savior. In Catholicism, Catholics believe that “man is created by God and for God” In Catholicism, Catholics believe that God created everything else in 7 days in which God created space, earth, life, etc. God then created man and woman (from a man’s rib). This man and woman were called Adam and Eve, God created them in his own image. God created man so they can thrive, reproduce and live. Years later God set out to destroy man because man has become to evil in which they should be punished. He allowed a man and his family to survive a great flood with a pair of each clean animal. After the flood God saw his true love for humanity and promised to never harm man again. God’s unconditional love for mankind sent down his own son to earth to represent Gods love for humanity. From God sending down his son Jesus Christ, created another religion Christianity. Jesus began to teach about his father’s kingdom, the Kingdom of God. Jesus also taught a lot about loving your Neighbors. Jesus later was killed and opened the gates to heaven; Jesus then was resurrected and came back to earth. Jesus told one of his Apostils Peter that he would become the leader of a new religion Catholicism. Peter was made Pope of the church and Catholics began. Catho...
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...hists have the Dali Lama. All three can be seen as leaders of there Faith but at the most part they are almost the same. The Pope is the governing body of the church and makes decisions for the church when issues arise or things need to be changed. The Dali Lama does the same as the pope but just acts as a representative for the most part for the people of Tibet. The Grand Mufti and Imam are and were a group of governing bodies which as a group make decisions for the religion and lead the Islamic’s to Faith.
In conclusion for the most part these three religions are virtually the same in this topic. All three have prophets that spread the divine teachings of their God. The Religions also have the same aspect that they elect people to lead the religion and their faith, but all three religions have aspects to its faith with are totally different then one another.
They are all monotheistic religions, meaning they worship one God. Islam and Christianity have very similar roots and beliefs, even to the point where Jesus Christ himself is a prominent figure in both. The primary difference there is that Christ is seen as a prophet in Christianity, and merely as a significant character in Islam. Another difference between Islam and Christianity and Sikhism is that both Christianity and Islam are very familiar with the concept of religious war while Sikhism has maintained peace throughout essentially its entire existence. Islam and Sikhism are similar in that they forbid physical representations of their religious figures, as it is Idolatry. Christianity does not only allow art representing religious figures, but many sects openly encourage it and are a large part of the decor of many Orthodox and Catholic
Christianity and Buddhism, two of the world’s largest religions, each have primary figures perhaps as big as the religions themselves. Jesus Christ, the primary figure in Catholicism, and Gautama Buddha, the founder and key figure of Buddhism, share many similarities as symbols of their respective religions, but generally have stark differences in their roles for each institution. Followed by billions across the world, the teachings of Jesus and Buddha have a profound global impact, even thousands of years after their lives on earth. For Christians, Jesus Christ serves as a definitive, divine symbol of unquestioned moral authority; while Buddha represents an enlightened human being whose teachings offer a more ambiguous set of guidelines for
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...ps the most important commonality between these three religions is the ethical world view they all profess. These moral standards could help to unite the people of these religions; this unity could help to ease some of the tensions in the Middle East as well. “Muslims believe that Allah is the same God as the God of the Jews and the Christians (Ahmad 571).” The similarities between these three religions that worship the very same God have origins in the Middle East, commonalities in prophets and teachings, and could very well be an essential part of the solution to alleviating some of the tensions in the Middle East.
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All religions are similar in a manner, appreciating life, doing good, respecting others..etc yet they still have their differences, the differences that gives it, its uniqueness. And the person practising it, his individuality.
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