Christianity Confucianism And Islam Similarities

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Christianity, Confucianism, and Islam all have similarities and differences. They all have temples where they pray. They all have founders which created the religion. They all have core statement which explains what the meaning of the religion is.

Christianity, Confucianism, and Islam all have some type of temple where they go to worship. Christians pray in a church, Confucists worship in a Kong Miao, and Muslims pray in a mosque. They also have founders. The founder of Christianity is Jesus, Confucianism is Confucist, and Islam is Muhammad. Each of these wonderful religions have a core statement which explains the main point of the religion. Christianity teaches that in order to be saved and be granted entrance …show more content…

One of the differences is about their place of worship. While one knows that Christians pray in a church and Confucists pray in a Kong Mao, the structures of the two buildings are very different. In a church the place of worship is inside and this is where the service is held. In Kong Mao, the temple is outside and there different rooms, which are outside. Two holidays these religions celebrate are Christmas and Ching Ming. Although, these are two important holidays to those religions the celebration is different. Christmas is the celebration of Jesus's birth and Ching Ming is the is the celebration of elders. People visit the graves of their elders and celebrate the life of them. The book that Christians follow is the Bible, while Confucists follow the 5 Classics. The Bible is a written scripture that was Jesus's words, while the 5 classics were 5 books to make the final book of …show more content…

One of the differences is between their Golden Rule. The golden rule of Confucianism is "One word which sums up the basis of all good conduct... loving kindness. Do not do to others what you do not want done to yourself". The golden rule of Islam is "Not one of you truly believes until you wish for others what you wish for yourself." These golden rules are different in the sense that the rule of Confucianism focuses on not doing bad things to others, while Islam focuses on wishing good for others and yourself. The two founders of Confucianism and Islam are Confucious and Muhammad. Confucious was the only founder of Confucianism, while Muhammad was one of the six to been talked to by Allah. The core statement of Confucianism is people should be trained and forced to behave "properly" in their roles, and an idea of reciprocity. Islam's statement five pillars. These core statements are very different because while Confucianism believes in harmony and behaving properly, Islam focuses on doing more for Allah, such as praying five times a

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