PPT-Are All Religions Equal?

In our land of freedom we are well aware of he fact that our Constitution enumerates various freedoms including the freedom of religion Folks in our country can worship Jehovah or nothing at all We can worship nature or the starts even our self Our country affords us the right to worship or not worship as we please This is a manmade law true but Im thankful to God for it because such a right allows me to preach teach write etc and spread the gospel in this country in freedom I dont have to worry about retaliation taken by the government or others in authority against me simply because I am preaching His Word The apostles would have loved such freedom. I, and many other men, have received several reprimands for criticizing other religions. We’ve received such criticism in phone calls, letters to the editor, and personal letters. While we welcome criticism and would be foolish not to carefully consider it for “He who disdains instruction despises his own soul, But he who heeds rebuke gets understanding”, Prov. 15:32. . Other . Religions. ?. Text: . I Jn. 4:1. Scripture Reading: Mt. 15:7-14. Is It Wrong To Criticize Other Religions?. Intro . Some people get . offended at . criticism of other religions. It . is often an emotional plea of some kind, rather than a careful study of . Universalizing religions. Islam. The second-largest world religion (about 1.3 billion adherents). Significant clusters in the Middle East, North Africa, and South Asia. Core of Islamic belief = the five pillars. ()vL2[b]m+M12()vL2[c]m+M6()vL2[d]mvL2[e]mvLAvLMm[a]equal for all collisions[b]equal but opposite for all collisions[c]equal but opposite only for elastic collisions[d]equal but opposite only for inela Introduction to World Religions. Hinduism. Buddhism. Islam. Judaism. Christianity. The following . are . general explanations . about . different world religions. .. . Learning about various religions . Get with your partner and take turns taking one or two counters from the pile of 18. . How many counters do you each have?. You should each have 9 counters.. What multiplication fact can we make from this?. Session 1. Definition. Universality. Perceptions of Divine – Relation to the World. Perceptions of Divine – Number of Deities. Primal Religions – Characteristics. Conclusions. Introduction to World Religions. Ch. 25 in Geography Textbook. Hinduism: Key Beliefs. Vedas (Holy Writing) and . Varnas. (Caste System). Hinduism = Polytheist (>3 million gods) . But they have 3 main ones). Brahma: The Creator. Vishnu: The Preserver. Geographers distinguish . two types . of . religions. 1.) . UNIVERSALIZING . religions. . that. . attempt . to be . GLOBAL by . appealing to all . people, not just those in a particular location. .. The calendar . In ethnic religions = celebration of the seasons. The Jewish calendar. The solstice . In universalizing religions = celebration of the founder’s life. The Calendar . Universalizing and ethnic religions have different approaches to the calendar. . Resources from the Long Black Freedom Struggle. Reconstruction to Rosa Parks. Reconstruction Amendments (13, 14, 15). Plessy v. Ferguson (1896). Brown v. Board of Education (1954). Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott (1955-1956. Ethnic Religions are religions that appeal to a specific group of people and are the smaller between Ethnic and Universalizing. Sometimes you must be of the ethnicity in order to be ah adherent.. The largest ethnic religion is Hinduism which claims 950 million adherents (14% of the world’s population).. Nihon no . shuukyou. What do you know . about . religions in Japan?. Make a brainstorm map for it. Statistics – Religions. Source: Central Intelligence Agency (4 October 2012), “The World . Factbook. Religion Key Issues Where are religions distributed? Why do religions have different distributions Concerned with the regional distribution of different religions and the resulting potential for conflict