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Published on Mar 29, 2016

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

WORLD RELIGIONS

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JUDAISM

Founder: Abraham

Date founded: 2,500 BC

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Known Writings: The Torah and Tanakh

Beliefs About...

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God
The belief in one indivisible God. They also worship multiple gods

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Jesus
They believe Jesus in the indivisible God

Holy Spirit
They believe the Holy Spirit is the divine aspect of prophecy and wisdom

Salvation
They believe they don't need personal salvation

Death
They believe death isn't the end of human existence

CHRISTIANITY

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Founder: Jesus

Date Founded: 33 AD

Known Writings: The Bible

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Beliefs About...

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God
God is the eternal being who created and preserves the world

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Jesus
Jesus is considered to be the Christ and believed that through his death and resurrection, humans can be reconciled to God.

Holy Spirit
The Holy Spirit is the third person of the Trinity

Salvation
Salvation is the saving of the soul from sin and it consequences

Death
Death is the on,y beginning of eternal life in heaven.

ISLAM

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Founder: Muhammad

Date Founded: 622 CE

Known Writings: Qur'an and the Hadith

Beliefs About...

God
They believe that god(Arabic) is the all-powerful and all-knowing creator of the universe

Jesus
He is considered to be the Messenger of God and al-Masih(Messiah)

Holy Spirit
1. It creates their spirits
2. It is used to provide Divine Guidance to the Believers

Salvation
They have no plan

Death
They believe that on one day decided by Allan, and known

HINDUISM

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Founder: None

Date founded: 1500 BC or earlier

Known Writings: Sruti, Smruti, and Veda

Beliefs About...

God
They say they believe in one supreme God who created the universe. That God made many gods too.

Jesus
They say that Jesus' proclamation was/is "the Father and I are one"

Holy Spirit
They have Shakti instead of the Holy Spirit

Salvation
The salvation for a Hindu is called Mokasha

Death
Hindus believe in the rebirth and reincarnation of souls

BUDDHISM

Founder: Siddharta Gautama

Date Founded: 520 BCE

Known Writings: Tripitaka, Mahayana, and Tibetan Book of the Dead

Beliefs About...

God
They have many gods; they can't have just one god it's a foreign concept for them.

Jesus
Jesus isn't mentioned in any of their texts, but they say that Jesus and Buddhist have many similarities.

Holy Spirit
Buddhist think the Holy Spirit can inform them on some of the similarities between the function of the spirit and Buddhist truth of Dharma

Salvation
For Buddhist salvation is reaching Nirvana- which is were you became a Buddhist.

Death
For Buddhist death is not the end of life for them, it's the end of the body we inhabit in this life.

SIKHISM

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Founder: Guru Nanak

Date Founded: 1500

Known Writing: Adi Granth

Beliefs About...

God
They believe their is no one superior the God

Jesus
They don't believe he is the on,y one to attain salvation.

Holy Spirit
They don't believe in the Holy Spirit.

Salvation
They believe anyone can achieve salvation.

Death
Considered a natural process and God's will.

TAOISM

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Founder:

Date Founded:

Known Writings:

Beliefs About...

Jesus

Holy Spirit

Salvation

Death

Founder: None

Date Founded: None

Known Writings: Kojiki and Nihongi

Beliefs About...

God
Commonly translate Kami as spirit or god

Jesus
They believe he was their translator, they keep his grave in Japan

Holy Spirit
They thought everything had a spirit

Salvation
They believe salvation is based on the belief that all living things have an essence soul or spirit known as "Kami"

Death
They hold negative views on death

CONFUCIANISM

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