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=Comparing and Contrasting 6 Religions=

Short Answer: Write the name of the religion being described in the left hand column and sketch the symbol. Matching: Put the letter of statement in the empty box that best fills out this chart.

Symbol || **Origins & History ** |||| **Adherents (approx.) ** || **God(s) and Universe ** || **Human Situation and Life's Purpose ** || **Afterlife ** || **Practices ** |||| **Texts ** || India Indus people |||| 900 million ||  || Humans are in bondage to ignorance and illusion, but are able to escape. Purpose is to gain release from rebirth, or at least a better rebirth. || Reincarnation until gain enlightenment. || Yoga, meditation, worship, devotion to a god or goddess, pilgrimage to holy cities, live according to one's dharma (purpose/ role). ||||  || Isreal Israelites ||||  || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 8pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">One God || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 8pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Obey God's commandments, live ethically. Focus is more on this life than the next. || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 8pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Not historically emphasized. Beliefs vary from no afterlife to shadowy existence to the World to Come (similar to heaven). || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 8pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Circumcision at birth, bar/bat mitzvah at adulthood. Synagogue services on Saturdays. No pork or other non-kosher foods. Holidays related to historical events. |||| <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 8pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Torah Talmud || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 8pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">NE India <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 8pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Buddha |||| <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 8pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">360 million || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 8pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Variable: atheistic, polytheistic. Nothing is permanent. || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 8pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Purpose is to avoid suffering and gain enlightenment and release from cycle of rebirth, or at least attain a better rebirth by gaining merit. || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 8pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Reincarnation (understood differently than in Hinduism, with no surviving soul) until gain enlightenment & merge with God. ||  ||||   || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 8pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Saudi Arabia <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 8pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Muhammad || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 8pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">1.3 billion || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 8pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">One God ||  || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 8pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Paradise or Hell. || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 8pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Five Pillars: Faith, Prayer, Alms, Pilgrimage, Fasting. Mosque services on Fridays. Ablutions before prayer. No alcohol or pork. Holidays related to the pilgrimage and fast of Ramadan. || //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 8pt;">Qur'an //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 8pt;"> (Scripture); //Hadith// (tradition) ||   || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 8pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Guru Nanak || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 8pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">23 million || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 8pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">One God || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 8pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Overcome the self, align life with will of God, and become a "saint soldier," fighting for good. ||  || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 8pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Prayer and meditation on God's name, services at temple, turban and five Ks. Balance work, worship, and charity. No monasticism or asceticism. || //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 8pt;">Adi Granth (Sri Guru Granth Sahib) // ||  ||
 * **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 115%;">Religious **
 * || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 8pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">2000 BC
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 * ||  |||| <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 8pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">2 billion || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 8pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">One God who is a Trinity of Father, Son, and Holy Spirit || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 8pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">All have sinned and are thereby separated from God. Salvation is through faith in Christ and, for some, sacraments and good works. || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 8pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Eternal heaven or hell (or temporary purgatory). || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 8pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Prayer, Bible study, baptism, Eucharist (Last Supper), church on Sundays, major holidays focused on life of Jesus. |||| <span style="font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 11px;">Old and New Testaments ||
 * |||| <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 8pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">622 AD,
 * |||| <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 8pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">1500 AD, Punjab, India.