...Jesus vs. Mohammad “Compare and Contrast” Introduction The information contained in this document is to depict two highly religious idols, and how they influence many during their ages. Jesus was the center and founder of Christianity, while Mohammed was a great prophet of Islam. Christianity and Islam are the largest religions in the world. They account for over 2 billion of the world’s population. Christianity and Islam also share many things in common, but they differ in other aspects. Although, Jesus and Mohammed lived righteously by the principles that were created by them, they affected humanity like an echo in the past and present. This research is to compare and contrast the key elements of Jesus and Mohammed historically, respectively, and how their legacy is still being carried out in the world today (Wikipedia, 2008). (1) Trace the lives of Jesus and Mohammed historically The Life of Jesus Christ (**6** BC - **29-33** AD) Historians do not exactly know the birth date of Jesus Christ. It has been said his birth took place on or around December 25th 6 BC in the city of Jerusalem. This day is traditionally celebrated by Christians as the birthday of Jesus. Jesus was born unto a father Joseph, and a mother “The Virgin Mary. Other than shortly after his birth, little is known of the life of Jesus other than what is recorded in the “Four Gospels”. These events were written some fifty to eighty years after the death of Jesus. These Gospels are derived of an...
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...World Religions Report Stanley Akesson HUM/130 April 7, 2013 Thomas Thiessen I have decided to compare the Christianity faith of United Church of Christ (UCC) along with Islam. Christianity was started with Jesus and ended with the belief and practice which centers on the resurrection of Christ. I will show how the faiths split and divided into three major branches over the centuries. Protestantism, evolved in the 16th century during the Reformation. United Church of Christ (UCC) was part of the in the 1950’s Congregational Churches of the English Reformation with Puritan New England roots in America, and the Christian. Islam was started by The Prophet Muhammad and according to Muslim belief, the angel Gabriel appeared to Muhammad. His life's work is recorded in the Qur'an, the sacred text of Islam. The Holy Quran is a compilation of the verbal revelations given to the Holy Prophet Muhammad over a period of twenty two years Summary of Interview Reverend Joseph Blotz, became a Minister of Faith Formation in August 2010. He is currently assigned to the United Church of Christ (UCC) in Mansfield, Connecticut. Where did everything come from? Reverend Blotz describes where everything comes from with the many stories from the Bible of how the world and everything came to be. It is God’s action that brought the world into existence and order. What is the ultimate problem with the world? A large problem with the world is ultimately broken relationship between God and people...
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...Comparison and Contrast Paper Founder(s) of the religion There are five major religions of Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism and Judaism have a different origins. The founder of Christianity was Jesus Christ. He was born in Bethlehem around 6-4BC. He was the son of Joseph and the Virgin Mary and in his early years most like trained as a carpenter under his father. Around the age of 30 he was baptized by John the Baptist and at the moment it was said the heavens opened up and God proclaimed that Jesus was his son and resulted in the beginning of his ministry and established a group that he called the twelve apostles. It was around this time where Jesus spent forty days and nights wandering the desert avoiding three temptations from Satan; hunger, power and faith. On Passover, he shared the last supper with his disciples when Jesus was arrested and condemned to death. On the third day, he resurrected from the dead and on the fortieth day after his resurrection, Jesus appeared, told to spread His word and ascended into heaven. The founder of Islam is the prophet Muhammad. Muhammad was born in 570 AD in Makah. In this early life, he was raised by his grandfather and after he died, his uncle. He later wed Khadija and lived a prosperous life. While making a retreat to a mountain cave, he was visited by a presence which left him in awe and was instructed to recite words which would be the foundation of the Qur’an. After a number of years, he finally...
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...historical account of Jesus Christ and the Prophet Mohammed. It continues by discussing the impact of their deaths had upon their followers and worshippers. A continuation is made by detailing how each figure is worshipped and how their words are kept alive in present times. The Life of Jesus The religion of Christianity has a foundation that is based around the teachings of Jesus Christ of Nazareth whose life story is told in the New Testament in the Bible. Jesus of Nazareth also widely known as Jesus Christ is the son of God according to Christians. The exact date of his birth is not known, however he was born to a virgin named Mary who had a fiancée, a carpenter names Joseph. Before her pregnancy an angel named Gabriel appeared before Mary is a dream and prophesized she would give birth to a male child, upon her pregnancy the angel reappeared to Joseph and instructed him to Mary the pregnant virgin. “About 2000 years ago God sent an angel to Israel, to a virgin named Mary. She was engaged to Joseph, a carpenter. The angel told Mary that by God's power, she would conceive and bear a son.” (Palmer, 2008, para. 1) . Word of the Messiah’s birth soon traveled and got the attention of Three Wise Men who traveled from the Far East, the men wanted to worship Jesus and in an attempt to find him they visited a King named Herod who led Judea. In an effort to find Jesus and kill him, Herod tricked the Wise Men and told them he too wanted to worship Jesus and to inform him when...
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...There is an abundance of different cultures around the world and with every culture comes a variety of religions. Ninan Smart states in her book The Religious Experience, “To understand human history and human life it is necessary to understand religion, therefore, one must understand other nations' ideologies and faiths in order to grasp the meaning of life as seen from perspectives often very different from our own” (p. 1). People all over the world try to search for an answer to life’s biggest question, “What is the meaning of life?”. Therefore, many people tend to turn towards religion for guidance. Although the answers to life’s fundamental questions are different from religion to religion, the answers still provide purpose, meaning, and hope. There has to be a reason for “why I am here?” or for allowing us to be aware of a purposeful life “who am I?” Nothing in life is utterly pointless and...
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...to believe in. To what extent do your personal religious (or non-religious) beliefs about life impact your sense of business ethics and personal decision-making? Again my personal view about my beliefs in life should be fully involve to where it is the foundation of business ethics, and decision making. Those things need to reflect in what I claim to believe in. 2. Does it seem odd to connect every belief we have about life back to what we believe about God? To me it does not seem odd to connect what I believe in with life, because knowing who the author of life allows me to connect my believes with life. Questions from article, What is a Worldview, and Why Is It Important To Me? 3. Has your answers to either of the first two questions changed after reading Article 1?My answers have not change from reading article I, because I do know understand my worldview. It has been influence through my own personal reading of scripture, that's the blueprint of my life, so I can see the meaning of the laws that make society. Referring to the meaning of the law means referring to its origins. Thats why this article did not change my answers. 4. Do you believe in absolute truth? Is there more than one way/religion to understanding absolute truth about God and the meaning of life? I do believe in absolute truth, because it's the only way to find meaning of life. I believe other beliefs could be the starting point of finding truth, but their paths does not...
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...Scriptures: God and Creation Worksheet For Part 1 of this assignment, you will complete this worksheet by finding the Scriptures listed below. Please keep your answers brief. Solid academic writing is expected. Refer to the GCU Academic Writing Guidelines in the Student Success Center. Give a brief summary after each passage listed below. God: Matthew 3:13-17 – The baptism of Jesus is explained in this passage as well as the impact that it had on him. It also explains the role John played in Jesus’ life and who he really was. Matthew 28:16-20 – This passage explains how the people helped get the word of God out to others. It also explains the power that was given to Jesus. I Corinthians 12:3-6 – This passage teaches us that while we may do something’s that Jesus could do, we cannot do them all. We will never be him. John 1:1-5 – This passage discusses the start of things. It is vital that we remember that no matter how difficult life may seem as long as we have the word of God there is nothing that we cannot handle. John 17:20-26 – We are a part of Jesus who is a part of God who are all one. 2 Corinthians 13:14– God has given us grace. No matter what obstacles we may face throughout life, it is by his grace that we endure. ------------------------------------------------- The scriptures above shape the world view of a Christian because they explain how important God is. These scriptures help explain the foundation on which our faith is built on. Give a brief...
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...play, the characteristics of Death are viewed as the same as a human's physical death. In the Literature Criticism from 1400 to 1800, the author brings to attention that "[t]he themes in Everyman are strongly reflected in the allegorical characters which populate the work." The play opens up with "[h]ere beginneth a treatise how the High Father of Heaven sendeth Death to summon every creature to come and give an account of their lives in this world, and is in manner of a moral play." In Everyman, Death is merely a carrier and transporter for God. From the beginning of the play, it is known that Death is set beneath God. God uses Death as His messenger to tell Everyman that his time is up on earth and that he must give an account of his life. From the beginning God is seen in the play as in control and as the lone authority. God sees that Everyman is not living righteously and calls on Death to give Everyman the news of his summoning....
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...Jesus’ Upside-Down Kingdom The Upside-Down Kingdom is a different perspective that Jesus delivers and an overturned outlook that He shares. Jesus did not view life like the religious people, but He brought a new order of things. Jesus showed us a different viewpoint of the way we should be living. Jesus taught and gave a deeper understanding, which was usually different than the way most understood. Through Jesus’ teachings and parables He showed an upside-down kingdom. Jesus was not concerned with the rules and regulations of the Pharisees but was more concerned with living by the true laws of God and not the laws of man. Throughout time the religious had added so many rules to the written Torah, they had made an oral Torah filled with...
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...education. The disciple-maker is endeavoring to create fellow disciples who are followers of Jesus that worship and love Him. However, when it comes to making disciples it is important to establish what the content and curriculum is in their pedagogy. The content is the Holy Word of God, the Bible. The content encompasses everything that disciples will be taught. The big picture here of spiritual pedagogy is like a container and the contents of the container are everything that is fed to a disciple’s mind, but the disciple cannot receive it all at once. Therefore, you take small portions out of the container at a time and feed it the disciple, which is the curriculum (a lesson). Once the container is empty, the basics should have been fed to the disciple and he/she is strong enough to begin serving Christ. However, feeding on the Word of God is not over, the disciple now simply refills his container, but this time is not milk or soft food, it is the meat (the deeper parts of the faith and scripture). The principles to be observed in a curriculum plan will be, first, the biblical messages chosen that exemplify the Bible. The content of the curriculum plan to be employed in the ministry venue where this writer serves will be strictly Bible-based. It will control the curriculum because in a church setting the whole objective of education is making well-grounded disciples who worship and love Jesus. The desire of the Lord in Christian education is not that we create intelligent believers...
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...within society. Jesus is the tallest figure, towering above the others making Him the most important figure of the painting.He represents the government. He rules over a group of people, has the power to do anything He pleases, and is treated with the utmost respect by those that agree with Him. The Virgin Mary, the second tallest figure in the painting represents the upper class. She has the closest connection to Jesus, (remembering He’s our government) and can have almost anything she wants by way of her relationship to Him, similar to how the people of the upper class are exempt from paying most taxes. Just as the government officials are treated similar those in the upper class, Jesus and Mary are treated similar. They both receive respect and are looked to for guidance from the rest of society. St. John represents the upper middle class and the middle class. He spends most of his time supporting Jesus and his teachings, just as the middle classes spend most of their earnings paying taxes to fund government expenses. Mary Magdalene is the fourth tallest figure and she represents the working class. She depends on Jesus for guidance in her “new” life, but has learned how not to live her life. The people of the working class depend on the government for minor things like rights to form unions, but overall they can support themselves.The Donor, the shortest figure, represents the lower classes. He has the most dependent relationship with Jesus. He looks to Jesus for spiritual...
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...aspects in the painting; from the Holy family, Mary, Joseph, and Jesus; to Adam, Eve, and plenty of saints. The representation of these earthly and otherworldly figures shows the aspects of this world and the next. The lower middle piece physically reflects this with the horizon as the divider between the worlds. The saints and other peoples on the ground represent the present and our actual life, the dove in the sky and the rays from the sun represent the heavens and the afterlife (Glover). The lower middle panel is the most intricate piece in this painting. The Lamb, located on top of the altar, carries a large amount of significance which this paper will go into detail. Christ is represented twice in this painting. Christ is shown as the Celebrating Priest in the upper level seated on the throne with his crown (Philip 61). The second representation of Christ is the Lamb of God being sacrificed on the altar. Its position on the hill indicates how the Host is elevated at the consecration. It serves a double purpose in that it shows the importance of the lamb being above everyone else (Philip 62). The sacrifice of the lamb echoes the sacrifice that Jesus Christ made dying on the cross. Since Jesus was also shown as the priest in this painting, that means that Christ is both committing and being a victim to the sacrifice (Philip 63). This is a central idea of the Church. It can be a confusing aspect having Jesus represented in two different ways. The Catholic faith asserts that...
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...Jesus and Muhammad Paper Instructor: Pablo Cuadra Axia College Still alive today are the teachings of the Prophet Muhammad and Jesus of Nazareth. Many lives across the world have been affected and inspired by the life and death of the Prophet Muhammad and Jesus. In their religion, both Jesus and Muhammad were considered to be the greatest prophets. Many who followed and practiced their faith still consider both of these men as leaders of their times. What is now called the Common Era, Jesus is believed to be born in Bethlehem a few years before. Mary gave birth to a miraculous son named Jesus, which is told by the New Testament. As, in the New Testament a carpenter named Joseph is said to believe that he is the father of Jesus. It was also said that Jesus followed in his footsteps and was a carpenter himself. During Jesus younger years, there is not much said about them in the New Testament. There is more said about Jesus in the New Testament when he was approximately thirty years old. Jesus had done many travels. Through his traveling Jesus started preaching to small groups of people. He also gathered many disciples and followers that listened to what he was preaching. Many people would follow him just to hear what he was preaching. Faith, forgiveness and humility are what Jesus would preach throughout his travels. He also preached about great mercy and God’s forgiveness. Through Jesus travels, while preaching the word, he also performed many miracles. He is a few of the...
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...watched how serious art was to him and how smoothly new ideas came across his mind. This painter of 14th century Italian painting was known for his set of 39 frescoes that had a biblical context to it. Giotto during his time was going beyond the Byzantine empire style of work. He created artwork that had humanistic ideas and seemed very hands on and life like. He even went along and created three dimensional artwork because that was how his mind worked. He was not the typical artist. He knew how to do above and beyond most artists and looked at things very precisely. By doing so Giotto was far ahead of his time. The most religious piece of artwork by this painter is the Kiss of Judas. Every time this piece of art is mentioned another name is typically heard called, The Betrayal of Christ. When this piece is mentioned another artist is mentioned named Duccio because he made two more works about the same Giotto piece out of mosaic and tempera. Often these three different paintings are compared. Although they are all very different they all are the same when it comes to how they all include movement and identifies Judas and Jesus...
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...the passage Galatians 2:15-21 is that the Galatians were living by doing good works instead of living through faith in Jesus Christ. The Galatians needed to die to the law in order to fully center their lives on Jesus (The International Bible Commentary, p. 1421). Paul points out what the Galatians are doing and then gives and example of how living through the law instead of by faith was not valuing Jesus Christ’s death on the cross. To the Galatians it meant that their whole doctrine of belief was wrong. They believed in salvation through following the law completely and Paul showed them that is not how you get salvation in Jesus Christ. You receive God’s grace by having faith in Him because no one can fulfill all of the law (The IVP New Testament Commentary Series, p. 74)....
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