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Belief Systems
Question | Answer |
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What is the YOUNGEST monotheistic religion? | ISLAM |
What 2 philosophies remained regional? | CONFUCIANISM and DAOISM |
What religion has no single founder? | HINDUISM |
What type of belief system has no teaching about life after death? | PHILOSOPHY |
“The Prophet said: ‘Give in charity and do not withhold it, otherwise Allah will withhold it back from you." What holy book is this from? | QURAN/KORAN |
You have heard that it was said, ‘An eye for and eye and a tooth for a tooth.’ But I say to you, do not resist one who is evil. But if anyone strikes you on the right cheek, turn to him the other?" What belief system is this from? | CHRISTIANITY |
"As a man casts off worn-out garments and puts on new ones, so the embodied soul casts off the worn-out body and enters other new ones." What belief system does this reflect? | HINDUISM |
First major religion to believe in one god? | JUDAISM |
What are the 3 monotheistic relgions? | Judaism, Christianity and Islam |
What belief system believed in the Middle Way-a life of calm detachment | Buddhism |
Holy month of fasting in Islam is called? | RAMADAN |
The holy trip all Muslims must make once is called............ | HAJJ |
What is the difference between Christians understanding of Jesus and Muslims understanding of Muhammad? | Jesus is divine - the Son of God Muhammad is mortal - a teacher or prophet |
What beleif system made a covenant with God, believed they were God’s chosen people? | JUDAISM |
What is the ultimate goal of Hinduism? | MOKSHA |
The Buddhist philosophy teaches that suffering ends by............... | giving up selfish desires. |
The terms Brahman, dharma, and moksha are most closely associated with which religion? | HINDUISM |
I led my people out of slavery from the Egyptians and toward our promised land. God gave me the 10 commandments on Mount Sinai. Who am I and what belief system did I found? | MOSES - JUDAISM |
I reached nirvana. This condition is deep, difficult to see, difficult to understand, tranquil, excellent, beyond the reach of mere logic, subtle, and to be realized only by the wise. Who am I> | THE BUDDHA |