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World Religions
vocabulary to study
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| religion | belief in or devotion to faith or observance |
| belief | a strong feeling that something exists or is true |
| ritual | something that you do regularly according to the religion |
| polytheistic | the belief in many gods |
| monotheistic | the belief in one god |
| parable | a short simple story illustrating a moral or spiritual truth |
| sacred | holy |
| philosophy | the study of basic ideas of knowledge, truth, right and wrong, and the meaning of life |
| faith | a devotion to believing |
| worship | the outward showing of respect |
| temple, church, synagogue | places to worship |
| dharma | religious duties |
| karma | the idea that your good or bad actions will determine your fate |
| Vedas | holy book of Hindus |
| testament | story, actual truths |
| Torah | first five books of the Hebrew Bible |
| prophet | a person who is believed to speak for a god |
| enlightenment | to give knowledge or understanding to; instruct |
| deity | god or supreme beings |
| Ten Commandments | a list of behaviors presented by Moses to which all Jews and Christians live by. |