... . God himself is seen as all-powerful, having created everything with a single thought. He is seen as having three distinct parts, God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit. The first is the creator of all and sits up in heaven watching us down on earth. He is vengeful and quick to anger. That is where the second part ... and came down to earth to forgive us of our sins. If it were not for him, then we would not have a chance of getting to heaven. Last is the Holy Spirit, which is the form that is said to have come down upon the disciples at Pentecost. "Suddenly a sounds like t...

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... without first becoming Jews. Jesus was the Son of God. Mary was the virgin mother of Jesus. God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit formed the Holy Trinity. God sent Jesus into the world as the Savior to help people fulfill their religious duties. . The only way salvation ... through."" After Jesus ascended into heaven, God's presence remained on earth in the form of the Holy Spirit. In one God, there are three persons, the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. This is known as the Doctrine of the Trinity. This Doctrine is central to the teaching ... of Christianity. Forgiveness, even of one's e...

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... the history, from the inception of their religion, Moslems have been conquering the infidels, Jews, Christian, and others, taking control of the Holy Land. In this century the Moslem fundamentalists movements have become more stronger and aggressive with such terrorist activities with Osame bin Ladan, Suddam Hussein, ... hereafter. Each claims the Bible and Quran as the divine authority, while Christianity believe the Bible was written by human authors inspired by the Holy Spirit, Moslems believe Quran as the eternal world of Allah himself recited by Mohammed. ` However there are a few ...

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... practices Trinitarian monotheism. The oneness of God in Christianity is sometimes misunderstood, because Christians believe that God is triune, the Holy Trinity (the father, the son and the Holy Spirit). Christianity's image of God is more complex than it is in Judaism and Islam. Because the adherents of these religions share ... message has been corrupted in Christianity. Judaism's prophet is Moses and Jesus is believed to be a human, not the son of God or holy in any way. In Judaism, as well as Christianity, the belief is that God created humanity "in his image". There has always ... ...

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... surah is only three verses long. The shorter verses are called the Meccan surahs because it is believed that Mohammed received them in the holy city Mecca. The longer chapters are called the Medinian chapters because it is believed that Mohammad received them in Medina. The Koran contains the ... fasting, and re-enacting the pilgrimage to Mecca. Each Muslim, unless prevented by some handicap, is expected to make a hajj, or pilgrimage, to the holy city of Mecca. The hajj is made two months and ten days after Ramadan, a month of fasting remembering Muhammad's first revelation. The Koran t...

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... the other world. Through resurrection one is taken out of the medium of illness and poverty and is put near God. The aim of one's life is to become a holy spirit, and to achieve eternal existence. Otherwise, life on earth would become a hopeless dream. In daily life, the Christian's aim is to prepare for life after death. "Be prepared, because anytime ... of the universe, and it is a place where numerous spirits go, good or bad, punished or rewarded. Death does not take the body, but the spirit, and thus does not mean an end but a start of a holy life. Another example of eternity given...

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... form the basis of the new faith. The body of revelation which Allah delivered to Muhammad though the Angel Gabriel is contained in The Koran, the holy book of Islam. This book provides Muslim believer with all he needs to know to lead a good and pious life. The word Islam means " ... and religious guidance for the Islamic community. Most important are "saying" attributed to the Prophet. Another one, as mentioned in Bentley, is an Islamic holy law, known as sharia, emerged during centuries after prophet death and offered precise guidance almost every aspect of life. The rise of Islam from ...

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... wrote a famous letter to his wife stating: "Never have I witnessed such sincere hospitality and the overwhelming spirit of true brotherhood as practiced by people of all colors and races here in the Ancient Holy Land, the home of Abraham, Muhammad and all other prophets of the Holy Scriptures. For the past week, I have been utterly speechless and spellbound by the graciousness I see displayed ... all around me by people of all colors. There were tens of thousands of pilgrims, for all over the world. They were of all colors, from blue eyed blondes to black skinned Africans. But we were a...

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... wrote a famous letter to his wife stating: "Never have I witnessed such sincere hospitality and the overwhelming spirit of true brotherhood as practiced by people of all colors and races here in the Ancient Holy Land, the home of Abraham, Muhammad and all other prophets of the Holy Scriptures. For the past week, I have been utterly speechless and spellbound by the graciousness I see displayed ... all around me by people of all colors. There were tens of thousands of pilgrims, for all over the world. They were of all colors, from blue eyed blondes to black skinned Africans. But we were a...

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... the promise that he would return to earth. Another central theme of the Christian religion is the principle known as the Holy Trinity. This is the idea that Jesus was a single divine entity with three equal parts, the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Over time these teachings and beliefs grew and changed and eventually became the Christian religion that we see today. The ... religion as one that was spread through force through military efforts. These military efforts were considered a responsibility of any devout Muslim and came to be known as lesser jihads. These "holy wars" involved the...

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... fatherly love and care. The ATR followers always feel that He accepts their prayers and worship (Adedeji, 2012). ATR followers see God as somebody who is good, merciful, holy, powerful, all-knowing, omnipresent, a spirit, unchangeable, and unknowable (Adedeji, 2012). God expose Himself to the Africans as a kingly Father who is reliable and as a caretaker of the family. He is a friend who is ... war announced by tools dealers. Sango-divinity of lighting-initially a human being but was deified. This includes natural phenomena-hills, certain rivers, trees and the earth believed inhabited b...

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... extreme example of separation between creationist tales is found in the Shinto faith. The tale states that there were three deities in the beginning: The Master of Heaven, the Producing Spirit, and the Producing Ancestor. These Gods gave life to six pairs of lesser deities, who in turn created the first humans, Izanami and Izanagi. These two beings attempted to give ... every Abrahamic faith denies polytheism as sacrilege. The best example of this strictness is actually between two Abrahamic Faiths. Despite sharing the exact same God, and even using the same Holy Text (The Old Testament...

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... women's life, particularly the Quran and hadiths, or prophetic traditions based on the life and teachings of the prophet Muhammad. According to the Quran, men and women have the same spirit; there is no superiority in the spiritual sense between men and women. There are, however, moral codes, or sharia, that support the idea of complementarianism, which is a view that suggests ... women or provide men a spiritual pedestal to stand on, however, this was not the intentions of the original books or teachings of the religious practices, such as the Quran or Holy Bible. There does beg the qu...

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... statements that suffering is a punishment by God. A different way to look at suffering was brought up by Harold S. Kushner who writes "some interpret suffering as a test of an individual's spirit and commitment to God. Abraham was tested by God when God commanded him to sacrifice his son, Isaac. If you go to the marketplace, you will see the potter hitting ... would not want His creatures to suffer, and if, all powerful, He would be able to prevent their suffering [ CITATION Ste08 l 3081 ]. Despite the fact that many passages of the Holy Text of Judaism reveal that suffering maybe a pun...

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... story that God's mercy is universal as well as his love. The Book of Jonah is an example of sanctifying grace, Browning discusses it to be the "gift of the spirit" it enables one to collaborate with God in the salvation of others and this is shown through God teaching Jonah that he must help the people of Nineveh no matter ... . Murphy says, "The message is Israel should not presume to limit God's concern only to the people with whom God has covenant, but God's mercy spills out, beyond even he holy covenant to embrace the gentiles," (85). Yet, Mitchell feels that the universal mercy of G...

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... moral principles. In addition, he played the key role in proselytizing the new faith, and in establishing the religious practices of Islam. Moreover, he is the author of the Moslem holy scriptures, the Quran, a collection of certain of Muhammad's insights that he believed had been directly revealed to him by Allah. The Quran closely represents Muhammad's ideas and teachings and to ... , goat, or camel and give away a portion of the meat to the poor. Muslims all over the world celebrate the same event by performing and identical sacrifice, thus uniting in spirit to honor the end of the Pi...

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... which he preached. He fled to Medina in 622 A.D. to escape persecution for his teachings. He called his religion Islam, meaning surrender to God. His message is contained in the holy book, the Koran. After his death in 632 A.D. the spread of Islam became the objective of his followers (Watson, 1991). Islam as a universal principle lies in the nature of creation ... other created beings and constitutes the excellency which enables him to realize the truth. The heart is the point of union between Jism, the body, and the aforementioned Ruh, or spirit. "In the Islamic order of creation the ...

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