... ". The Pharisees also believe in the "Final Judgement" and "resurrection of the dead". After this final judgement, those who were of good faith and had atonement will go on to "Paradise", yet those who were evil will go on to "Gehenna" or hell. The Sadducees on the other hand, do not believe in any sort of afterlife. For the Sadducees there ... ", where this world will be at peace. In regards to other religions, these Jews believe that non-Jews will also be resurrected and allowed to live in this so-called "Paradise", as long as they too had lived ethical and moral lives....

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... not betray, do not be excessive, do not kill a newborn child." And he also said, "Whoever has killed a person having a treaty with the Muslims shall not smell the fragrance of Paradise, though its fragrance is found for a span of forty years." Also, the Prophet Muhammad has forbid punishment with fire. He once listed murder as the second of the major sins ... of the monotheistic religions teach people to be criminals, yet religion cannot prevent immoral behavior. All religion can do is show people the right way to live and promise them a paradise in the hereafter as long as they follow ...

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... of the Father's that, "It is written, better to be a fool all your days than for one hour to be evil. He who causes his neighbors to feel shame loses paradise himself."" Then one day the towns' people come to Gimpel and tell him of a woman. They say that she is "virgin pure- but has a limp, though that it is a deliberate ... ...

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... . Jews believe that they get rewarded or punishment in heaven or hell or they get the denial of an afterlife. For Islams they believe that faithful believers will go to paradise (heaven) for or nonbelievers will be punished and go to hell....

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... . They believe all people are born "pure" and corrupt themselves through ungodly acts. By fallowing "Gods" wishes and begging forgiveness for the times they don't, they earn their entrance into "paradise" after death. Christian's views differ in several important aspects. Christians are polytheists, believing in several different "Supreme Beings". They believe in the "creator" who granted them life, but they also ... ...

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... a religious order. The Pharisees were thinkers, preachers, and teachers. They defined the essentials of Judaism. Those essentials were righteousness of God and freedom of man, individual immortality, judgment after death, paradise, purgatory, hell, the resurrection of the deceased, and the Kingdom of God (Chouraqui 21, 26). Jesus, His family, and the people of his time were heavily influenced by their religion ... ...

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... all his life. "It is written, better to be a fool all your days then for one hour to be evil...For he who causes his neighbor to feel shame loses Paradise himself." The theme of the story, which is much like a fable, is very clear and understood. Gimpel has been a fool all his life, never retaliating, and never causing harm to ... ...

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... as their ideas were, the religions actually have a lot in common. Each religion strived to reach one ultimate goal. For example, Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity, and Hinduism all want to reach a paradise, whether it be Heaven, Nirvana, or Moksha. Taoism and Confucianism all wish to seek "the way of life". The seven religions each also had a sense of ethics, teaching what is ... ...

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