Christianity, Islam, And Buddhism

There is belief of life after death. The soul of a dead person first lingers around the earth for three days as a result of separation from its body. On the third day, the soul is judged by its doings an is either taken to paradise (heaven) or to the world of punishment (hell).

​This paper will analyze afterlife in Hinduism and in Catholicism. Afterlife will be considered in the Catechism of the Catholic Church 1020-1060 and in Romans 10. Afterlife will also be considered in Bhagavad Gita 2:27, Obayashi page 146 and in Rig Veda 10.14.8. This topic is intriguing because death is a part of life and it is interesting to see the different perspectives of their two religions and of what happens in the afterlife. Besides the perspectives, this topic studies the greatest mystery of life, death which is an uncommon topic since people usually shy away from talking about this because of the emotional implications that it brings to people.

The following religions Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism and Judaism are among the top religions when evaluating the number of followers they encompass worldwide (Henderson, 2005, p.1). Through assessing these major belief systems and their views, diversity between them is apparent. These multiplicities range from Hindus who acknowledge multitudes of gods to Muslims who believe in one God, Allah. Although the variety of beliefs and practices exist their remains some central concepts such as the belief that one being will bring about the unification of religions. For example, Buddhists belief they will experience the coming of Maitrya, Hindus believe in coming of the Kalki Avata, the Jews and Christians believe in a Messiah and the Muslims believe in the coming of Mahdi (Woodward, 2000). The Hand of Bodhista Maitreya is an artifact that communicates the concept that these religions, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism and Judaism, all believe that a unifying religion will one day come to fruition. Artifacts such as, Hand of Bodhista Maitreya, can represent the faith of Buddhism but in addition hold within its art form a universal concept that represents beliefs of other faiths. Some argue that the artifact, Hand of Bodhista Maitreya, is a fragmented from a full body statue that represents Maitreya that is only significant to the Buddhist community; however this representation of Maitreya is relevant to religions and societies all over the world, because

Hinduism, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism and Christianity developed centuries ago and have been practiced since then to today. Groups of people who practice these religions are bound to the conventional norms, beliefs, cultures and way of life of each. Each religion has a particular faith in a supreme being (Woodhead, Partridge & Kawanami, 2016). Muslims believe in Allah, Christians believe in Jesus Christ, Hindus believe in multiple Gods (Coomaraswamy, 2011) and Buddhism follower’s belief in various Gods and their enlightened priests especially the "most high priests" Buddha Almond, P. C. (2007). All these religions regard their places of which as sacred places which

In other words, people die physically, but are alive in spirit with God. There is a constant hope for heaven, and a fear of hell when Christians contemplate their afterlife. When they pass away in the physical world, there is a Judgement Day in heaven. This day is when God judges the peoples’ sins and repentance, and acts accordingly. The people could either be condemned to hell, or granted entrance into heaven on this day.

World religions have been a key factor in the development of the world throughout the course of time. Religions like Christianity, Judaism, and Islam have been the major players in the development. These religions impacted the world and future development through their holidays, foods, and through their sports.The future of the world was shaped around these three religions and more is yet to come. They impacted the world in many ways, but there were certain things like all the different holidays and the different cultures that were practiced to make the world have a more diverse culture.

Judaism, Christianity, and Islam are among the best known and most widely practiced religions today, and have had enormous cultural, ideological, and historical impact on the peoples of every continent. Arguably more so than any other ideological systems, Abrahamic religion has been among the most influential forces in human history. The shared elements of their traditions have allowed them to develop in part through a multi-faceted dialogue with each other. These faiths, despite sharing a common Abrahamic background and a belief in a single all-powerful God, differ in their understanding of that God and man’s relationship with him. Notwithstanding the shared doctrines of the three faiths, these theological deviations have propagated themselves into the varied and diverse methods of religious practice we see today. It is important to understand the differences between these teachings, in order to better understand their impact on the lives of billions of people.

Sikhism traditions are heavily influenced by the two religions that inspired the movement, Hinduism, and Islam. Due to these different cultural and religious influences, the traditions and practices tend to be monotheistic due to the influence of Islam, while many of the practices when it comes to worshiping and lifestyle are influenced by Hinduism. Scripture for most religions is extremely important, and that is no exception for the Sikhs. For Sikhs, the primary scripture that they use is called the Adi Granth, which hold the hymns of the first five Gurus, the ninth Guru, material from the four bards, eleven Bharts and fifteen Bhagats of the Sant, Sufi and Bhakti traditions. The second category of most sacred scripture is the Dasam Granth which was written by the tenth Guru, though it was revised later and added some more of his works and fixed the sequence of the contents. The third category of sacred scriptures consists of the works by the Bhai Guards and the Bhai Nand Lal Goya, the officially approved songs in the gurdwara. The last category of scriptures is broken into three parts janam-sakhis (birth narratives), rahit-namas (manuals of the code of conduct) and gur-bilas (splendor of the Guru).

Every religion has its own goal, and their own believes, however there are also many similarities in their believes. Although the followers of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam may see things differently, they basically hold the same values and codes. To Islam, the Prophet Mohammad’s teaching is a “complete and final revelation”. On the other hand, according to the bible, Christianity believes that Jesus Christ is the true lord and savior will grant you the access to heaven in the afterlife. Judaism is founded by Abraham, and it is the base from which both of the other two religions.While Hinduism focuses on one ultimate being of oneness. Even though the four religions differ in many areas and on many aspects, they also agree the belief in ‘One True God.’ Those religions have many similarities and a number of significant differences about God, role of prayer, and salvation.

On earth, there are seven continents, one hundred ninety-six countries and a population of seven billion one hundred twenty-five million. What makes everyone stand out is their religion and culture. There are approximately four thousand two hundred religions, faiths and belief systems in the world. Out these many faiths, the most followed and practiced ones are Christianity, Islam, Hinduism and Buddhism. Being the most practiced religion Christianity has over two billion followers. At second, Islam has over one billion adherents. Hinduism has about nine hundred million followers and Buddhism has about four hundred million followers. Soon after are Sikhism, Judaism and Baha’ism.

The Biblical teachings and the belief in an eternal soul means that many Christians believe in hell and heaven in some sort. In a basic sense, good souls who have accepted Jesus and followed God are known to go to heaven after they die and sinners and who denied are known to go to hell. However there are vast varying in how afterlife will happen and what is the nature distinction of heaven and hell are. Many Catholics also believe in the existence of purgatory, a place where the souls are cleansed from the sins, so that they can enter heaven in the presence of God. Some Christians believe that when people die, their souls are at rest or asleep ‘forever’ and are unaware of time passing, until judgement day. Judgement day for Christians is known as the day in which God raises all beings, who are Judged and will enter either Heaven Hell, others believe that after death those who followed Jesus are immediately resurrected to entre ‘the kingdom of

Hinduism, Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Buddhism these are the different types of religions that exist in our society. Religion is a prominent part of most people 's lives in our contemporary world. Religion is a cultural system, in this system, there are different beliefs that are normally unique to the religion. In most religions, there is a belief in spiritual beings also known as God. Many people around the world practice their religion by following what is expected of them according to history of the religion. Religion influences people and is a factor in shaping one 's perception. Virtually, people tend to follow the rules of the religion they practice. With this our society will adopt these ideas and this will be a factor in shaping one 's perceptions. Religion can also lead to stereotypes, that create an title for people who are part of the religion. This stereotypes are not an accurate representation of the people who practice this religion, and are just what some people perceive. An example of religious stereotypes that exists in our society due to previous actions is that all Islamic people are terrorists. Before I talk about this, I would like to state my opinion on this topic. I do not believe that Islamic people are terrorist and I believe sadly our society are trying to blame it on somebody. Islamic people are called terrorists because of the actions of other Islamic people in the past. On September 11, 2001 aircrafts were hijacked and crashed

Many religions are practiced throughout the world. The most common ones are l Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, and Hinduism. Each of these have their own views, preachers and followers. Every religion is independently known because of its distinguishing holy being and god to be worshipped. Religions give their followers the particular strategies and rules in which to lead their lives. These rules and strategies give the distinctive identity to the followers of the particular religion. The religion assists the followers in improving and making better the sense of the world in which they are spending their lives. Thus religion gives their followers the particular way and teachings to follow in order to guide their lives.

War and terrorist bombings, attacks and crusades: these conflicts are all over three main regions whose religious text that hold a similar idea? The Bible, The Torah, and the Koran share similar ideas about religion; however, they seem so...antipode. If they are so similar, why not accept their differences and peacefully coexist? Humans always feel the need for their daemon to be on top; one alpha, one god. Christianity, Judaism and Islam pronounces that their “god” is supreme to all other gods of different religions; in some cases they even claim there is only one god.

Many different religions around the world see the importance in life after death but these beliefs do vary a lot and each religion will believe completely different things. Two core religions in this essay that will be looked into are Islamic and Catholic. What do they believe will happen when someone dies? Is there another life after they die? Heaven? Hell? Or Paradise? Through this you will the importance in the belief of life after death, and the practices, rituals, and prayers that provide evidence and physical proof of how they show this belief. Then to go onto to discuss the wider implications holding onto these beliefs can have.