The Key Beliefs Within Two Religious Traditions

Religion can be defined as a commitment or dedication to a particular set of beliefs. Hinduism and Christianity make up only two of the thousands of religions found around the world. Hinduism is the dominant religion in India, leading roughly 800 million followers. These followers are called Hindus from the Arabic term al hind referring to the people living across the river Indus. Countless people presume that Hinduism is a polytheistic religion. Surprisingly, most Hindus claim they have faith in only one god, Brahman. He is seen in many forms and is believed to have been the cause and foundation for all existence. However, Jesus is seen as the leader in Christianity. He is important to Christians, followers of Christianity, because of his sacrifice. The term Christian is derived from the Greek word “Christitanos” meaning follower of Christ. There are about 1.9 billion followers fairly distributed throughout the world. Because of this, Christianity is viewed as one of the largest and most widespread religions today (Stewart).

One thing is absolutely in life, death. No matter what goes on in life, one will eventually take their last breath and die. After a person dies many, religions discuss what happens to the soul, but what about the body? The question becomes what happens to the body after it decomposes? Science and research have advanced into the 21st century and made it possible to figure out step by step what happens to the body.

The concept of life after death has been around practically as long as life itself. Our beliefs about life after death can have a profound effect on our attitudes toward life. Most individual's beliefs about life after death are directly related to their cultural or religious affiliations. According to Montagu, "Of all the many forms which natural religion has assumed none probably has exerted so deep and far – reaching an influence on human life as the belief in immortality" (1955, p.15).

Many religious traditions and beliefs of the world contain different perspectives on the topic of death and afterlife. In the same way, ideas and dogmas are not only reflected directly in a funeral parlor and epitaphic practices, but

Scholars prefer to focus on religious traditions rather than just “religion” because religious traditions are “a tradition is an historical context or network of linguistic, personal, and cultural relationships” (Portier 19). Traditions can be limiting like the legal tradition in America where we carry it around because it shapes our ideas of what is right and what is wrong. Traditions can also be freeing like the civil rights movement which ended slavery and ended a limiting tradition. Traditions are used as a resource to answer the deeper questions about life. Also, scholars prefer to focus on religious traditions due to a problem associated with “religion”. The problem with “religion” is what does the term “religion” actually refer to?

Christianity is the most popular religion in the world with it’s beliefs contributing to the most widely known and accepted theory of what happens after death. Although the beliefs under Christianity differs between Christian groups, majority of Christians believe in the concept of Heaven and Hell.

Many religions have strong opinions about death since most religions believe in reincarnation, heaven or hell or an afterlife. Because of this, it is interesting to focus on different religions and their view of death. Therefore, four religions (Christianity, Islam, Hinduism and Buddhism) were chosen for the focus of my 2 arguments.

The religious traditions of both Islam and Christianity mould the believer by providing guidelines on the approach to life. The customs of the both religions provide guiding morality spiritual links. These direct links between creation and Creator differentiate between the two religions; however both hold a sole purpose in making spiritual connections.

The eternal state of the soul is a question almost every living being who is capable of comprehending has asked. What happens after one dies has created some of the greatest debates in history. For the Christian believer, there is a promise of an eternal existence with Christ (John 3:16). Conversely, the final destiny of those who have not accepted Christ as their Lord is not as clear. Through analysis of Scripture and evaluation of the major viewpoints of Restrictivists, Universal Opportunity, Postmortem Evangelism, Inclusivist, and others, it is clear that those who do not find saving grace in Jesus will spend an eternity apart from Christ.

The religious traditions of both Islam and Christianity mould the believer by providing guidelines on the approach to life. The customs of the both religions provide guiding principles to moral instincts and spiritual links. These direct links between creation and Creator differentiate between the two religions; however both hold a sole purpose in making spiritual connections.

In this essay, we will look at the Buddhist attitude towards other types of view; follow by Buddhist’s own view on death and dying. The focus will be on philosophical ideas and understandings of death and dying. II. The Buddhist Attitude Nowadays, there are two main views that dominate the attitudes to death, namely, the traditional Christian view and the modern secular views. The traditional Christian view asserts that man an immortal soul and the reality of life after death; while the modern secular view claims to be scientific, and challenges the ‘soul’ that man perish completely at physical death like animals.

Catholics base their true facts on life after death from The Apostle Creed. Through the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ he destroyed the power of sin and death, and brought new life to the world. To this day, us, Christians believe there is a life after death because we were saved by Jesus. We believe our souls live on entirely with God, where we came from, even when our body dies. This is because Jesus rose from the dead three days after his crucifixion and we believe that we will also be raised from death to new life like Jesus did, if we follow Jesus’ teachings and ways, God and eternal life awaits us in heaven.

What two religions do you think of first when you look at a picture of India? The first two that come to mind are Buddhism and Hinduism. Now they may not be the most popular religions in India but they have one thing in common, both religions were created in India and so in addition they also have similar beliefs. However regardless of its place of origin and their similarities, it still has many differences. One example of a similarity between beliefs is the process of meditation. Meditation is a practice in which you sit still and try to clear your mind of all outside conflict regardless of importance. In both religions the process is done in order to find yourself and to know your body. While they might have some differences when it comes

For centuries, people have been fascinated with death. Many questions are asked about what happens after we die, and these questions may forever remain unanswered. As well as beliefs, everyone has an idea of what they wat to happen to them after that die. You may want to be cremated and have your ashes spread across an open meadow, or you may just want to be put in a coffin, and laid into the ground. As it was hundreds of years ago with different beliefs, it is the same today. Different religions, different Gods, and different ways of thinking. But how exactly are they different?

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.