The Use Of Moral Codes In The Beatitudes

Hinduism is the world’s oldest religion. India, being the birthplace to many other religions such as Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism, somehow managed to keep Hinduism as the leading religion in India to date. We will take a look into the devotion of Hindu religion and explore the symbols and significance of events during puja. In order to provide the best understanding of Hinduism, therefore we will explore the practices of today vs. practices of centuries past. Observing major components of Bhakti will help shed light on the importance of those who worship under these ancient and sacred teachings. With the use of Van der Leeuw’s Braided Method throughout the text, it will provide a reassurance that biases or discrimination are unwelcome, nevertheless a neutral standpoint of an observer’s position will be asserted (Cantelo 2016).

Analyzing the Christian faith, one might ask if it provides an acceptable base for the life the individual hopes to live. Considering the Christian faith, there are many strengths within this faith. This faith teaches respectable ethics and morals. Matthew 5:44 (New Living Translation) “But I say, love your enemies! Pray for those who persecute you!” The Christian faith teaches the word of God, which is all about love, compassion, and caring. The Christian faith teaches that there is hope for eternal life with God and how to gain this life. There is not a weakness of the actual Christian faith, nonetheless the weakness stands among the people who claim to be Christians and doesn’t necessarily live their life according to God. When a person claims to love God, but continues to have hate towards others and lives immorally they are known as being hypocritical. John 13:35 (New Living Translation) Jesus told the people what marks a Christian is a love that they show for one

— It is Christianity To Do Good always — even to those who do evil to us. It is Christianity to love our neighbour as ourself, and to do to all men as we would have them Do to us. It is Christianity to be gentle, merciful, and forgiving, and to keep those qualities quiet in our own hearts, and never make a boast of them, or of our prayers or of our love of God, but always to shew that we love Him by humbly trying to do right in everything. If we do this, and remember the life and lessons of Our Lord Jesus Christ, and try to act up to them, we may confidently hope that God will forgive us our sins and mistakes, and enable us to live and die in Peace. [The Life of Our Lord, Ch. 11, p. 474 of The Everyman

(Luke 10:25-37). Jesus taught this so that Christians would treat everyone the way that they would want to be treated. In Luke 6:20-26, Jesus said. “That the poor were special to him and that their suffering would be rewarded in heaven.” He also went on to say, “The rich who ignored the suffering of the poor would be punished.” One of Jesus’ most important teachings on poverty was in Matthew 25:31-46. To the affect Jesus said “Whenever you help anyone in need you are helping me.” Christians believe that when they help someone they are helping Jesus and that they will be rewarded for it. These are the main Christian teachings on wealth and poverty.

The Christian worldview holds that one is to honor God by serving others. The scriptures in the Bible teach Christians to act out of kindness, to give unto others, and to treat others as they would like to be treated. Acts 20:35 “In everything I did, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words the Lord Jesus himself said: ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive’”

The Western religions, Christianity and Judaism even had the same moral codes and that is the Ten Commandments (Thrall). These Commandments also known as the Decalogue include: You Shall have One God and no one else; You shall have no idols; You shall not use God’s Name in vain; You shall keep the Sabbath day holy; You shall honor your father and mother; You shall not kill; You shall not commit adultery; You shall not steal; You shall not lie against your neighbor; You shall not covet anything of your neighbors. In these religions you will be permitted into heaven if you follow all the rules (Wikipedia). There is a very similar list of moral codes in the Eastern religions called the eightfold path. The laws of this path involve: You must have the right view, You must have the right resolve, You must have the right speech, You must have the right conduct, You must have the right livelihood, You must have the right effort, You must have the right mindfulness, You must have the right samadhi or you must know how to meditate right.

In order to understand the values of morality, God has provided Christianity with morals to live and abide by. These morals are preached through The 10 commandments and Beatitudes. The Ten Commandments are eternal gospel principles, which God revealed to Moses in Exodus 20:1–17. Likewise, The Beatitudes are the eight declarations of blessedness, spoken by Jesus at the beginning of the Sermon on the Mount, in Matthew 5:3-12.

Christians believe that they have a responsibility for other people in the world. A responsibility towards those less fortunate is very important to Christians, they believe it is their duty to help the poor and those less fortunate. It is important for Christians to be responsible and care for the people in countries of poverty. God made people in his own image, as it stats in “Pacem in Terris,”: “God also created man in His own image and likeness, endowed him with the intelligence and freedom, and made him lord of creation, as the same psalmist declares in the words: Thou hast placed him only a little below the angels, crowning him with glory and honour and bidding him rule

A knight in the middle ages was having possessed great combat skills and who adhered to the code of Chivalry. Any free man could become a knight but the process of becoming a knight and equipping a knight with a horse was very costly this meant that knights would generally come from a noble, or wealthy family. A potential knight had to have the right connections. The honour of being a knight eventually passed from a knight to his sons.

No matter which time period we look back into, society has largely opposed the ethical standards of the Bible. Since the beginning of time, with Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, man has disobeyed God. Only a few generations after the Creation, man had become so wicked that God destroyed all but one family. Each era since the Flood has had a level of disobedience and opposition to the Bible’s standards. Some have held closely to those standards. Some have been blatantly opposed. The society in which we live today in America is not only blatantly opposed, but takes great satisfaction in mocking those who hold close to the Bible. These groups of people want their standards to be those of all society.

120). Most world religions believe in the moral practice of fulfilling promises made to others. Christians are also guided by the practice of showing kindness, giving, and caring about others. I believe most people are inherently good, and have the desire to help those in need. I am not a Christian, but I believe I have a duty to serve my fellow humans, not just my fellow Americans, but people from all walks of life. I agree that Christians should not be influenced by racism or Christian exclusivism (Pg. 123). I believe it is unacceptable and unjust to judge another person based on age, sex, gender, disability, race or ethnicity, religious beliefs, nationality or any other form of

Faith and law. Those two ideas have been the pillars of civilizations for years. In fact, they may have been the two defining factors of civilizations during the early years of our lives on earth. But, in regards to The Beatitudes, The Ten Commandments, and the Code of Hammurabi, we can clearly see that there are very different ideals between them. Right off the bat, we can clearly observe that faith and law have two very different approaches at rules by which we should live by and the punishments that come with the failure to abide by these rules.

Also, Hindus believe in participating in yoga to successfully complete their Dharma. There are many different types of yoga such as Karma, Bhakti, Raja and Jnana; each of these are intended for different objectives and have different meanings. For example, Karma yoga also means action yoga, to complete this type of yoga one must do activities such as volunteering at a food shelter to help feed the poor and the hungry that cannot afford to take care of themselves. Closely related to Hinduism beliefs are Catholic beliefs. To achieve a desirable afterlife in the Catholic faith one must obey and follow the Ten Commandments, complete the seven sacraments and truly believe and have faith in God. In the same way that Hindus must complete their Dharma Catholics must complete the sacraments; these being baptism, communion, reconciliation, confirmation, marriage, anointing of the sick and lastly holy orders for those wishing to because a

Christians believe in one all-powerful, all-knowing God. Their source of wisdom is from the Holy Bible, which was, at the time, only copied and written by monks. Christians value brotherly love, forgiveness, the love of God, and other various things. In contrast of paganism, Christians view treasure as one of the seven deadly sins because hoarding it leads to greed. Although, similar to paganism, Christians value sharing. They believe it is good to share one’s fortune to those less fortunate than themselves. Doing such a task gives them a sense of good morals and the grace of God.

Christian morality is centered on assessing the ethical implications of us as people. Who we ought and be, and what actions we ought to take or avoid based on an understanding of the scripture and relevant human experiences. I do not subscribe to the divine command theory (DCT) of ethics, as I believe you can have ethics without God. The DCT proposes that what is morally right is what God has commanded (for example, love thy neighbor), and what is forbidden by God is morally wrong (i.e. murder), yet there are many who agree that murder is wrong without reading the bible to recognize this. As such, I argue that the churches moral teachings are of