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    Christianity answers suffering by allowing Christians to understand why evil dominates and how resisting the temptations will end with forgiveness. Christian’s believe that God created the universe and everything within it. God’s plan for creation was rooted in goodness, yet suffering is a result of human’s betrayal against God. This comes from the choice Adam and Eve made in Genesis. They chose to eat the forbidden fruit from the tree when God told them not too. They chose evil and it has affected

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    The Christian and Muslim responses to the Black Death differed greatly. The believed causes for the tragedy differed, along with the reactions that people had. Also, the demographics were different. Documents 4, 5, 7, and 8 all talk about the believed cause of the plague. Documents 7 and 8 are what the Christians believed to be true about the plague, while Document 4 talks about what the Muslims thought was the cause of the plague. Christians believed that the Jews were the cause of the plague

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    Christian and Islamic faiths responded to the Black Death in a similar manner.Both faiths had very similar ideas of how the black death came about, and also the same prevention techniques to keep it away. religion, medical views, and even the jewish all play apart in how their responses varied. though in many ways they were the same they did have some differences. First we are going to look at both faiths religious views on the Plague. Christians saw the Plague as a punishment from God. They

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    with my father because of difficulties in our relationship. This was a period of time in my life where I felt very hurt and confused by not only my earthly father but also my heavenly father as to why I was going through this experience. The first response I had towards God during this time was asking him to fill the role of father tangibly in my life. It was very hard for me to deal with this experience in my life but I knew that God was sending me the guidance and people that I needed in my life

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    Based on the documents, both Muslims and Christian had similarities and differences to their response to the Black Plague; one similarity was how both religions took a more scientific approach about the epidemic and one difference was how their greatly their populations were affected. Both Christians and Muslim behaved differently during the Black Plague. Their main differences were how they both treated the Jews. Christians believed that Jews poisoned wells, therefore they produced the Plague

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    cultures/religions responded? The Christian and Muslim responses were vastly different. For example, their ideas of what caused the plague were, how they believed the widespread death could be stopped, and their overall actions during the time of a grand pestilence are just some of the ways their reactions were different. As a result of these reactions, some might believe the Muslims had a much more calm and reasonable reaction over the semi-chaotic

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    Christian and Muslim responses to the Black Death. Indeed the Christian and Muslims specifically believed it was a punishment from God. For instance the muslims on the other hand thought if it was from God it has to be good. The christian people believed that God was punishing them for sinning. The plague killed 25 - 45% of the populations it came in contact with. They both had some similarities in trying to prevent the Christians and Muslims from getting the Black Death. The black death was caused

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    there were multiple responses coming from all types of people such as Muslims and Christians. However, Christian and Muslim people responses toward the Black Death were immensely different because of how they treated the bodies of the Black Death victims, the violent behavior Christian people responded with compared to the nonviolent one of Muslims, and Christian people blaming the Black Death as a divine act compared to Muslim people not blaming anyone. To begin, Muslim and Christian people responded

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    Christian Response to Third World Poverty and Injustice b) Every disciple, every authentic Christian, must be on the road: not yet arrived or perfect, but moving, striving, falling and restarting in hope, and this ethos applies to the tackling of Third World poverty and injustice. Over one billion people are living in poverty today.The gap between rich and poor is getting wider. All over the world, disparities between rich and poor, even in the wealthiest of nations

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    Africa, and Europe that they themselves used. (doc. 1) In five short years, the plague killed between 25 and 45% of the populations it encountered. (doc 2) So how different were the Christian and Muslim responses? In 1348 Christianity and Islam came face to face with the Black Death. (doc. 3A) In truth, Muslims and Christians responded in many different ways. Their ideas for what caused the Black Death were somewhat different from each other also. Even the way they thought they could cure the

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