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    The discussion on Christianity, Islam, and Secular Intellectualism was very enlightening. To put it mildly, I gained a new perspective from which to view Islam as well as the negative and self-defeating fruitage of Secularism. It is my belief that Christianity is the cornerstone of civilization. Without our Creator, there would be no society; neither would there be a need for advancement into civilization. God, our Creator designed us to need Him. He himself is the One upon which everything else

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    Judaism, Christianity, and Islam are the three major monotheistic religions in the world, not only do these religions differ in spirituality, but the gender roles between males and females are quite different as well. In Islam, women are allowed to take on professions, in Christianity women were healed by Jesus and followers of Christ and in Judaism, women were looked to as spiritual leaders and housewives that made an extreme impact on their children. All roles were different among these women in

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    history, different cultures and religions have created ways for the mourners to cope with the tragedy of losing a loved one. In this paper, I will be comparing the advantages offered by religious traditions for the mourners, focusing on Judaism, Christianity and Islam. In addition, I will be contrasting them with the benefits offered by our modern secular funeral services. To start, Judaism’s priorities are on community and on law. Therefore, Jewish traditions regarding procedures after the death of an

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    Again, Christianity and Islam differ in some fundamental and significant ways. Another example of these differences is the concept of sin which is not as dominant in Islam as it is in Christianity. In other words, sin is a minor issue in Islam. As an illustration, Muhammad states that if someone does not sin, Allah will wipe out that person and replaced by someone else who will be willing and capable of sinning (Muslim, Vol. 4, Book 37, Hadith No. 6622 & 6621). Thus, it is necessary, even an obligation

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    or the oneness of God is monotheism (Theodorus P. van Baaren, 2018). Judaism, Christianity and Islam are all monotheistic, Abrahamic religions meaning that they link back to Abraham. God promised the Jewish people a father figure called Abraham, who is regarded as the first patriarch of Judaism. In Christianity, it is believed that all who have faith are called children of Abraham. Abraham is known as Ibrahim in Islam. He is regarded as an important prophet. Ibrahim's first son Ishmael, is the father

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    Hinduism, Christianity, and Islam are three very prominent religions in today’s world. Although God is an extremely significant figure in all three religions, each sect offers a unique approach in describing God. Each faith has readings from sacred books that discuss their own individual beliefs on how God’s disciples should act in order to achieve eternal salvation. The “Pillar of Edicts”, written by Ashoka, is a summary of the Hindu faith, which discusses the concept of dharma in relation to how

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    It is a widely accepted fact that religion is not limited to Christianity and Islam. Instead, it also incorporates issues such as the fanaticism of expertise, worldly humanism, the consumer culture as well as the consecration to Thursday Night Rugby among other illustrations. Analysis of the historical definition of religion, it has been found that the five core features of religion are also met by politics. For this reason, it is hard to distinguish religion from a policy. As pointed out by the

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    purpose of religion, what is it? There is no exact answer for this question, but I think that it is to provide people an outline for life. In some religions, they are told how they should go about their day and how they should spend their time. Christianity, Islam, and Judaism are examples of religions that have guidelines for the people with that belief system. Christians have their version of the answer to the question of after-death. No one truly knows what comes after a fatal incident. The Christians

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    Judaism, Christianity and Islam do have an inherent thread of violence woven into the fabric of their ideation and scriptures. They do have an inherent thread because of we have seen so much violence that has been caused because of religion. Many times people are offended by others’ belief, which can cause violence due to the different perspectives. Furthermore, these religions get very protective of their beliefs, if you believe something, there must be reasons for your beliefs. Therefore, no violence

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    (Telushkin 187-189). Between the years four and two BCE Jesus was born, paving the creation of Christianity (Akin). In addition to the creation of Christianity, a mere 574 years later Muhammad was born, which marked the birth of the third monotheistic religion, Islam (Nasr). At this time Judaism had been around for thousands of years and existed in small timid numbers. Populations subscribing to Christianity and Islam struggled to believe and understand how people could subscribe to “false” beliefs, or in

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