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    religions, Islam, Christianity, and Judaism, are discussed. Islam is the majority religion in Iran, Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, and Turkey. The beliefs of the muslims vary by the two branches of Islam, Sunni, and Shia however there are several beliefs and practices that both branches follow. Muslims origin is from the prophet Muhammad. They believe he was the last prophet of Allah, their god. They believe he was the last person God spoke too, hence fulfilling the prophecy. Just like Christianity, Muslims

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    Exodus 20 verse 8 it says Remember the Sabbath day in Deuteronomy Verse 5 it says Observe the Sabbath day. Even though both the verses have variations they are still required to do the same thing on the Sabbath day and that is to keep the day holy and not do any work. Exodus 20 verse 11 and Deuteronomy 5 verse 15 are very different. Exodus 20 Verse 11 says that in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, and rested the seventh, the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and hallowed it. Verse 11 is just telling

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    Dear George, in this letter I will be telling you about the different Key Beliefs of Islam and Christianity, and then comparing them at the end of the essay. Islamic Beliefs: Going to paradise (Heaven). Muslims believe there are two ways of getting to paradise. 1: your good deeds verse your bad deeds, if your good deeds out way your bad deeds you go to paradise after spending some time burning in hell for your bad deeds. 2: Muslims who die as ‘Martyrs’ (a person who is killed because of their religious

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    Similarities and Differences between Christianity, Judaism and Islam There are many similarities and differences between Judaism, Christianity and Islam. There are also many differences that separate the three major religions of the world. This paper will delve into all three of them. The major similarities that all three religions share are that they are all monotheistic. This all means that they believe in one god and that he is the supreme ruler of all things. They also believe that

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    Religion, specifically Christianity, has had an impact on many American writers. God is not critical of the factors of your life that you can not control. He does not care about the characteristics you were born with, such as race or gender. He does not care if you pray in your garden, if you are a relatively new Christian, or if you were born in slavery. He sees everyone the same way. Your sins can distinguish you from someone else but if you ask for forgiveness he will forgive you and all your

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    Christianity is the biggest religion with over two billion followers. Christianity has many characters, one of the most important is Jesus. Jesus in christianity was believed to be the sun of god and the messiah. Jesus could do things regular humans couldn’t, he could perform miracles. One example of a miracle he did was healing a leper from leprosy, thus saving the hand of the lepers’ hand. After healing many people he gained many followers and made some Apostles. One night they had a big dinner

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    the other. For example, in a town by where I live in New Jersey, the Blue Law is enforced. This is all retail stores being closed on Sundays due to religious belief that the sabbath day is a holy day of rest. However, this excludes other faiths that hold Saturday as the sabbath day. This allows the undertone that Christianity is above other faiths within our law system. It also creates a Christian normativity within our society. Lippy writes that the growth of different people and the strengthening

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    Equalism In Christianity

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    Their is a place of worship for Equalism and a day of Sabbath along with a holy book also designed for this religion. First of all, Equalism originated from a man named James Arthur Baldwin. Baldwin was first a part of the Christian religion, his stepfather was a preacher for a protestant church in their community. He left the church and the Christian faith to create something of his own and live the way he felt was right. He claimed that Christianity was reinforcing the system of American slavery by

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    The two religions I have chosen to write my essay on are Christianity and Judaism. There are many different religions in the world today, however these two sparked my interest. I learned some interesting similarities and differences between these two religions. Christianity was founded by Jesus, Peter, and Paul in Southern Levant in 30 C.E. Christian beliefs center around Jesus of Nazareth who is a teacher and a healer who lived in the first century of Palestine. The Gospels were written between

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    Christianity Compared to Judaism and Buddhism Christianity is one of the world's most popular religion, Buddhism and Judaism are widely used also. Buddhism is a religion widely used in China and India. Judaism is a religion that is somewhat scarce but it used across the world. Christianity is the world's most popular religion and used very much in America. All 3 of these religions had special traditions including Christianity. Christianity believed that Jesus was their savior and was crucified

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