INTRO TO WORLD RELIGION

Torah is the centralbooks studied and lived by.

The following are Western Religions EXCEPT:

Western believers are MONOTHEISTIC

Organized system of beliefs, ceremonies, and rules used to worship a god or a group of gods.

Qur’an is the centralbooks studied and lived by.

A belief in that there is only one God who could have designed and created the universe

Who viewed TIME as Linear, from beginning to end.

The systematic study of the existence and nature of the divine.

A collection of beliefs about life and the universe held bypeople

They viewed Time in cycles.

Disbelief in or denial of the existence of a personal god

God cannot be known

There is no real distinction between god and the universe.

Relating or affecting the human spirit or soul that is one’s personal integrative view on

In Western Religion, humans must enter an interpersonal relationship with God.

Meditation is central to these faiths

Holy books are not central to the belief and practice.

Eastern Religion belief in more than one god.

The doctrine/belief in one supreme god

The following are Eastern Religions EXCEPT:

Main concern is to live a good, happier, and have better life.

Morality is based on learning the will of God, understanding, and living it outindividually and as a community

The Bible is the central books studied and lived by.