Exploring World Religions

Followers of Islam believe all creation is Muslim.

Pentecost has become known as the "birthday of the Church."

Hinduism was founded on the continent of Pakistan.

Chinese religions are a combination of Chinese folk religion, Taoism, Confucianism, and Buddhism.

Roman rule ended in 63 BCE.

There are only 4 gods of Hinduism.

The Chinese communist revolution of 1949 placed Confucianism in disfavor all around.

Rulers of the Shang Dynasty venerated their ancestors.

Most Indians call themselves Hindus.

To this day, there are fundamental differences in beliefs and practices of Islam.

Hindus believe that Brahman is in all things--humans, plants, animals and insects.

Muslim traders reache the borders of India at the end of the seventh century.

The Ba'al Shem Tov emphasized the presence of God in all aspects of Jewish life.

There are five fixed times for prayer for Muslims.

John the XXIII called the Second Vatican Council including only the world's bishops.

There are two main categories of Hindu scripture--shruti and smriti.

Matthew and Jude are the writers of the infancy narratives.

Muslim rule influenced Hinduism, but not to the point of compromise.

The Sadducees were Jews who defined themselves as biological descendants of Zadok, the last high priest before the exile

A history of Judaism find the Jewish people on the move or controlled by foreign governments much of the time.

Muhammad was born in approximately 570 CE in Medina, Saudi Arabia.

Jews express their belief through personal and communal prayer.

The Chinese religions have strict membership rules.

The beginning of Christianity and its early years is largely through sources written by followers of Saul of Tarsus.

As Catholics, we are all called to evangelize.

The Bible is an outdated book that has nothing to do with what is going on today.

95% of Hindus live in India.

The Puranas are a collection of stories about the three great gods of Hinduism--Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva

We literally live in a global village.

Buddhism and Christianity have well-formulated doctrines.

Both Confucius and Lao-tzu claimed that they received revelations from deities.

Moses Maimonides argued that there was a contradiction between the philosophy of Aristotle and the Jewish religion.

The public ministry of Jesus was inaugurated by his baptism in the Jordan River by a Jewish baptiser named John.

Being a Jew has both an ethnic and a religious connotation.

The first person to succeed Muhammad was Caliph Umar.

By 1021, Muslim leaders implemented a tax similar to the way they taxed Jews and Christians in other places

Sunni supported caliphate and called their leaders caliph, Shiah supported the imamate and called their leaders Imam.

The messenger who appeared to Muhammad was revealed as Jibril, or the Angel Michael.

Apologetics refers to a style of writing intended for Christians to help them explain and defend their faith.

Chinese lunar calendar has 365 days.

Living in the land of Judah, the Hebrew people became known as Jews.

There is no diversity among Christian denominications.

Christianity is the religion of the Jews.

You have empathy when you can identify and understand the situation of another.

Anti-Semitism had roots in the early Church.

Muhammad was God's messenger to all humanity to return to their true calling, that is, to submit to the will of Allah.

In 1947, Muslims broke away from India and established Pakistan as a separate Muslim country.

The Jews thrived in Spain during the Medieval Period.

According to Hindi belief, Vishnu has been incarnated 8 times and the 9th time will usher in the end of the world.

In 1254, the mutual excommunication between Rome and Constantinople took place.

Catholicism has something to teach other religious traditions, but all of the religions have something to teach us

Angelo Roncally eventually became John Paul II.

Muhammad was not only a capable spiritual leader, but his gifts as a political leader were also recognized.

Islam is not a monotheistic religion.

"Church" is defined as a gathering of people who proclaim Jesus as God.

Hinduism is the worlds oldest living religion

Islam's growth in the number of adherents is one of the fastest in the world.

Taoism has an organized religious structure with priests, monks, and temples, along with Confucianism .

The Kingdom of God was one that was both present with Jesus' words and yet still to come in the future.

The Pharisees did not accept the doctrine of the Resurrection.

The collection of witings called the Vedas mean "divine knowledge."

Judaism made an indelible mark upon Christianity that remains with it to this day.

As people baptized in Christ Jesus, all Catholics are called to evangelize the world.

Pope John Paul II was not the most traveled pope in history.

It is the responsibility of the male head of the family to to make sure ancestors get proper care.

German Augustinian priest Martin Luther is not generally recognized as the catalyst of the Protestant Reformation.

The Catholic Church rejects nothing which is true and holy in other religions.

This history of Christianity is risky and diverse.

For traditional Jews, it is not only known as Torah, but as the Five Books of Moses.

There are core beliefs that every Christian can accept.

During the Indus Valley Period, many weapons were found to show that they were a warlike people.

The high god of the Chou Dynasty was called T'ien, or "Heaven."

God's promised Abraham and Sarah would have a daughter Abraham would be the "father of all nation" would be fulfilled.

The Bible is not central to all Jewish life.

Judaism was not practiced by Jesus when he was living on earth.

Lao-tzu is credited as the founder of Taoism.

Discrimination against lower castes is illegal in India today, the caste system still has a strong hold on Hindu society

Church is defined as both a people and a location, and Christians define themselves by what they believe.

Hinduism has a founder, a set date for its beginnings and a set of doctrinal statements.

There is no religious diversity in the world.

Observing a person's behavior is a way of detecting his/her beliefs.

Confucius attempted to revitalize society through the wisdom of the ancient Chinese sages.

Like Judaism and Christianity, Islam is a worldwide religion covering almost every continent and race of people

After the death of Muhammad's cousin Ali, there was a rift in the Muslim Community that has never completely healed.

Chinese culture distinguishes between religious and secular practices.

The lives of Jesus' followers did not change after their experience with the risen Jesus.

The Jews believe that God gave Moses only one Torah on Mount Sinai.

Islam came on the world scene in the seventeenth century.

The successors of Muhammad were called caliphs.

For Hindus, life is linear, not cyclical.

K'ung Fu-Tzu was a Chinese philosopher.

Jews are often described as God's Chosen People.

By the time Muhammad died in 632, many Arab tribes were calling themselves Muslim and submitting to the will of Allah.

Hindus accept the premises or parts of several religions

All Christian denominations believe in God as Father.

Prayer is a two-way conversation between an individual and God, or a community and God.

The Ba'al Shem Tov emphasized the presence of God in all aspects of Jewish life.

In 1948, the United Nations returned Palestine to the Jews.

In the 1960s, Malcom X was the leader of the Nation of Islam Temple in New York.

Jesus' disciples returned to Jerusalem for the Jewish spring harvest festival ofShavout to be the coming of the Spirit