Last Blog

This is the last blog i will have to write for the rest of the year. I have to say i had a good time in this class. i looked foward to coming to this class because it was more chill than the rest of my classes. it was pretty easy for me other than a few of the tests and quizzes i didnt do so great on but other than that, i found it to be easy. Now i have western civilization with mr fendryk and i think that class is going to be just like this but with different people and possibly a different teaching style. I do like how you were enthusiastic and i hope mr fendryk brings the energy to his class aswell. Thank you for making the first semester enjoyable :)

1/17/19

we just took a test and i think i did terrible. i have no idea what i was doing even though i studied a lot. in reviewed everything i had with me and studied for hours but i definitely didn't do good.

I liked how enthusiastic you were and that you were very precise with your facts and teaching. i dont like how we mainly took notes and it was mostly all powerpoints. i think if we could do one thing better, it was to take notes differently or learn our topic better. i didnt like taking tests on scan trons either. i thought the written fill in the blanks and multiple choice on the test was much better.

1/15/1

We went over some test material and I made some changes to my works. i deleted some unecessary things and i added important facts that would be on the test. I didn't do much since most of what i needed, i already had and i just started to go over and review a little. i didnt have much to do. other than that, the day has been good. i started off with english which i think i did good on my test. watched a bible movie and then had humangeo. lunch, i dropped my food buts its good. steam, i worked on creating a  website and now im in offmod.

5 Main Religions

Christianity:

        Christianity is the largest religion practiced world wide with about 2.2 billion people belonging to it. People who practice Christianity are known as Christians. Most of the adherents of this faith Live in Europe, The Americas, and South Africa. The branches of Christianity are Catholicism, Eastern Orthodox, and Protestants. Christianity was founded by Jesus Christ and we can view many of his practices and teachings through our holy book, The Bible, especially in the New Testament. Christians believe that Jesus is human and divine. They believe Jesus led a virtuous life and that he was crucified, died, buried, and resurrected. He eventually ascended into Heaven where he reigns with God the father.

Islam:

        Islam comes in as the second largest religion practice around the world with about 1.5 billion adherents. We call the people who practice this faith Muslims where they are mainly found in Indonesia, The Middle East, and North Africa. The denominations of Islam branch off to Sunnis (roughly 75-90%) and Shiites (roughly 10-20%). The founder of the Islam faith is Muhammad (570-632). Their holy book is known as the Quran (Koran). They are Monotheistic, meaning they believe in 1 God and they are also Abrahamic. They believe in the 5 Pillars ( Testimony, Prayer, Alms-Giving, Fasting, Pilgrimage). Muslims see their purpose in life as serving and submitting to Allah, and observing to the Islamic Law.

Hinduism:

       Hinduism has roughly 1.1 billion adherents and the people who practice this faith are known as Hindus. This is mainly practiced in Nepal and India. Their Holy book, The Vedas, are eternal truths revealed to ancient sages. These books are composed in verse form meaning they are very poetic and can be sung because they are easy to memorize. Hindus do not have a distinct founder but a series of intellectual or philosophical points of view, rather than rigid, strict set of beliefs.

Buddhism:

       Buddhism has a wide variety of people ranging from about 500 million to 1.5 billion. They are called Buddhist and they mainly are located in Southeast Asia, China, Nepal, and Japan. About 1.2 million Buddhists live in our country. The founder of Buddhism is Siddhartha Gautama. The different practices that branch from Buddhism are Tibetan, Zen, Theravada, and Amidist. There are 4 Noble Truths: 1. There is suffering 2. Attachment to desire is the origin of suffering 3. There is a cessation of suffering 4. The eightfold path will lead to the cessation of suffering.

Eightfold Path -

                               View
     Dedication                          Intention
                               
Mindfulness           Right             Speech

     Effort                                  Action
                               Livelihood

Judaism:

       Judaism is the smallest religion listed here with only 14 million to 18 million adherents. They are known as Jews. They are mainly located in Israel and our country. 6.4 Million of them live in Israel and 5.3 million to about 7 million live in U.S.A. The founder of this religion is Abraham and their Holy Book is called the Torah. They are an Ethical Monotheism religion meaning God is one, and with the actions of human kind. They also believe and follow the 10 commandments, just like Christians, and they believe in the 13 principles of faith.

1/11/19

In europe, muslims have account for 5 percent of the population. france has the largest muslim population with about 4 million. Estimates of muslims in NA range from 1 million to 5 million. one number has increased dramatically from only a few hundred thousand in 1990. approximately one-third of the U.S. Muslims race their ancestry to Pakistan and other South Asian countries and one-fourth to Arab countries of southwest asia and north africa. Buddhism is clustered primarily in east asia and south east asia. An accurate count of buddhists is especially difficult because only a few people participate in buddhist institution. Someone can be both a buddhist and a believer in other easter religions, whereas christianity and islam both require exclusive adherence.

1/9/19

Although most migrant learn the language of the new location, they typically retain their religion.

reliable statistics on the number of adjustments are difficult to obtain.

these religions of christianity, islam, hinduism, and buddhism make up 77 percent of the worlds population.

judaism have between 14-18 million adherents.

Christianity and islam take up most of the countries population with the exception of some countries.

Christianity is mostly seen or practiced in the western hemisphere and in many european countries where as islam is practiced mainly in southeast asia, north africa, and central asia.

More than 90 percent of latin americans and more than 75 percent of europeans and north americans identify themselves as adhering to christianity. muslims compromise more than 90 percent of the population in central asia and of southwest asia and north africa.

India is 80 percent hindu whereas bangladesh and pakistan are more than 90 percent muslim

1/8/19

There are 4 basic Vedic texts in use by the Hindus known as:

1. Rig-Veda - 1028 Hymns is the largest collection known for Hymns of Praise
2. Sama-Veda - 1549 Verses that are about melodies and chants.
3. Yajur-Veda - 1875 Verses meaning to worship or to sacrifice.
4. Atharva-Veda - 730 Hymns that are about the procedures of everyday life.

Indulgence is basically trying to make one suffer less for the sins he or she commits. It is like a free pass that lets you get away with sin.

Martin Luther is the man who wrote the 95 Thesis. Martin Luther didn't think that indulgences really forgive sins, but they just let you have a free sin to commit. He didn't think it was a good idea for the Catholic Church to go and sell indulgences. He felt the pope should not have the right to grant a pardon from God.

My research led me to understand why Martin Luther thought the way he did even though I disagree with him. I do believe that everyone should have some indulgences to keep them from sin because not everyone is perfect and we are obviously going to commit some sins. I do get how he could have gotten furious and how he wrote otherwise from the church and this is where my research led me.

Hajj is an annual Islamic tradition to the mecca where they renew their conscience of the world and perform acts of worship. It is so true to their faith that only Islamic members can part take. No other religions can join. It is a 5 day process that the Islamic people take very seriously.