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There are thousands of religions today; they could combine to create 18 smaller categories. With 18 various religions, are there 18 or more gods or goddesses whom we preach and worship? Are we preaching to different gods or goddesses or do we all praise the same god or goddess? I believe that we all do praise and worship the same one god/goddess/deity. Having different names for various gods and goddesses does not mean that they are not the same entity. What is a god? For starters, god is no one. All religions can agree that ‘god' is not the best terminology to describe who they worship. Religions have a set path for how its followers should carry themselves. They can agree that you will be will have a better afterlife if you spend your life …show more content…

God is the supreme being. Religions have unique beings, yet there are some common characteristics many of them possess. A supreme being is transcendent, eternal, simple, benevolent, omnipotent, and omnificent. And because of all these qualities, although there may be many gods, the gods worshiped are the same god. For starters, there are the 'three religions of the book'. They are three religions that originated from one. Although their religions are unique,they still worship the same supreme being. These are also known as the Abrahamic religions. These religions are Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Our textbook states, "Abraham was told by God to ‘arise and go' (Genesis 12.1) to" a new land that God promised to give him so that he could become the founding father of a …show more content…

An atheist is someone who does not worship or believe in a high being. Atheists are an exception to the rule since they do not believe I n any higher power, so it is impossible for them to believe in the same higher power. Buddhism and Hinduism, are polytheistic religions, yet, they do have one ‘god' who reigns supreme. In Hinduism, there are many deities because they believe everything to be a manifestation of God. Their main three god's functions: the creator, the preserver, and the destroyer. These three different gods are a manifestation their world. To them, even Christians' god is a manifestation of the universe. In Christianity, there is the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, which are all manifestations of God. Because both religions believe that there are manifestations of an ultimate higher power within our world, they must believe worship the same god because only one person can create the world. For Buddhism, they to do not believe in a God since words were not adequate enough to describe an entity as divine, but they do believe in Nirvana. Nirvana is this infinite bliss that one aims to reach by living their life a certain way by following the teachings of the Buddha. In Christianity, there is a place where Christians can receive eternal happiness if they follow the path of God throughout their life's endeavors: heaven. Because there is a

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These previous religions mostly included ones from Mesopotamia. However, in the new religion that was made, there was not a huge difference from spiritual Gods to things in the real world. Some Gods included: God of the fire, God of the rain, God of the water, God of the corn, God of the sky, and God of the sun There were also agricultural Gods A lot of people sacrificed themselves to these Gods, too

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Belief in a Supreme High God, who created the world and then withdrew from active participation in it, is common in polytheistic religions around the world. Beyond all minor gods, goddesses, spirits and ancestors, there exists one High God, who created and in some sense still governs the universe. Most believe that this God is too distant and has limited contact with daily operation of human life. Native Americans and Africans have similar concepts of the high god. African and Native American religions recognize the presence of one supreme deity as well as the existence of God in multiple aspects.

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Even though they’re so many gods, individuals usually have a stronger connection to a particular god of their choosing, and not to every single god. Each Hindus religious path is a little bit different. I don’t think one could classify Hinduism in a way that would universalize whether it is a polytheistic or monotheistic religion. All gods in this religion are smaller deities to the greater Brahman, making this monotheistic, but then it is also polytheistic because there is truly the supreme belief in one major God. Hinduism only seems hard to understand because it deals more with one’s life then ones actual practice or belief of the religion.

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The Buddhists also worship a god, but it is a very different god. They believe that a young man named Siddhartha Gautama was born into royalty about 2,500 years ago. One day he was outside his palace and saw a sick man, an old man, and a dead body. This opened his eyes to see what the suffering of the real world was like and so he decided to become a monk. This didn't make him feel satisfied, so he decided to live a ¨Middle Life¨ or a life in which he gave up most of his earthly possessions.

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Buddhist does not have a creator /god to place enlightenment towards the origin of the universe. Buddhism teaches how one situation depends on another situation. An event that has occurred in the present is based on events that was triggered by the past and will become the cause of future events. Even though the Buddha did not refute the subsistence of gods, he shared that the devotion of gods blocked one's mission for nirvana. To him the gods reside in the heavens and are transient like all other living beings.

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Many of them share the same monotheistic convictions, like Christianity and Islam. A summary of core Jewish beliefs, is the “13 Articles of Faith”, put together by rabbi Maimonides in the 12th-century. In short, the articles convey that there is one unique God, who will reward the good and punish the wicked, Moses was the greatest of the prophets, the messiah will come, and the dead will be

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In these five religions Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, and Buddhism there are many differences but they have many similarities. There are many similarities but we will only talk about a certain few. Some of the similarities are all religions have a “leader”, holy books, and they all have their own symbol. All of these religions have similarities as I listed above. In the following paragraphs we will talk about the similarities that I have listed above.

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“Christianity is strongly monotheistic, professing faith in one God (as is Judaism and Islam).” (Darity 1). As opposed to a polytheistic religion, which is the belief in multiple Gods. “To understand polytheism, one must look at the base component theism, meaning the belief in "gods" as distinct from other types of powerful or supernatural beings (ghosts, ancestor spirits, etc.).” (Jones 1).

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This is why monotheism is the worship and belief one "true" god. The origin of where monotheism started is not clear. Some say that it started when Moses brought it to the ancient Hebrews. Some say it evolved from polytheism. Others say there is a documented case of monotheism in Egypt during the rule of Akhenaten.

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People all over the world worship many gods, goddesses, and other higher beings. Some religions are monotheistic, worship one god or goddess, others are polytheistic, worship multiple gods and goddesses. The Igbo tribe is polytheistic because they worship many gods, goddesses, and spirits; such as, they worship a god named Chukwu, two minor gods, a minor goddess, and six different spirits. The first and most important being they worship, as stated by world eras, is a god named Chukwu.

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Buddha and Christ both have played a very crucial and central role in the history of humankind. Each of them, Buddha and Christ have left a legacy of spiritual teachings and traditions in the form of Buddhism and Christianity respectively, which has played an important part in shaping the lives of millions of people over the period of two thousand years. As mentioned in Thuch

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In all these religions, God is the supreme-being whose power is never questionable (Fisher 247). However, there are different views on the monotheistic God from each of these religions. For example, Zoroastrianism views God as the source of good and not evil at any single instance. On the contrary, Judaists and Christians see God as the source of both evil and good. Moreover, the recognition of God as monotheistic was founded on the revelation key prophets received in each faith.

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