The first five books are called the Five Books of Moses, which tells the origin of the Jewish people and the set of beliefs the Jews hold. ... The first four are called the Gospels, which are parallel to the Five Books of Moses in that they explain the origin of the Christians and the set of beliefs Christians hold. ... It is written in the Bible that Jesus preached the word of God by traveling great distances performing miracles and preaching to anyone who would listen. Jesus and his followers spread the word of God all throughout the villages and towns that surrounded Jerusalem. ... Only the...

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ATR has served from the beginning as the fundamental source for the native in Africa to understand their origin, position, and connection among themselves and within the universe. ... "There is need for us to explain the word "traditional". This word means indigenous, that which is aboriginal or foundational, handed down from generation to generation, upheld and practiced by Africans today. ... It is a religion that is practiced by living men and women" (Awolalu, 1976) ATR was created by the Africans and is passed on from one generation to the other by word of mouth. ... (D...

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Egypt's and India's religious beliefs differed in that among the earliest civilizations of Egypt, polytheistic views were observed in contrast to India's monotheistic views of Buddhism. As its civilization developed, Egypt adapted the monotheistic views and took Islam as its state religion. India, ...

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• Grade Level: High School

It was "a scientific approach to why we believe in God and other issues around the nature and origin of religious belief"(Irtiqa). ... "But the word is very near to you, in your mouth and in your heart, that you may do it" (Deuteronomy 30:14). ...

• Word Count: 1433
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Compare and Contrast essay: Christianity, Islam, and Judaism Introduction of Religions Christianity most widely distributed of the world religions, having substantial representation in all the populated continents of the globe. Its total membership may exceed 1.7 billion people. Islam, a major world...

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The word in question is Jihad, the notion of Jihad was not limited to anti-communism but rather to anti-modernity and the ideas that the CIA were feeding to the Muslims were not limiting their hatred to Russia, but rather to all western countries. ... He just provided more information as to why we shouldn't be ignorant and hold negative perceptions of the Muslim world, especially if we are uneducated about the source and origin of, "Islamic fundamentalism....

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