Field Trip #3

Congregation Children of Israel

When we first walked we met Rabbi Gerson. The buliding was amazing and so was everything inside of it. Everything looked like it was made of gold because everything was so shiny and pretty. haha. but anyways, the Rabbi was every informative about the religion. I thought it was really cool when he spoke Hebrew. I wish i knew how to speak Hebrew. The scroll that the Rabbi took from the cabinet, looked every old and fragile. I also think the Hebrew is very pretty when its written. Over all I learned a lot about the religion. When i first walked in there i didnt know anything at all about the religon.

Field Trip #2

St. Joseph's Catholic Church

we visited St. Joseph's Catholic Church. Benedict and Father David McGuinness. Father David spoke to us at the beginning and then Benedict like took over. She was very informative about everything. I learned many new things about the religion while we were there. We spent most of our time in the Sanctuary. Which I can say was the most beautiful church I've ever been to. My favorite was the stained glass windows. Over all the Catholic Church was my favorite.

Field Trip #1

Al Huda Islamic Center

This was the first place we went on our field trip. it was kinda cool. we got to like take our shoes off and stuff. at first i was kinda like "why do we have to take our shoes off?" then the guy, Hisham Ahmed, told us that we were going into the room where they worship and that when everyone comes to worship everyone removes their shoes and goes to a place on the carpet. the carpet was very cool. it had bright colors and what not and the design on the carpet made a perfect little place for each person to kneel and pray. over all i think this place was my favorite. considering that Hisham was like super duper nice and he was pretty cool too. he had a good sense of humor.

Why does religion exist?

i believe religion exists because people needed someone or something to worship. like some people believe in different ways the world was created and how people were created. therefore, people started developing different religions.

Descriptive Blog Unit 2

Religion
1. set of common beliefs and practices
2. codified as prayer, ritual and religious law
3. refers to both personal and group rituals
4. encompasses traditions, writings, history and mythology
5. refers to personal practices related to communal faith.


Karma
1. total effect of a person's actions
2. determines a person's destiny
3. influence of individual's past actions
4. reincarnation
5. present life is only one in a chain of lives


Nirvana
1. paradise
2. state of freedom
3. extinction of desires and passions
4. ideal condition of rest, harmony, stability or joy
5. supreme goal of the disciplines of meditation


Eightfold Way
1. forms the fourth part of the Four Noble Truths
2. Buddhist tradition
3. three basic categories
4. Wisdom, Ethical conduct, and Mental discipline
5. sense of "perfection"


Reincarnation
1. rebirth of the sould in another body
2. major characteristic of Asian religions, mainly, Hinduism, Jainism, Buddhism, and Sikhism
3. existence of an immortal soul
4. subject to karma
5. literall "to be made flesh again"


Yahweh
1. God of Israel
2. ancient Hebrew ineffable name for God
3. preserved in the original consonantal Hebrew Bible text
4. a name for God assumed by modern scholars
5. modern reconstruction of YHWH


10 Commandments
1. list of religious and moral imperatives
2. featured prominently in Judaism and Christianity
3. given in passages in two books of the Bible
4. commandments represent the utterances of God
5. given directly by God to the people of Israel


Allah
1. arabic word for "God"
2. mostly used by Muslims
3. in Islam, Allah is the only deity
4. term does not have a plural form
5. term is used by Arab, Christians, and Muslims


Five Pillars
1. Shahadah (profession of faith)
2. Salah (ritual prayer)
3. Zakah (alms tax)
4. Sawm (fasting during Ramadan)
5. Hajj (pilgrimage to Mecca)


Prophet
1. follower from a holy person or thing
2. formal representative of one God
3. a predictor
4. chief spokesperson of a movement or cause
5. person gifted with profound moral insight