There are many different religions over the world. Of course all these different religions have tons of different characteristics. Surprisingly there is one characteristic that they all have in common. That is that there is a higher power, someone or something that is superior to mankind. In most cases the people refer to this as their God or Goddess. It may be a live person, it can be a statue or figure, or it can be spiritual being which is something that cannot be seen or heard but is believed to have a higher power. However, the number of Gods may differ between the different religions. The belief in only one God is to be considered monotheism, and the belief in many Gods is referred to as polytheism.
An example of using a spiritual source as a god would be Christianity. Christianity is a Monotheistic religion, they only believe in one God. The god Christians worship has never been seen or heard in today’s society but the Christians believe that he has a higher power. The trees, the moon, and the stars were all believed to be created by their God. These are all things man in incapable of. Many Christians pray to god for healing or other miraculous wants. There are also many photos and statues made, but the Christians do not actually worship those, in fact it is a sin to do so.
In the Hinduism religion has only one ultimate reality, the Brahman. The Brahman would be considered their higher power. The Hindu believes that Brahman is the creator of the universe and the creator aspect of the divine. The Brahman is often presented with four arms and a red skin color. Although they have only one ultimate God, there is existence of other Gods which represent the different aspects of the Brahman. 
Buddhism is a religion that does not have a God, or creator. The Buddha is its higher power. The Buddhists pay respects to the Buddha, but not in worship. The Buddha was such a higher power because he was believed to have achieved enlightenment. He also led the path to enlightment and Nirvana for the Buddhists from his own experiences. Nirvana is the state of being free from suffering. The Enlightment and to attain nirvana is the ultimate mission of the Buddhism religion.
I have only named a few religions but all of them believe in some sort of higher power, even ones I haven’t named. They may have different rituals and other characteristics but they all believe in some type of higher power. For some that higher power is considered to be a creator of the world, and for some it is not. There are about 21 different religions some believe in one or many different creators. My biggest question of all is: If more than one religion believes that their God created the world or is in fact the highest power, which one is correct?
During my analysis it was clear and precise what the blogger was trying to convey in their post. It was evident what the similarity was and explanation was executed like the rubric insisted. The blogger stayed on topic, which is very hard to do with such a controversial topic such as religion. I like how pictures followed each paragraph, it allowed for clear understanding of the different religious “God” figures. I also believe that the blogger did a wonderful job balancing fact and opinion. Because this topic must have some truth behind it; such as what the similarity was in all of the religions, there was sufficient evidence that supported his or her claim. Along with the subject came clear opinions that flowed greatly in the essay. Although we had different topics I was able to correlate his or her topic with mine. This provided me with a higher level of thinking and understanding. It allowed me to look further into what we have learned throughout the semester on the subject religion.
ReplyDeleteTo the blogger: I believe you understood the topic of religion in which we have studied through the semester. I am glad I decided to choose a different topic for we would have written about the same thing. Also I believe you executed your blog better than if I would have wrote on that subject. Great job blogger! I understand you could not write more for naming all of the religions and explaining them would have been a big task, but I wish I could have seen more! If you cant tell by now that I enjoyed your post, well the last option for you to know is on exam day! Thank you for your post, it was very enjoyable and informational!
- K.Cornett
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