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Title: Sharing Beliefs


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Sharing Beliefs
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Definitions
  • tradition
  • beliefs, opinions, customs, stories, etc., handed
    down from one generation to another

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Definitions
  • immigrants
  • people who choose to move to a new country with
    the intention of settling there

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Definitions
  • refugees
  • people who are forced to leave their country to
    escape persecution or war.
  • persecution can be physical violence, harassment,
    wrongful arrest, or threats to their lives.
  • persecution may be for reasons of race, religion,
    nationality, political opinion, or membership in
    a particular social group.

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  • colloquialism
  • informal rather than formal language, used in
    everyday informal talk, but not in formal speech
    or writing (e.g., "I've had it.")

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  • culture shock
  • the feeling of confusion, alienation from being
    suddenly exposed to a culture that is very
    different from one's own

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  • Qur'an
  • means "recitation
  • believed by Muslims to be a compilation of the
    words of Allah as dictated to the Prophet
    Muhammad.
  • Qur'an is read from right to left.

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Definitions
  • Nirvana
  • in Buddhism, Nirvana is the end of personal
    suffering and the experience of unchanging peace.
  • enlightenment is considered more important than
    Nirvana.

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Definitions
  • Mass
  • Roman Catholic
  • the central church service includes the
    celebration of the Eucharist or Holy Communion

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  • confession
  • the telling of one's sins or wrongdoings in order
    to obtain forgiveness for those wrongs.
  • in the Catholic Church, members of the church
    confess to the priest, whom Roman Catholics see
    as a link between the people and God.

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  • baptism
  • the religious ceremony of admitting a person into
    Christianity by immersing the individual in water
    or by pouring or sprinkling water on the
    individual as a symbol of washing away sin and
    bringing about spiritual purification

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List some similarities between the beliefs of
Christianity and Islam based on the beliefs
listed above.
  • there is one God
  • regular worship
  • Christianity Sunday
  • Islam Friday
  • give to the poor
  • both have fasting

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List some similarities between the beliefs of
Christianity and Buddhism based on the beliefs
listed above.
  • do not lie, cheat
  • do not kill
  • be kind
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