Religions

Today in human geography we presented our presentations on religion. My group went first, me, Jasmine, and Stephanie were one group. I believe that we did very well I think that there was a lot of good information that we put on the slides. We then got to another presentation on Christianity and then we made it half way through a Buddhism presentation.

Christianity:

·         There are many different denominations like:

o   Catholics

o   Baptist

o   Protestant

o   Lutheran

·         Half of Christians are Catholics

·         36% of Christians are Protestants

·         Christian take up around 1/3 of the world

·         In 2010, U.S., Brazil, and Mexico were the top three countries with Christians

·         Believe that Jesus is the son of God

·         There holy book is the Holy Bible

·         They center on Jesus

·         Christianity emerged in the 1st century

·         It spread throughout the near east

Islam:

·         Islam is a monotheistic belief in a god or gods, and is an Abrahamic religion

·         the Qur’an book is like our Bible

·         It is considered to be the exact words of God

·         Followers of Islam are called Muslims

·         Muslims mostly live in:

o   Iran               

o   Pakistan

o   Turkey         

o   India   

o   Indonesia  

o   Bangladesh

·         Allah:

o   God is one, and the purpose is to love and serve

o   Humans are not created in Allah’s image

o   Humans can ask Allah for anything they want

·         The five pillars of Islam practices:

o   Shahada (testimony)

o   Salah (prayer)

§  Ritual prayers must be performed five times a day

o   Seyam (fasting)

o   Zakat (charity)

o   Hajj (pilgrimage)

§  The pilgrimage process has to be done during the Islamic month in the city of Mecca