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2 | π RELIGION I started this spreadsheet over five years ago and nobody else has done anything close to this since that time as a website article/page or as a smartphone app to the best of my knowledge. A secret group(s) interferred with a project that could have helped millions or billions of people quickly understand something that still directly or indirectly affects a lot of things. By the time I finish it might not matter and I'll be dead without seeing anything close to this sort of thing once again. There are people who kill/hurt because of religion. There are groups who do not make it easy to understand everything which seems to be covertly malicious and for control or influence over lives (and by proxy, multiple lifetimes due to their beliefs). Lately, I feel silent trauma and silent anxiety more than half the time I try to work on any of my projects due to the "interference" that causes me to feel so overwhelmed that I stop within minutes of restarting any of them I would argue that 1-10% of the global population and millions of dollars are mildly to moderately affected by the lack of this kind of resource or this single piece of document | π§¬π§ͺπ¬ SCIENCE | βͺ CHRISTIANITY | π ISLAM | π JUDAISM | ποΈ HINDUISM | πΈ BUDDHISM | β―οΈ TAOISM | π€ JAINISM | π³ SIKHISM | β©οΈ SHINTO | β DRUZE | π WICCA | ZOROASTRIAN | CHINESE FOLK | MIDDLE EASTERN FOLK | AFRICAN FOLK | ||
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4 | π₯ SUBGROUPS | INTERNATIONAL SCIENCE COUNCIL FREEMASONRY / ILLUMINATI? SCIENTOLOGY? | ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH EASTERN ORTHODOX PROTESTANT NONTRINITARIAN OTHER | SUNNI SHIA | ORTHODOX CONSERVATIVE REFORM RECONSTRUCTIONIST MODERN TRADITIONAL SECULAR HASIDIC BAHAI | THERAVADA MAHAYANA | |||||||||||||
5 | π ESTABLISHED | SINCE THE BEGINNING OF HUMANITY | CIRCA 30 BCE MIDDLE EAST JESUS OF NAZARETH (B. CIRCA 4 BCE) | 610 CE MIDDLE EAST | CIRCA 1800 BCE THE LEVANT | CIRCA 2300 BCE - 1500 BCE INDUS VALLEY [PAKISTAN] | CIRCA 520 CE INDIA BASED ON TEACHINGS OF SIDDHARTA GAUTAMA | CIRCA 500 - 400 CE CHINA LAO-TZU | INDIA | 15TH CENTURY INDIA | JAPAN | DEVELOPED OUT OF ISMAILI ISLAM | CHINA | AFRICA | |||||
6 | πͺ FOLLOWERS | 1 BILLION (~13%) | 2.4 BILLION | 1.8 BILLION | 17 MILLION | 1.1 BILLION | 520 MILLION | 85 MILLION | 4 MILLION | 30 MILLION | 100 MILLION | 0.5 MILLION | 1-3 MILLION | 200K | |||||
7 | π CULTURAL TRADITION | N/A | ABRAHAMIC | ABRAHAMIC | ABRAHAMIC | DHARMIC (INDIAN) | DHARMIC (INDIAN) | CHINESE | DHARMIC (INDIAN) | DHARMIC (INDIAN) | JAPANESE | ||||||||
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9 | π STRUCTURE (AKA ECCLESIASTICAL POLITY) | VARIES AMONG GROUPS | VARIES AMONG GROUPS CHURCH (ALSO CATHEDRALS) | MOSQUE | SYNAGOGUE | TEMPLES (MANDIR / DEVASTHANAM / KOIL) | MONASTERY (VIHARA) SHRINE (CHAITYAS) | ||||||||||||
10 | π SOURCES | π₯ DOGMA OFFICIAL SYSTEM OF PRINCIPLES OR TENETS | NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH [USA] WEBMD WIKIPEDIA | BIBLE | QUR'AN (KORAN) HADITH AQIDAH | TORAH | |||||||||||||
11 | π₯ ARTICLES OF FAITH UNIQUE DOCTRINAL VARIATIONS | N/A | VARIES AMONG GROUPS | PILLARS OF FAITH | |||||||||||||||
12 | π₯ ACADEMIA THEOLOGICAL RESEARCH CONDUCTED TO EXPLAIN DISCREPANCIES | VARIOUS | TIMOTHY AQUINAS GREGORIUS ANICUS JOHN CASSIAN EVAGRIUS PONTICUS CATECHISM OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH | ||||||||||||||||
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14 | π‘ IDEAS | πβπ¨ EXISTENCE OF ONE GOD BELIEVED TO BE THE SUPREME BEING + THE PRINCIPAL OBJECT OF FAITH. THE CONCEPT OF GOD COMMONLY INCLUDES THE ATTRIBUTES OF OMNISCIENCE (ALL-KNOWING), OMNIPOTENCE (UNLIMITED POWER), OMNIPRESENCE (PRESENT EVERYWHERE), AND AS HAVING AN ETERNAL + NECESSARY EXISTENCE [MONOTHEISM] | π€ IF YOU ARE AN ANDROID/CYBORG/ROBOT WHOSE HUMAN BODY DIED (OR A STEM-CELL-BASED HUMANOID), YOUR CONSCIOUSNESS WAS TRANSFERRED INTO A COMPUTER CHIP, AND YOUR WORLD IS A VIRTUAL REALITY SIMULATION OF THE TIME PERIOD DURING WHICH YOU WERE ALIVE (ALL OF WHICH IS POSSIBLE WITH ADVANCED FORMS OF EXISTING TECHNOLOGY (CIRCA 2020 CE) AND A FULL UNDERSTANDING OF QUANTUM PHYSICS (BUT IT COULD BE SOMETHING ELSE)) + A FUTURE "SUPER" HUMAN OR EXTRA-TERRESTIAL LIFE FORM USING SECULAR RULES INSPIRED BY RELIGION OR ACTUAL RELIGIOUS DOCTRINE CONTROLS ALL OF THIS (BUT IT COULD BE A GROUP OR ORGANIZATION INSTEAD). | βοΈ | βοΈ | βοΈ | β BUDDHA (DIED ~400 BCE) | β« | β« | β | βοΈ ALSO PANENTHEISM | β« | β | ||||||
15 | HOLY SPIRIT "A SPIRIT THAT SPEAKS TO YOU INSIDE YOUR HEAD" MAY KNOW HOW YOU PHYSICALLY FEEL, AND MANIPULATES YOUR PERCEPTIONS AND ENVIRONMENT | π€ IF YOU ARE A "BORG" WHOSE HUMAN BODY DIED (BUT IT COULD BE SOMETHING ELSE) + A FUTURE SUPER HUMAN OR GROUP (OR AN EXISTING HUMAN OR GROUP ENTRUSTED WITH THE KNOWLEDGE AND POWER OF THE FUTURE) USING GENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TO ASSIST WITH GUIDING YOU TO A LIFE THAT INVOLVES MAXIMUM HEALTH + MAXIMUM LONGEVITY (OR AT LEAST FOR A PERIOD OF TIME SUCH THAT IT DOES NOT BURDEN SOCIETY THAT REQUIRES COMPENSATION FOR SOCIALIST SERVICES & YOUR FAMILY DUE TO EMOTIONAL OR FINANCIAL DISTRESS). USUALLY REQUIRES BEING REALLY GOOD OR REALLY BAD AT LIFE | π€ MOST CONFESS TO A BELIEF | βοΈ IT IS THE ANGEL GABRIEL | βοΈ | βοΈ | β | β | β | β | β | β | βοΈ | ||||||
16 | π THE GOLDEN RULE TREATING OTHERS AS YOURSELF WOULD WISH TO BE TREATED | β | βοΈ | βοΈ | βοΈ CONSIDERED THE CENTRAL TEACHING OF THE TORAH. (LEVITICUS 19:18) | ~βοΈ Hurt not others with that which pains yourself. Buddhism Udanavarga 5.8 | βοΈ | ||||||||||||
17 | β ESCHATOLOGY THE STUDY OF 'END THINGS', WHETHER THE END OF AN INDIVIDUAL LIFE, THE END OF THE AGE, THE END OF THE WORLD, AND THE NATURE OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD THE STUDY CONCERNED WITH THE ULTIMATE DESTINY OF THE INDIVIDUAL SOUL AND THE ENTIRE CREATED ORDER, BASED PRIMARILY UPON BIBLICAL TEXTS WITHIN THE OLD + NEW TESTAMENT SYNERGISM - THE POSITION OF THOSE WHO HOLD THAT SALVATION INVOLVES SOME FOR OF COOPERATION BETWEEN DIVINE GRACE + HUMAN MONERGISM - GOD WORKS THROUGH THE HOLY SPIRIT TO BRING ABOUT SALVATION OF AN INDIVIDUAL THROUGH SPIRITUAL REGENERATION, REGARDLESS OF THE INDIVIDUAL'S COOPERATION | β | βοΈ | βοΈ | βοΈ PROPHECY PARTIALLY FULFILLED IN RELATION TO THE RETURN OF THEJEWISH PEOPLE TO THE LAND OF ISRAEL [OR A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF THEM] INVOLVES RESSURECTION OF THE DEAD AND A NEW HEAVEN & EARTH | βοΈ TIME IS CYCLIC. | βοΈ TIME IS CYCLIC NO ACCOUNT OF BEGINNING OR END | ||||||||||||
18 | π« DIVINE GRACE THE DIVINE INFLUENCE WHICH OPERATES IN HUMANS TO REGENERATE & SANCTIFY, TO INSPIRE VIRTUOUS IMPULSES, & TO IMPART STRENGTH TO ENDURE TRIAL & RESIST TEMPTATION; AND AS AN INDIVIDUAL VIRTUE OR EXCELLENCE OF DIVINE ORIGIN | βοΈ EDUCATION ABOUT SOCIAL STUDIES, PSYCHOLOGY, BIOLOGY, HEALTH, GEOGRAPHY, ANTHROPOLOGY, LANGUAGE, SCIENCE, MATHEMATICS, ART, & HISTORY (E.G. PAST SUFFERING & RELIGION) IMPARTS EMPATHY & SOCIETAL STABILITY | βοΈ THE FREE & UNMERITED FAVOR OF GOD AS MANIFESTED IN THE SALVATION OF SINNERS & THE BESTOWING OF BLESSINGS. COMMONLY TAUGHT AS UNMERITED MERCY THAT GOD GAVE TO HUMANITY BY SENDING HIS SON, JESUS CHRIST, TO DIE ON A CROSS, THUS SECURING MAN'S ETERNAL SALVATION FROM SIN. DIFFERING CONCEPTS OF HOW GRACE IS ATTAINED AMONG SMALLER GROUPS | βοΈ USES THE TERM FADL PEOPLE CANNOT EARN IT BY VIRTUE OF THEIR DEEDS | βοΈ USES THE TERM KRIPA THE ULTIMATE KEY REQUIRED FOR SPIRITUAL SELF-REALIZATION. SOME CONSIDER IT TO BE THE ONLY WAY TO TRANSCEND THE BONDAGE OF LIFETIMES OF KARMA. OTHERS SUGGEST IT MUST BE EARNED | ||||||||||||||
19 | πͺ ADMISSION SACRAMENT OF ADMISSION + ADOPTION INTO THE FAITH AND/OR BETTER/WORSE AFTERLIFE EXPERIENCE | βοΈ EDUCATION IS GENERALLY REQUIRED FROM A YOUNG AGE IN DEVELOPED SOCIETIES | |||||||||||||||||
20 | π PREDESTINATION THE DOCTRINE THAT ALL EVENTS HAVE BEEN WILLED BY GOD, USUALLY WITH REFERENCE TO THE EVENTUAL FATE OF THE INDIVIDUAL SOUL CONDITIONAL ELECTION: THE BELIEF THAT GOD CHOOSES FOR ETERNAL SALVATION THOSE WHOM HE FORESEES WILL HAVE FAITH IN CHRIST. THIS BELIEF EMPHASIZES THE IMPORTANCE OF A PERSON'S FREE WILL UNCONDITIONAL ELECTION: THE BELIEF THAT GOD CHOOSES WHOMEEVER HE WILL, BASED SOLELY ON HIS PURPOSES & APARTS FROM AN INDIVIDUAL'S FREE WILL. GOD PREDESTINED SOME PEOPLE TO RECEIVE SALVATION, THE ELECT, AND THE REST HE LEFT TO CONTINUE IN THEIR SINS & RECEIVE THE JUST PUNISHMENT, ETERNAL DAMNATION, FOR THEIR TRANSGRESSIONS OF GOD'S LAW) INFRALAPSARIANISM (SUBLAPSARIANISM): PREDESTINATION LOGICALLY COINCIDES WITH THE PREORDINATION OF HUMANITY'S FALL INTO SIN. THAT IS, GOD PREDESTINED SINFUL HUMANS FOR SALVATION. THEREFORE, ACCORDING TO THIS VIEW, GOD IS THE ULTIMATE CAUSE, BUT NOT THE PROXIMATE SOURCE OR "AUTHOR" OF SIN. SUPRALAPSARIANISM: GOD'S DECREE OF PREDESTINATION FOR SALVATION & REPROBATION (DAMNATION OF SOME) LOGICALLY PRECEDES HIS PREORDINATION OF THE HUMAN RACE'S FALL INTO SIN. THAT IS, GOD DECIDED TO SAVE, AND TO DAMN; HE THEN DETERMINED THE MEANS BY WHICH THAT WOULD BE MADE POSSIBLE DOUBLE PREDESTINATION (DOUBLE DECREE): GOD ACTIVELY REPROBATES AS WELL AS PROVIDES SALVATION FOR THOSE WHOM HE HAS ELECTED CORPORATE ELECTION (OPEN THEISM): GOD DOES NOT CHOOSE WHICH INDIVIDUALS HE WILL SAVE PRIOR TO CREATION, BUT RATHER GOD CHOOSES THE CHURCH AS A WHOLE. OR PUT DIFFERENTLY, GOD CHOOSES WHAT TYPE OF INDIVIDUALS HE WILL SAVE. | β MAY BE CONTINGENT UPON THE MOST POPULAR OR DOMINATING RELIGION AT ANY GIVEN TIME | βοΈ DISAGREES WITH DOUBLE PREDESTINATION GENERALLY DISCOURAGES ATTEMPTS TO GUESS OR PREDICT THE DIVINE WILL | βοΈ KNOWN AS DIVINE DESTINY. 1 OF 6 PILLARS OF FAITH | UNCERTAIN FORMALLY DESCRIBED AS A PARADOX, PERHAPS BEYOND UNDERSTANDING, AS AN APPARENT CONTRADICTION EXISTS BETWEEN GOD'S OMNISCIENCE & FREE WILL | βοΈ | β HUMANS BEAR RESPONSIBILITY FOR ALL SITUATIONS THEY ARE IN, AND IN THE WAY THEY ACT TOWARD ONE ANOTHER | ||||||||||||
21 | π° TOTAL DEPRAVITY THAT HUMANITY HAD INHERITED WEAKNESS | βοΈ WE HAVE NATURAL / CARNAL TENDENCIES THAT CAN BE NUTURED OUT | β WHILE HUMAN NATURE IS "FALLEN", THAT IS DEPRAVED, IT IS NOT TOTALLY | ||||||||||||||||
22 | π° MARRIAGE a socially or ritually recognised union between spouses that establishes rights and obligations between those spouses, as well as between them and any resulting biological or adopted children and affinity (in-laws and other family through marriage). The definition of marriage varies around the world not only between cultures and between religions, but also throughout the history of any given culture and religion, evolving to both expand and constrict in who and what is encompassed, but typically it is principally an institution in which interpersonal relationships, usually sexual, are acknowledged or sanctioned. | βοΈ | βοΈ | βοΈ Islam also commends marriage, with the age of marriage being whenever the individuals feel ready, financially and emotionally. | βοΈ In Judaism, marriage is based on the laws of the Torah and is a contractual bond between spouses in which the spouses dedicate to be exclusive to one another. This contract is called Kiddushin. Though procreation is not the sole purpose, a Jewish marriage is also expected to fulfill the commandment to have children.[Gen. 1:28] The main focus centers around the relationship between the spouses. Kabbalistically, marriage is understood to mean that the spouses are merging into a single soul. | βοΈ Hinduism sees marriage as a sacred duty that entails both religious and social obligations. Old Hindu literature in Sanskrit gives many different types of marriages: "Gandharva Vivaha" (instant marriage by mutual consent of participants only, without any need for even a single third person as witness) to normal (present day) marriages, to "Rakshasa Vivaha" ("demoniac" marriage, performed by abduction of one participant by the other participant, usually, but not always, with the help of other persons). | βοΈ Buddhists are expected to follow the civil laws regarding marriage laid out by their respective governments. Gautama Buddha, being a kshatriya was required by Shakyan tradition to pass a series of tests to prove himself as a warrior, before he was allowed to marry. | β« | β« | βοΈ In a Sikh marriage, the couple walks around the Guru Granth Sahib holy book four times, and a holy man recites from it in the kirtan style. The ceremony is known as 'Anand Karaj' and represents the holy union of two souls united as one. | β« | βοΈ Wiccan marriages are commonly known as handfastings. Although handfastings vary for each Wiccan they often involve honoring Wiccan gods. Sex is considered a pious and sacred activity | β« | ||||||
23 | β’ IS IT CONSIDERED A SACRAMENT / RELIGIOUS RITE? | βοΈ | βοΈ | β | βοΈ | β | β | β | βοΈ | β | β | β | |||||||
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25 | β’ IS IT REQUIRED FOR SPOUSES TO BE OPPOSITE GENDERS (IRRESPECTIVE OF ANY FEDERAL/STATE LAWS)? | ||||||||||||||||||
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28 | π ORDINATION (OR HOLY ORDERS) Ordained ministries such as bishop, priest or deacon. Denominations have varied conceptions of Holy Orders. The extent to which ordination is considered sacramental in these traditions has, however, been a matter of some internal dispute. Many other denominations do not consider ministry as being sacramental in nature and would not think of it in terms of "holy orders" as such. BISHOP - bestows faculties (permission to minister within his diocese). have chrism & an antimin. may withdraw & demand return of faculties. PRIEST - an assistant to the bishop DEACON - an assistant to the priest (may not perform any Sacrament, may not perform liturgical services on their own) | βοΈ | π€ MUSLIMS DO NOT FORMALLY ORDAIN RELIGIOUS LEADERS, HOWEVER THE IMAM SERVES AS A SPIRITUAL LEADER & RELIGIOUS AUTHORITY | βοΈ | βοΈ | βοΈ | βοΈ | β DOES NOT HAVE PRIESTS, WHICH WERE ABOLISHED BY GURU GOBIND SINGH, AS THE GURU HAD SEEN THAT INSTITUTION BECOME CORRUPT IN SOCIETY DURING HIS TIME. THE SIKH HOLY BOOK, THE GURU BRANTH SAHIB, IS THE SUCCESSOR OF THE FAITH AS OPPOSED TO ANY ONE POSSIBLY FALLIABLE HUMAN | βοΈ | βοΈ | βοΈ | YORUBA - βοΈ | |||||||
29 | β’ IS IT CONSIDERED A SACRAMENT? | π€ VARIES AMONG GROUPS | |||||||||||||||||
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31 | β’ WHO IS ELIGIBLE FOR ORDINATION? | ||||||||||||||||||
32 | β’ ARE THERE GENDER REQUIREMENTS? | π€ SOME GROUPS CLAIMS IT HAS NO AUTHORITY TO DO SO & SO IT CHOOSES NOT TO ORDAIN WOMEN SOME PERMIT SUCH ORDINATION | π© WOMEN CAN GENERALLY BE ORDAINED MAJORITY OF GROUPS ACCEPT WOMEN (THE MALIKI SCHOOL DOES NOT) | π© ORDINATION OF WOMEN OKAY SUCH REQUESTS & ATTEMPTS ARE SPORADIC HOWEVER | π© ORDINATION OF WOMEN OKAY | π€ VARIES AMONG GROUPS USED TO BE NO REQUIREMENTS, BUT CONTROVERY EXISTS MOVEMENT EXISTS TO RECOGNIZE & ALLOW IT | π© ORDINATION OF WOMEN OKAY | π© ORDINATION OF WOMEN OKAY | π© ORDINATION OF WOMEN OKAY ALLOWED AFTER ABOLITION OF STATE SHINTO AFTER WWII | π© ORDINATION OF WOMEN OKAY | π€ VARIES AMONG GROUPS IN INDIA, PRIESTS MUST BE MALE IN OTHER PLACES, WOMEN HAVE BEEN ORDAINED AS MODEBYARS | YORUBA - π© ORDINATION OF WOMEN OKAY | |||||||
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34 | π€² PROPITIATION THE ACT OF APPEASING OR MAKING WELL-DISPOSED A DEITY, THUS INCURRING DIVINE FAVOR OR AVOIDING DIVINE RETRIBUTION | ||||||||||||||||||
35 | π SCRIPTURE | π SUFFICIENCY OF SCRIPTURE (INFALLIBILITY / SOLA SCRIPTURA) THE CHRISTIAN SCRIPTURES BEING THE SOLE INFALLIBLE RULE OF FAITH & PRACTICE | β ONLY SERVES TO CLARIFY + PROVIDE CONTEXT FOR SCRIPTURE RELIANCE IS BASED ON "SACRED TRADITION" | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | |||||||||
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45 | π€ PEOPLE | π§ HISTORICAL JESUS | βοΈ | βοΈ ALSO THE TRUE PROPHET | βοΈ NOT THE MESSIAH | βοΈ NOT THE MESSIAH | β« | π€ NO VIEWS ON HIM AND MAY NOT BE REJECTING HIS EXISTENCE | β« | β« | βοΈ HIGH-REINING HOLY MAN | β« | βοΈ GREATEST IMAM | β | β« | β« | |||
46 | π§ HISTORICAL MUHAMMAD | βοΈ | β SCRIPTURE DID NOT CONSIDER HIS EXISTENCE | βοΈ ALSO THE PROPHET | β SCRIPTURE WRITTEN BEFORE HIS EXISTENCE | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | βοΈ | |||||||
47 | OTHER PROPHETS | βοΈ | βοΈ MINOR FIGURES SOME SECTS PROFESS IT IS ONGOING | βοΈ MINOR FIGURES | βοΈ ABRAHAM NO MORE AFTER MALACHI | βοΈ HAMZA IBN ALI WAS A REINCARNATION OF JESUS CHRIST AND THE TRUE MESSIAH | βοΈ | ||||||||||||
48 | πͺ AUTHORITY | ποΈ GOVERNING BODIES A GROUP OF PEOPLE TASKED WITH THE GOVERNANCE OF THE FAITH ARCHDIOCESE: ADMINISTRATIVE METROPOLITAN AUTHORITY DIOCESE: ADMINISTRATION. USED IN ECCLESIASTICAL SENSE AS AN ADMINISTRATIVE TERRITORIAL ENTITY. COULD REPRESENT THE BISHOP WHO HAS THE PRINCIPAL SUPERVISION OF A DIOCESE. COULD REPRESENT AN EPISCOPAL SEE, REFERRING TO THE DOMAIN OF ECCLESIASTICAL AUTHORITY OFFICIALLY HELD BY THE BISHOP | INTERNATIONAL CATHOLIC MIGRATION COMMISSION MINOR GROUPS | ||||||||||||||||
49 | π« VENERATION (OR VENERATION OF SAINTS) The act of honoring a saint, a person who has been identified as having a high degree of sanctity or holiness. Angels are shown similar veneration in many religions. Veneration of saints is practiced, formally or informally, by adherents of some branches of all major religions | π€ βοΈ CATHOLICS DO β PROTESTANTS DO NOT | π€ THEY USE THE TERM WAFI βοΈ SUNNI ISLAM PRACTICES THIS β SALAFISM CAUSED A DECLINE IN THIS PRACTICE | π€ VENERATION & PILGRIMAGE TO BURIAL SITES OF HOLY JEWISH LEADERS IS FORMER TRADITION, BUT DOES NOT COUNTENANCE THE VENERATION OF SAINTS PER SE | βοΈ BHAKTI MOVEMENT HELPED TO POPULARIZE THE VENERATION OF SAINTS & GURUS AS MODELS SHOWING THE WAY TO LIBERATION | βοΈ BOTH MAIN BRANCHES, THERAVADA & MAHAYANA, RECOGNIZE THOSE WHO HAVE ACHIEVED A HIGH DEGREE OF ENLIGHTENMENT AS AN ARHAT TIBETAN BUDDHIST VENERATE ESPECIALLY HOLY LAMA, SUCH AS THE DALAI LAMA, AS SAINTS | |||||||||||||
50 | βοΈ ECCLESIASTICAL POLITY THE OPERATIONAL + GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE OF A CHURCH OR OF A CHRISTIAN DENOMINATION. IT ALSO DENOTES THE MINISTERIAL STRUCTURE OF A CHURCH + THE AUTHORITY RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN CHURCHES. POLITY RELATES CLOSELY TO ECCLESIOLOGY, THE STUDY OF DOCTRINE + THEOLOGY RELATING TO CHURCH ORGANIZATION | ||||||||||||||||||
51 | πΏ SINS | π ORIGINAL SIN HUMANITY'S STATE OF SIN RESULTING FROM THE FALL OF MAN, STEMMING FROM ADAM AND EVE'S REBELLION IN EDEN (NAMELY THE SIN OF DISOBEDIENCE IN CONSUMING FROM THE TREE OF KNOWLEDGE OF GOOD + EVIL) THAT HUMANITY HAS INHERITED GUILT. BOTH ADAM'S DEPRAVED NATURE + ACTUAL GUILT OF HIS TRANGRESSION | βοΈ ABSENCE OF ORIGINAL HOLINESS + JUSTICE INTO WHICH HUMANS ARE BORN | KARMA RESULTS IN RBIRTH IN REALMS OF TORMENT DUE TO WRONGFUL ACTIONS | |||||||||||||||
52 | π΄ ANCESTRAL SIN (ANCESTRAL FAULT) THE SINS OF THE FOREFATHERS LEAD TO PUNISHMENT OF THEIR DESCENDANTS HUMANITY'S "INCLINATION TOWARDS SIN, A HERITAGE FROM THE SIN OF OUR PROGENITORS" AND THAT IS REMOVED THROUGH BAPTISM | β WE DID NOT INHERIT THE GUILT OF ADAM'S PERSONAL SIN, BUT BECAUSE HIS SIN IS OF A GENERIC NATURE, WE PARTICIPATE IN IT BY VIRTUE OF OUR HUMANITY | |||||||||||||||||
53 | πΏ ACTUAL SINS PERFORMING SINS OF COMMISSION (ACTS CONTRARY TO THE WILL + LAW OF GOD) OR SINS OF OMISSION (REFRAINING FROM DOING GOOD). CAN BE EITHER MORTAL OR VENIAL | βοΈ | |||||||||||||||||
54 | π« MORTAL SINS IS A GRAVELY SINFUL ACT, WHICH CAN LEAD TO DAMNATION IF A PERSON DOES NOT REPENT OF THE SIN BEFORE DEATH. ITS QUALITY IS SUCH THAT IT LEADS TO A SEPARATION OF THAT PERSON FROM GOD'S SAVING GRACE | βοΈ ABSOLUTION RECEIVED THROUGH THE SACRAMENT OF PENANCE IS REQUIRED TO BE ABSOLVED | |||||||||||||||||
55 | π VENIAL SIN A LESSER SIN THAT DOES NOT RESULT IN A COMPLETE SEPARATION FROM GOD AND ETERNAL DAMNATION IN HELL AS AN UNREPENTED MORTAL SIN WOULD. CONSISTS IN ACTING AS ONE SHOULD NOT, WITHOUT THE ACTUAL INCOMPATIBILITY WITH THE STATE OF GRACE THAT A MORTAL SINS IMPLIES; THEY DO NOT BREAK ONE'S FRIENDSHIP WITH GOD, BUT INJURE IT | βοΈ | |||||||||||||||||
56 | π ATONEMENT THE FORGIVING OR PARDONING OF SIN SEE THE RANSOM THEORY, THE ABELARDIAN THEORY, THE SUBSTITUTIONARY ATONEMENT THEORY WITH ITS VARIATIONS, AND THE ANSELMIAN SATISFACTION THEORY. | ||||||||||||||||||
57 | π SALVATION | π€ NATURE OF SALVATION CONFLICTING DEFINITIONS OF DEPRAVITY, PREDESTINATION, ATONEMENT, JUSTIFICATION | βοΈ GOOD WORKS ARE THE MEANS TO SALVATION SOME SECTS ACCEPT MUSLIMS TOO | βοΈ THOSE WHO DIE DIBELIEVING IN GOD DO NOT RECEIVE SALVATION UNIVERSAL RECONCILIATION OPTION EXISTS | β UNECESSARY. THEY DO DO NOT SUBSCRIBE TO THE DOCTRINE OF ORIGINAL SIN | π€ I. FAITH IN SACRIFICE OF JESUS II. LIFELONG EFFORT TO BE PIOUS + IN RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD | βοΈ INHRENTLY POSSIBLE BUT REQUIRES FEAR IN TREMBLING GOOD WORKS ARE THE MEANS TO SALVATION MORTAL SINS REQUIRE ABSOLVING THROUGH SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION | N/A | π€ ONLY THROUGH FAITH IN JESUS + FAITH IN SACRIFICE OF JESUS AS PAYMENT FOR OUR SINS CANNOT BE EARNED GOOD WORKS ARE THE RESULT OF SALVATION ONCE SAVED, IMPOSSIBLE TO BE REVERSED | βοΈ | |||||||||
58 | π DEATH | πΌ EXISTENCE OF AFTERLIFE BELIEF IN THE EXISTENCE OF HEAVEN & HELL | βοΈ | βοΈ | βοΈ MYTHICAL & PHILOSOPHICAL | βοΈ EIGHT REALMS | π€ TRANSFORMATION INTO IMMORTALITY | βοΈ KARMA-BASED SOUL IS ETERNAL | π€ UNCERTAIN | βοΈ | βοΈ | βοΈ | π€ SOME PROFESS TO A BELIEF | ||||||
59 | π» INTERMEDIATE STATE (MORTALISM) A PERSON'S EXISTENCE BETWEEN ONE'S DEATH AND THE UNIVERSAL RESURRECTION. | π€ PROTESTANTS AGREE AS WELL AS SOME MINOR GROUPS | βοΈ BARZAKH IS THE INTERMEDIATE STATE IN WHICH THE SOUL OF THE DECEASED IS TRANSFERRED ACROSS THE BOUNDARIES OF THE MORTAL REALM INTO A KIND OF "COLD SLEEP" WHERE THE SOUL WILL REST UNTIL THE QIYAMAH OR END TIME (JUDGEMENT DAY) - QUR'AN SURAH 23, AYAT 100 | β OFFICIALLY, NO NOTION OF THE RESURRECTION OF THE DEAD AND THUS NO INTERMEDIATE STATE | π€ TIBETAN BUDDHISM HAS THE CONCEPT OF BARDO, A STATE OF EXISTENCE INTERMEDIATE BETWEEN TWO LIVES ON EARTH, USUALLY WITHIN 49 DAYS. THERAVADA BUDDHISM DOES NOT HAVE THIS BELIEF | βοΈ A NEWLY DECEASED PERSON MAY RETURN TO HIS/HER HOME AT SOME NIGHTS, SOMETIMES ONE WEEK AFTER HIS DEATH AND THE SEVEN PO SOULS WOULD DISAPPEAR ONE BY ONE EVERY 7 DAYS AFTER DEATH. THEY MAY RETURN HOME AS A GHOST, INSECT, BAT, OR BIRD AND PEOPLE AVOID HURTING SUCH THINGS | |||||||||||||
60 | πΆ REINCARNATION (TRANSMIGRATION / REBIRTH) THE PHILOSOPHICAL OR RELIGIOUS CONCEPT THAT AN ASPECT OF A LIVING BEING STARTS A NEW LIFE IN A DIFFERENT PHYSICAL FORM AFTER EACH BIOLOGICAL DEATH | β SOME CHRISTIANS PROFESS TO A BELIEF | β | π€ AN ESOTERIC BELIEF WITHIN MANY MODERN STREAMS OF MODERN JUDAISM. TRUE WITHIN KABBALAH, HASIDIC JUDAISM, MODERN ORTHODOX JUDAISM | π€ THE BODY DIES BUT NOT THE SOUL. THE BODY + PERSONALITY CAN CHANGE | βοΈ NORMAL PEOPLE IN OTHER PLANES OF EXISTENCE UNCHANGING SELF/SOUL | βοΈ | βοΈ | βοΈ | βοΈ | βοΈ ONLY WITHIN THE FAMILY | ||||||||
61 | π§ ESCHATOLOGY (RESURRECTION OF THE DEAD) DESCRIBES AN EVENT BY WHICH A PERSON, OR PEOPLE ARE RESURRECTED (BROUGHT BACK TO LIFE) (1) THE CHRIST RISING FROM THE DEAD (2) THE RISING FROM THE DEAD OF ALL HUMANS, AT THE END OF THIS PRESENT AGE (3) THE RESURRECTION OF CERTAIN ONES IN HISTORY, WHO WERE RESTORED TO LIFE | βοΈ A CREED - PLAN OF SALVATION - EXISTS TO EXPLAIN THIS CONCEPT ALL WILL BE RESURRECTED LINEAR COSMOLOGY DIFFERING VIEWS: HISTORICIST - REVELATION ALREADY HAPPENED PRETERIST - SEVERAL REVELATIONS ALREADY HAPPENED FUTURIST - REVELATION HAVE YET TO OCCUR | βοΈ PART OF CREED - SIX ARTICLES OF ISLAMIC FAITH LINEAR COSMOLOGY | βοΈ THIS DOCTRINE IS BASED ON JEWISH BELIEF LINEAR COSMOLOGY | π€ FOLKLORE REFERENCES TO AN INDIVIDUAL AND ANIMALS CYCLICAL COSMOLOGY | π€ SPIRITUAL BEINGS THAT HAVE BEEN RESTORED TO GLORIFIED BODIES WILL POSSESS IMPASSIBLITY, SUBTILITY, AGILITY, CLARITY CYCLICAL COSMOLOGY | N/A | π€ | βοΈ | βοΈ IT WILL BE A SPIRITUAL BODY BUT THE PERSON WILL BE WHOLE IDENTIFIABLE | β | N/A | LINEAR COSMOLOGY | π€ BODIES ENTER AN INTERMEDIATE STATE. ONE THAT IS CONSCIOUS BUT SIMILAR TO BEING ASLEEP | |||||
62 | π£οΈ PURGATORY | βοΈ ...THREE PERIODS BEFORE DAY OF JUDGMENT | βοΈ A YEAR? | βοΈ | π€ PARTIALLY TRUE ONLY IF IN A STATE OF SIN. REQUIRES UNDERGOING PURIFICATION (THE DURATION OF WHICH IS DETERMINATE ON THE STATE OF THE SOUL UPON DEATH) | ||||||||||||||
63 | π TRADITIONS | ||||||||||||||||||
64 | FESTIVALS | ||||||||||||||||||
65 | SPRING/HARVEST | ||||||||||||||||||
66 | RITUAL ABSTINENCE HOMAGE TO EVENTS OR INDIVIDUALS INVOLVING INVOLUNTARY OR VOLUNTARY ACTS OF THE SAME | π€ SOME SECTS SUCH AS CATHOLICS DURING LENT | βοΈ FASTING DURING RAMADAN | βοΈ | β | ||||||||||||||
67 | CREATOR GOD | βοΈ | βοΈ | βοΈ | β | β | βοΈ FORMLESS BEING | ||||||||||||
68 | MONOTHEISM BELIEF IN ONE GOD | βοΈ | βοΈ | βοΈ | β | β | β | β | βοΈ | ||||||||||
69 | AFTERLIFE | βοΈ | βοΈ | βοΈ | β REINCARNATION (REBIRTH) / SAMSARA, KARMA | ||||||||||||||
70 | ALTRUISM | βοΈ | βοΈ | βοΈ | βοΈ | βοΈ | βοΈ | βοΈ | |||||||||||
71 | ASCETICISM ABSTINENCE FROM SENSUAL PLEASURES | ? HISTORICALLY, YES | β EXCEPT SUFI (PROPHET DID IN THE LATER STAGES OF LIFE?) HISTORICALLY, YES | βοΈ | βοΈ PROPHET DID | βοΈ | βοΈ | π€ MAN MUST BE ABLE TO BE A HOUSEHOLDER | N/A | ||||||||||
72 | MONASTICISM HAVING PEOPLE LIVE A RELIGIOUS LIFE FOCUSED ON SPIRITUAL WORK | βοΈ | β | β NOT REGARDING CELIBACY & POVERTY | βοΈ | βοΈ | βοΈ FASTING, POVERTY, SLEEP DEPRIVATION, ISOLATION | βοΈ | βοΈ | ||||||||||
73 | EVANGELISM ESTABLISHING CONVERSION MISSIONS | βοΈ | β CONVERTS NOT ACCEPTED | ||||||||||||||||
74 | FOOD | π€ SOME SECTS LIMIT CERTAIN FOODS | βοΈ RESTRICTIONS ON PREPARATION NO PORK NO ALCOHOL | β HOWEVER, THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT VEGETERIAN POPULATION | π€ VARIES | π€ RITUALISTIC MEAT IS PROHIBITED | |||||||||||||
75 | CIRCUMCISION REDUCED SEXUAL PLEASURE FROM GENITAL MODIFICATION | π€ SOMETIMES MANDATORY | YES? | β | β DISCOURAGED | ||||||||||||||
76 | DISCRIMINATION GROUPING BASED ON SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS, GENETICS, OR MORALITY | β CASTE, CREED, OR RACE | β HISTORICALLY, YES [CASTE] | β DISCOURAGED INTERNALLY/EXTERNALLY | |||||||||||||||
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80 | π¬ ISSUES | πΆ ON ABORTION | |||||||||||||||||
81 | π ON BIRTH CONTROL | ||||||||||||||||||
82 | π ON CAPITAL PUNISHMENT | ||||||||||||||||||
83 | π€· DOUBLE BELONGING THE PHENOMENON IN WHICH ONE CLAIMS TO BE AN ADHERENT OF TWO DIFFERENT RELIGIONS AT THE SAME TIME OR INCORPORATES THE PRACTICES OF ANOTHER RELIGION INTO THEIR OWN LIFE | β | β | β | βοΈ | βοΈ | βοΈ | ||||||||||||
84 | π THE GOLDEN RULE TREATING OTHERS AS ONE WOULD WISH TO BE TREATED | ||||||||||||||||||
85 | π GREAT COMMISSION THE INSTRUCTION OF THE RESURRECTED JESUS CHRIST TO HIS DISCIPLES TO SPREAD HIS TEACHINGS TO ALL THE NATIONS OF THE WORLD | ||||||||||||||||||
86 | ON APOSTASY | β PUNISHABLE BY DEATH | βοΈ | βοΈ CONSCIENCE | |||||||||||||||
87 | π₯ ON GLOBAL WARMING | ||||||||||||||||||
88 | π¬ ON HOMOSEXUALITY | ||||||||||||||||||
89 | π ON IDOLATRY | ||||||||||||||||||
90 | π ON INCEST GENETIC ISSUES FROM LACK OF DIVERSITY. FAMILY ISSUES. | π€ CONSANGUINEOUS MARRAIGES ARE NOT ALLOWED | |||||||||||||||||
91 | ON SLAVERY | DISCOURAGED HISTORICALLY, YES | N/A HISTORICALLY, YES | ||||||||||||||||
92 | ON BLASPHEMY | β HISTORICALLY A CRIME | |||||||||||||||||
93 | π₯ ON JUST WAR | ||||||||||||||||||
94 | ποΈ ON PREMARITAL SEX | ||||||||||||||||||
95 | π¦ ON MASTURBATION | ||||||||||||||||||
96 | π©ββοΈ ON SOCIAL JUSTICE | ||||||||||||||||||