Sharing Beliefs

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

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

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• 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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• 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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• 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