Thoughts on the Bible and Life
Confucius Confucianism started with Confucius (551-479 BCE) who lived in ancient China. In Chinese, Confucius is called Kongfuzi or Kongzi. Here are five key facts about Confucius: Problem of his day was social anarchy His goal was to reform society Worked as a government official but grew frustrated and left Traveled and taught lessons from … Read more
[In the next few posts, I’ll give an overview of the major religions we’re studying in class. These notes are a highly condensed version of the information in our textbook: Brodd, Jeffrey. World Religions, A Voyage Of Discovery] Guru Nanak The founder of Sikhism is Guru Nanak (1469-1539) who was born in present-day Pakistan. (A Guru is … Read more
[In the next few posts, I’ll give an overview of the major religions we studied in class. These notes are a highly condensed version of the information in our textbook: Brodd, Jeffrey. World Religions, A Voyage Of Discovery] Tirthankaras: the 24 Conquerors The name Jainism comes from jina which means “conqueror.” Those who have spiritually conquered in … Read more
[In the next few posts, I’ll give an overview of the major religions we’re studying in class. These notes are a highly condensed version of the information in our textbook: World Religions, A Voyage Of Discovery, 4th. ed. by Jeffrey Brodd.] Siddhartha Gautama Buddhism began with Siddhartha Gautama who was born in India in 560 B.C. … Read more
[For a brief overview of Hinduism see the previous post.] This post is a comparison between Hinduism and Christianity. Hindus and Christians have the following similarities in their beliefs: Human life is not what it should be. This life is not the end. Life continues after we die. Good deeds are rewarded and evil deeds are … Read more