HW 12-10

In class today we took a test. I did pretty well, scoring an 82% if I remember correctly. It was fairly easy. I only wish I had paid more attention to small details whilst studying instead of skimming for main points. I'm not sure where I had trouble, as I only got to glance at the grade. I will definitely by studying very hard for exams. If I get all 90's and one 85% I may be getting a dog for Christmas :3

HW 12-9

More on buddhists

• Siddhartha Guatama
• denominations
• tibetan
• zen
• theravada
• amidists
• Four noble truths
• there is suffering
• attachment to desire is the origin of suffering
• there is a cessation of suffering
• the Eightfold Path will lead to the cessation of suffering
• Eight fold path: basically do the right thing
• Judaism
• number of people: 14 to 18 million (ninth largest)
• jews
• From Israel
• Founder: abraham
• holy books: Talmud and Torah
• Ethical monotheism
• God is one and concerned with mankind 
• 10 commandments
• 13 principles of faith

HW 12-5

Spatial divisions

     NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)

• Five Major Religions
•      Christianity
•  number of adherents: around 2.2 billion (largest in the world)
•  called Christians
•  geographic location: Europe, the Americas, southern Africa
•  Denominations: Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Protestants, Lutherans, Methodists,    Baptists, Anglicans, Presbyterians, Episcopalians, many more
•  Founder: Jesus Christ
•  Holy book: Bible
•  Beliefs: Jesus is both human and divine - the Son of God; led a virtuous life; he was crucified, died, buried, and resurrected; he ascended into heaven where he reigns with God the Father
•  Clergy: the Pope is head of the church, priests are local authorities
•  Islam
•   number of adherents: 1.5 billion (second largest)
•  Muslims
•  Geographic location: Indonesia, Middle East, north Africa
•  denominations: sunnis 75-90%        shiites 10-20%
• founder: Muhhamad (570-632)
• holy book: Quran 
• monotheistic, Abrahamic, five pillars, testimony, prayer, alms-giving, fasting, pilgrimage)
• see purpose in life as serving and submitting to Allah and observing Islamic law
• Hinduisms
• number of adherants: 1.1 billion (third largest)
• called Hindus
• India and Napal
• holy book: the Vedas - eternal truths revealed to ancient sages; written in verse form (meant to be sung and easily memorized)
• no founder
• series of intellectual or philosophical points of view, rather than a rigid, strict set of beliefs - probably the oldest religion, although Hinduism is less of a religion than a way of life
• as a person puts on new clothes and discards old and torn clothes, similarly an embodied soul enters new material bodies, leaving the old bodies
• reincarnation

12-4

Today in class we talked about movies. We found out that Mr. Schick has worked on some pretty awesome movies. We also learned that one of Mr. Schick's past students is now working in the movie "Unbroken" which is awesome. Mr. Schick wrote an awesome "Millionaire" cover.

Jews, Christians, and Muslims all claim Jerusalem as their religious holy site. They are constantly fighting over the land.

Spatial divisions are how we divide the livable space found on the earth by establishing social, economic, and political control.

     you can be a member of more than one spatial group

     spatial divisions cause conflicts or cooperation

          countries

          economic alliances

               organization of petroleum exporting countries

                 

homework 12-3

Some people think Jesus went to the far east to learn about Buddhism

Major religions all have millions of followers all believing in same thing

religion can also be a dividing force around the world

     Hindus and Muslims fight in India (Hindu) and Pakistan (Muslims)

     There are conflicts between Catholics and Protestants (2 forms of Christianity) in Northern Ireland