Everyone at some point in their life comes to a point in their life when they start to question a faith that was told to believe when they were younger, but when they grow up they start to learn about all these other amazing religions. If one was to start taking an interest in another religion, after having only known one religion for a long time, they will soon realize in their readings that there are multiple stories that parallel to or sound similar to a story that was told in their original religion. Once that person realizes this it becomes bewildering, how can one religion have a story, that was told to them, have a similar story or moral in it as another religion? If religions are put in place to help guide people down a path for a great life, then it makes sense to have similar points in each story’s religion. Specifically, there are quite a few parallels in Hindi stories and Christian stories, such as: How Rudra Destroys the Universe and the Christian book of Revelations, Brahma is Lonely and the story of Adam and Eve, The Thoughts of Brahma the book of Genesis, In the story How Rudra …show more content…
In the story Brahma is Lonely, Brahman is just that, lonely, so he takes the form of Brahma. In this form Brahma thinks about the loneliness and his body is split in two creating male and female humans. They would be considered to husband and wife and would be the beginning of humanity. The female would wonder how their love is real if it is just one being mating with another, so the male would change himself into the many different species we see walk the earth every day. Thus the women were to be coy and to play hard to get, and the man may sometimes have to change himself to get the girl. So such all the animals that were made came of the male and female who came from Brahma, so Brahma is in every living thing that came forth from
At the beginning of time only the Gods where living, until one day Sovereign Plumed Serpent and Heart of the Sky, named Hurricane, created trees, bushes, and life. Bearer Begetter was the creator or animals big and small, like birds, deers, jaguars, pumas, and serpents. When the Gods created animals they created them for the sole purpose of being worshiped by them. However, when they realized that the animals could not speak they decided they would be sent to live in the woods and fend for themselves. After this Xpiyacoc and Xmucane attempted to make humans, but instead of not being able to speak. They appeared to be too unnatural and decided to call them manikins or wood carvings so, Heart of the Sky creates a flood killing them off. It is believed that monkeys look like humans because they are the manikins who survived the flood by climbing onto trees.
All religions are very specific with the details which set that religion apart from others. However, when all the little details are melted away, there are only a mere handful that are different in essence. When looked at closely, even the religions which are perceived completely dissimilar at first glance are surprisingly similar. For example, the Voodoo religion, and that of early Christianity are stereotyped as extremely different, but with closer inspection, not only are these two religions are very obviously similar, but Voodooism stemmed, partly, out of Christianity. Both religions revolve around a mortal individual being used as a mouthpiece by a higher, being, be it spirit or god, to communicate with our mortal world. Yet at the same time, each religion has taken it’s own path and although equivalent in essence, have very different aspects with respect to background (such as time and status), as well as publicity, and language.
Christianity and Sikhism are two completely different religions with their own set of beliefs, though when looked at closer, share many similarities. Catholics and Sikhs only believe in one god, have creators who at birth were told they would do great things, had events at the age of 30 that put the ideas of their religions in motion, and both had followings who eventually took over and made the religions what they are today. Even though these religions have a large gap in time between them of when they were founded, they both share a common founding and similar beliefs.
The Iroquois creation myth comes across a situation in which there is no one for the two females to mate with since there is no male life on earth. Without men, human life on Earth would not continue, and, “when the girl had grown to womanhood, a man appeared,”(Iroquois) which lets the Iroquois tribe know that if they are in a needy situation, the gods have the ability to help out. Because of the gods only helping out humans on Earth when it was needed to sustain life, the Iroquois tribe can assume that in small troubles, it is unlikely the gods will help them. Rather than only helping human life out when it was needed, the gods in the Babylonian myth helped and had a relationship with humans on Earth. The female that helped create human life on Earth felt as if she had sinned, so in result of her sinning, “she changed to a cow to disguise herself, but [the god] changed to a bull and mated with her,”(Babylonian) which ended up creating all of the animals on Earth.
"The Book of Genesis" tells us how "God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and the cattle after their kind", (The Book of Genesis, Chapter 1, pg. 13). It also tells how "God created Man in his own image", (The Book of Genesis, Chapter 1, pg. 13). This explains that one God created the Earth, the animals, and finally, Man.
People who come from different areas may have same cultures and language while people who come from different countries may eat different food. However, people who live in the different places may have different religions. Two different religions that have a certain differences are the Buddhism and Christianity such as lifestyle, beliefs, and vies on universe. Although the Buddhism and Christianity could share similarities in some ways, the differences between them are more significant.
Can religions and cultures be anything more than their history? Why do we have a concept of history in the first place? Obviously history exists, but like the human ability to conceive of the future, history seems to be a rare phenomenon tied with our ability for language and the telling of stories. What’s even more fascinating is the human ability to make up a history or to tell a story, such as a creation myth, that seeks to explain something that has not been witnessed by anyone and does not have any role in finding food or creating shelter. We do not have a physical need to know how the earth came to be or to know how it is that we came to be here. Still, creation stories exist in almost all human cultures and, amazingly, many share many of the same elements. The question is, why? Is it a coincidence that so many of them share the same elements? By looking at a comparison of two creation stories, we should be able to understand the meaning of these similarities better.
Campbell recognized these similarities and states.... ... middle of paper ... ... Their single God creates a firmament, luminaries, dry land, and the people that inhabit that land. Chinese and Egyptian mythology also share an uncanny amount of coincidences, such as the presence of a dog-headed god, or the creation of Earth and the heavens from a cosmic egg.
The similarities begin with the creation stories, although these similarities are very minimal. In both the Christian creation story, Genesis, and in many accounts of the
While reading different stories, you can find many similarities between the texts. For example, Romeo and Juliet and Pyramus and Thisbe are two stories that have many similarities. Throughout the story, the characters have many of the same traits. Similar events take place in the two stories. All these events lead both stories to a tragic ending. Stories can be similar in many ways. The characters, the setting, and the story line itself. Stories can also be very different. One may talk about an event that will break your heart, while another might bring a smile to your face. The two stories The Man to Send Rain Clouds and Old Man at the Temple have many similarities and differences in their settings due to the place, time, and culture.
People have faith in many things. Some believe in many gods, one god, or that their is no god. All those people have their opinions on how the world was made and each of these stories from different people have some similarities. Those stories are the Navajo, Inca, and Zulu creation stories. All three made by different people in different continents and at different times but they all have some wide ranges of similarities in them.
" There was neither men nor gods. The only thing that existed was its own impulse, without there being any breath. " Nothing else existed, but Brahman which derived from heat. From the germ potential develops desire.
Christianity and Islam are two religions that grew from the same central idea of one divine being; they also originate from Jerusalem. However, the two religions bear great disparity but they also hold a few similarities. Both Islam and Christianity believe in Abraham as the forefather of both religions; they believe Him to be the founder of the two religions. The two religions have a holy book; Islam uses the Quran while Christians use the bible. Even though the two books do not bear the same teachings they are considered sacred in both religions. However, Christianity and Islam share a great deal of differences starting from the holy books, their beliefs, and the information contained in the respective holy book (Kavanaugh, 5).
The Book of Genesis which appears in the Old Testament of the Bible displays two stories of Gods ultimate creation of the world, its inhabitants and most notably human beings. However, these stories differ in literary description as well as terms of events that brought about the unyielding and mystifying question of; how did we get here? These stories are both key elements in the lives of billions of people around the world, they are the foundation of faith and what ultimately keeps people believing in the everyday purpose of their lives.
In (Genesis 1 NIV) is the beginning. This passage would talk about how God created the world, heaven and Earth, sunlight darkness. Creatures that most likely would be animals were created and God ordered for them to be multiplied.