What do people believe about God?
Jews
Torah
Kosher
Food seen as pure and acceptable by Jews according to the Torah
The first five books of the Tenakh
Jewish Book of Law
Shema
First part of the Shema:
"Hear O Israel: the Lord is our God, the lord is one"
A prayer used by jews maintaining belief in one God
They belief there is unity in the world
The state of being harmonious and united
Mitzvot
The way Jews lives there live god expect them to
Jewish religious laws
Good laws or duties
Disciplined
Controlled behaviour that follows rules
Shabbat
Jewish name for the holy day also known as the Sabbath
Abraham
The founder of Judaism
Sikhs
Guru Nanak
The founder of Sikhism
Guru Granth Sahib
'We are all one, created by the one creator of all creation'
The holy book of Sikhs
Mool Mantar
Statement of belief at the beginning of the Guru Granth Sahib
Ik Onkar
Religious symbol in Sikhism expressing belief in one God
Sewa
Sikh requirement to help others
Langar
The kitchen and dining hall in a gurdwara and the food served in it
Kirpan
One of the five K's, a word
Deities
Means Gods
Hindus
'There are many paths to the truth'
It's a Hindu saying with important ideas about Hindu belief.
Brahman
The supreme God in Hinduism, understood to be ultimate reality
It's eternal and the source of all life
Three of the most important deities
Vishnu
Came to earth to help Humanity
female partner Radha
Krishna is the human form of Vishnu
Shiva
Durga
They belief God is an underlying spirit
Christians
Creator
The person who brings something into existence
Trinity
They believe that there are three people within one God
The Father
The Son
The Holy Spirit
Monotheistic
They believe that there is only one God
The Bible
The holy book of the Christians
Jesus
The founder of Christianity
Different types of people
A theist
Someone who believes that God exists
An atheist
Someone that believes that God doesn't exists
An agnostic
Someone who is unsure whether God exists or not
Islam
Shahadah
"I witness that there is no God but Allah and that Muhammed is the Messenger of Allah"
Many Muslims repeat the Shahadah every day
Contains one of the most important beliefs in the Islam
A statement of belief
Qur'an
The holy book of the Islam
It's called Kalam Allah
Which means 'the Speech of God'
Tawhid
Allah is the one true God. There are no other deities. All life comes from Allah and all life is connected with Allah.
The oneness of Allah
It means unity
Allah
The Arabic name for God in The Islam
Muhammmad
The founder of the Islam