Religious stereotypes and beliefs from source perspective?

Question

I'm really tired of "Super Christians" trying to explain all the other religions and marking them with 666 before even researching.
If you actually research, are a part of, or associate with the following religions could you please give me a basic code of belief.
Jewish
Bhuddist
Freemasons
Mormon
7 day advent
or anything else non-conventional

do them all or pick and choose...whatever suits.

Answer 1

Check out www.religionfacts.com

It gives easy answers to what different religions believe, and even compares some of them side by side

My own knowledge

Jewish: Follows the OT, that God is to be loved but feared.
Buddhist: Roll with it, change is good. Buddha mastered this, you can too!
Freemasons: I'm clueless
Mormon: There are lost parts of the bible that only Joseph Smith has seen (from divine inspiration). They include tips likd "God has a wife" "when you die, you can become the deity of another planet" etc. Of course, when asked to repeat his story he couldn't.

Answer 2

No. i'm agnostic yet have actual taken 5 years of religious analyze. usually human beings purely presume i'm uncertain because i understand not something. I also stay in eire which receives an excellent type of "you at the on the spot are not a Catholic?". I exceptionally get that from human beings.

Answer 3

U sound open minded, God bless u for that!
I am Muslim, and Islam teaches:

There is one God, and it is actually the same God the christians and jews have but in Arabic.

you must be kind to and help the poor when you can

encourages kind treatment of orphans

denounces violence

it does not encourage mistreatment of Jews or Christians, and Muslim men are allowed to marry them

call 1 877 why islam 9a to 9p !

Answer 4

Why don't you try to find a book called "What's the Difference" by Fritz Ridenhour. That way it's all in black and white, no bias, and nobody yelling.

Answer 5

Im a Jew, and I could talk to you about it for days. But to boil it down, our most important mitzvah is to treat others the way you wish to be treated. You know, 'love thy neighbor'? Unfortunately Xtians talk, but dont do.

Answer 6

Seventh-day Adventists accept the Bible as their only creed and hold certain fundamental beliefs to be the teaching of the Holy Scriptures. These beliefs constitute the church's understanding and expression of the teaching of Scripture. Revision of these statements may be expected at a General Conference session when the church is led by the Holy Spirit to a fuller understanding of Bible truth or finds better language in which to express the teachings of God's Holy Word.
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How do Latter-day Saints or Mormons believe they should live their lives?
"We believe in being honest, true, chaste, benevolent, virtuous, and in doing good to all men." Joseph Smith wrote this in 1842 in response to a journalist's inquiry concerning the beliefs of Latter-day Saints. "If there is anything virtuous, lovely, or of good report or praiseworthy, we seek after these things" (Articles of Faith 1:13). Latter-day Saints do not claim that they are all virtuous, without exception, nor that others do not display great virtue as well. Latter-day Saints do, however, believe that their religious beliefs must be translated into daily living.


What is Freemasonry?
In 17th and 18th century England, Masons defined their fraternity as "a system of morality, veiled in allegory and illustrated by symbols." Today we might define it as "an organized society of men who symbolically apply the principles of operative masonry and architecture to the science and art of character building." What Freemasonry teaches is not at all secret. It teaches its members to be better men. However, based upon tradition, Freemasonry teaches through ritual -- some of which is secret.


Traditionally, being and becoming a Buddhist has always been a quite simple. In the first days of the Great Teacher, there were no laymen or laywomen, just monks (and later, nuns) who approached the community (Sangha) and asked admittance. They publicly recited a small formula and were admitted to the group. Later rules for deportment were created. With this evolution, the creation of the Buddhist laity also took place. The vows for the laity, then and today, are the same 'Three Refuges" that were taken by the first followers in the Deer Park at Benares some 26 Centuries ago. With these Refuges came the Three Pure Precepts. Unlike 'rules' for which carry with them the implication of punishment if they are broken, precepts are ideals of attitude and conduct. If there is a punishment for the breaking of them, it is almost always either karmic (thus unavoidable whether one knew the precept or not!) or self imposed. The Three Pure Precepts are:
Cease to do Evil.
Do Only Good.
Do Good for Others.
Basic Points Unifying The Theravada and the Mahayana
The Buddha is our only Master.
We take refuge in the Buddha, the Dharma and the Sangha.
We do not believe that this world is created and ruled by a God.
Following the example of the Buddha, who is the embodiment of Great Compassion (Mahakaruna) and Great Wisdom (Mahaprajna), we consider that the purpose of life is to develop compassion for all living beings without discrimination and to work for their good, happiness, and peace; and to develop wisdom leading to the realization of Ultimate Truth.
We accept the Four Noble Truths, namely Dukkha (Suffering), the Arising of Dukkha, the Cessation of Dukkha, and the Path leading to the Cessation of Dukkha; and the universal law of cause and effect as taught in the pratitya-samutpada (Conditioned Genesis or Dependent Origination).
We understand, according to the teaching of the Buddha, that all conditioned things (Samskara) are impermanent (Anitya) and dukkha, and that all conditioned and unconditioned things (Dharma) are without self (Anatma).
We accept the Thirty-seven Qualities conducive to Enlightenment as different aspects of the Path taught by the Buddha leading to Enlightenment.
There are three ways of attaining bodhi or Enlightenment, according to the ability and capacity of each individual: namely as a disciple (sravaka), as a Pratyeka-Buddha and as a Samyaksam-Buddha (perfectly and Fully Enlightened Buddha). We accept it as the highest, noblest, and most heroic to follow the career of a Bodhisattva and to become a Samyaksam-Buddha in order to save others.
We admit that in different countries there are differences with regard to the life of Buddhist monks, popular Buddhist beliefs and practices, rites and ceremonies, customs and habits. These external forms and expressions should not be confused with the essential teachings of the Buddha.

Judaism is a monotheistic religion. Jews believe there is one God who created and rules the world. This God is omnipotent (all powerful), omniscient (all knowing) and omnipresent (in all places at all times). God is also just and merciful.
It is believed that each person is created in the image of one God. Therefore, all people are created equal.
Furthermore, our likeness to God is in our intellectual ability to understand. Judaism believes that people have freewill and are responsible for the choices made.
Judaism is an ethical religion. When the Israelites accepted the Ten Commandments from God at Mount Sinai, they committed themselves to following a code of law which regulates both how they worship God and how they treat other people.
The Torah is the primary document of Judaism. Torah, which means "teaching", is God's revealed instructions to the Jewish People.

Jews learn from the Torah how to act, think and even feel about life and death. The stories in the Torah teach about God's relationship with the Jewish People. In addition, the Torah contains 613 commandments from God (mitzvot). The Ten Commandments are considered the most important commandments of the Torah.

The Ten Commandments
I am the Lord your God
You shall not recognize the gods of others in My presence
You shall not take the Name of the Lord your God in vain
Remember the day of shabbat to keep it holy
Honor your father and your mother
You shall not murder
You shall not commit adultery
You shall not steal
Do not give false testimony against your neighbor
You shall not covet your fellow's possessions

Answer 7

spiritualist
i believe in eternal spirit proven through spirit communications
i believe in love and respect for others
i believe in a creator/god force although have no specific name or concept of what or who that is .. apart from my own thoughts on what god is to me.. when i pray and wish to give god a name , i pray to all that is love

Answer 8

You can find information like that here:

http://www.religioustolerance.org/