what's your religion ?

Question

what's your religion and could you share the teachings with me?

Answer 1

The religion I follow is called Ásatrú. the is the religion of those that worship the Norse deities (Odin, Thor, Freyja etc.) Here are a few of the basic principles:




SIX-FOLD GOAL:

RIGHT is ruled over by Tyr. It is the justice of law shaped by the lore of our folk and meted out with good judgment and true by those who can see the truth. This is a goal rationally sought and rationally administered--the rule of rationality and enlightenment in the world. From this our desire to see a world ruled rationally is derived.

WISDOM is watched over by Odin. This is the hidden lore and powers welling up from the darkest depths of our souls and hovering high over our heads, shining beyond the clouds, and leading us into the unknown. This is the mysterious force that has the ability to hold all things together, ruled by those who can see and understand the whole. Above all, wisdom must be preserved, for in it are the wells of all memory; if it and only it survives, all other parts of the whole may be regenerated. From this is derived our sense of adventure, our curiosity about the unknown, our seeking and questioning character.

MIGHT is wielded by Thor. In might is embodied the two-fold goal of victory and defense, which both depend on pure power or might for their ultimate right. Without this pivotal goal, all others will fall into decay and be overcome by things outside the truth--as indeed they have been. But might must be ruled over by right and wisdom, and must serve the purposes of harvest and frith. There is worth of might in and of itself, however, in the bodily expressions of power is found the joy of victory which can act as a balm on the soul of the warrior. The goal of conquest and exercise of might can be turned without or within the true man or woman--but it must find expression. From this is derived our hunger for conquests, big and small, and our great will to power.

HARVEST is holy to the Vanir. This is the reaping of the things of the good cycles of nature, which ensures that the folk continues to flourish in the world, that the livestock abound in good health, and that the seed is rightly planted, cut and threshed. Harvest is the overriding need for organic continuance--for the continuance of organic life. Harvest here includes all of the fruits of economic cycles. It is the goodness of plenty, o wealth, and physical well-being. Today our society and our desire for abundance and wealth is dominated by this value system.

FRITH is ruled by Frey and Freyja. Frith is our own word for "peace." Frith is the true state of "peace" wherein all parts of the Six-Fold Goal are successfully pursued and attained by a society. In frith is true freedom, for frith is the essence of freedom, the state in which self-directed, self-willed growth and development can take place. Frith usually implies an absence of war but not of struggle or conflict, which must always be present on some level when true growth is taking place. In frith we do not stand still; in frith we learn how to take our fights to ever higher fields. Right/Might/Frith form a powerful axis. Might provides the protection frith needs to promote freedom, but might must be ruled by right to protect frith from ungoverned might. From frith comes our almost universal desire for "peace" but if we misunderstand what this means, we can bring ourselves not "peace" but stagnation and death.

LOVE is the law of life and is embodied in Frey and Freya, the "Lord and Lady". This is the pure powerful love, or the "lust" of eroticism. In it is our sense of play and pure pleasure. The stem word from which "love" is derived really has to do with the enjoyment of (physical) pleasure. That we all seek this as a goal is natural and good, but it is not without its non-natural or "spiritual" sides, to be sure. In seeking pleasure, we show and more importantly experience an unbridled lust for life itself. This deep well of desire acts from below much the way wisdom does from above; in fact, there is a secret bond between them. Wisdom and love hold the six goals together.

NINE NOBLE VIRTUES:


COURAGE is the bravery to do what is right at all times with no regard to possible consequences or repercussions.

TRUTH it the willingness to say what is honest and right at all times.

HONOR is the feeling of inner value and worth from which one knows that one is noble of being.

FIDELITY is the will to be loyal to one's gods and goddesses, to one's folk and to one's self.

DISCIPLINE is the willingness to be hard with one's self first, and then if need be with others, in order that greater purposes can be achieved.

HOSPITALITY is the willingness to share what one has with one's fellows, especially when they are far from home.

INDUSTRIOUSNESS is the willingness to work hard--always striving for efficiency--as a joyous activity in and of itself.

SELF-RELIANCE is the spirit of independence which is achieved not only for the individual, but also for the family, clan, tribe and nation.

PERSEVERANCE is the spirit of stick-to-it-iveness that can always bring one back from defeat or failure--each time we fail, we recognize failure for what it is and, if the purpose is true and good, we persevere until success is won.

Answer 2

United Methodist
WE believe in the TRinity Father Son and Holy Spirit
3 parts to the same God
we also do baptism and Holy Communion as commanded...
we keep Good Friday, Pentecost, Christmas, Easter

Answer 3

faith:- faith is a device of ideals and worships which includes a code of ethics and a philosophy of existence. there are a number of faiths interior the international right this moment. a number of those religions are of updated beginning yet maximum of them are very previous. in certainty all of us be conscious of from history that guy has consistently had a faith. Even the primitive men residing in caves or jungles had some form of religion. The innovations and rituals in guy's faith have consistently developed and grow to be greater rational and state-of-the-paintings as time went on. The primitive religions of the Cave guy and the Bush guy gave upward thrust to the popular religions of the previous 3 thousand years. right this moment, the main religions of the international incorporate: international faith ----- Originated in Zoroastrianism ----- Iran Confucianism ----- China Hinduism ------ India Taoism ------ China Jainism ------ India Judaism ------ Neat East Christianity ------ close to East Islam ------ close to East Buddhism ------- India Shinto ------- Japan those are the super religions of the international which at the instant are not in basic terms in charge for all our amassed wealth of understanding, philosophy, ethics, and social and ethical codes, yet have stimulated the subculture, the language and the ethical attitudes of in simple terms approximately each guy or woman residing right this moment. distinction between non secular and Non non secular Peoples. a million. The non secular human beings have faith in some thing on a similar time as the others do no longer. 2. The non secular human beings carry out specific acts of worship on a similar time as the others do no longer. 3. The non secular human beings seem to maintain on with a undeniable code for their social and ethical behaviour on a similar time as the others do no longer. 4. The non secular human beings come across a objective of existence and characteristic a different philosophy in the direction of it, on a similar time as the others do no longer.

Answer 4

I am a Baptist and we believe Jesus came to earth as a baby and died on the cross for the sins of the world. He rose 3 days later and is now at the right hand of the Father which is God. We believe one must be saved to get to heaven.

Answer 5

spiritualism
we believe in life after death proven through spirit communications ( mediumship )
we believe that upon death we are met by those who have passed before us and taken to a realm of spirit , where we reside depending on our spiritual progression in this life
that all realms can be progressed from until ultimately joining back with the energy we came from and where new souls are born ( the God energy )

Answer 6

*Wicca is my religion. Just type Wicca in any search engine and you should find information you seek.*

Answer 7

I am a Christian and we follow the bible. here is our site www.church of christ.org

Answer 8

Islam
some treaching:
I. Islam and Muslims.

The name of this religion is Islam, the root of which is Silm and Salam which means peace. Salam may also mean greeting one another with peace. One of the beautiful names of God is that He is the Peace. It means more than that: submission to the One God, and to live in peace with the Creator, within one's self, with other people and with the environment. Thus, Islam is a total system of living. A Muslim is supposed to live in peace and harmony with all these segments; hence, a Muslim is any person anywhere in the world whose obedience, allegiance, and loyalty are to God, the Lord of the Universe.

II. Muslims and Arabs.

The followers of Islam are called Muslims. Muslims are not to be confused with Arabs. Muslims may be Arabs, Turks, Persians, Indians, Pakistanis, Malaysians, Indonesians, Europeans, Africans, Americans, Chinese, or other nationalities.

An Arab could be a Muslim, a Christian, a Jew or an atheist. Any person who adopts the Arabic language is called an Arab. However, the language of the Qur'an (the Holy Book of Islam) is Arabic. Muslims all over the world try to learn Arabic so that they may be able to read the Qur'an and understand its meaning. They pray in the language of the Qur'an, namely Arabic. Supplications to God could be in any language.

While there are one billions Muslims in the world there are about 200 million Arabs. Among them, approximately ten percent are not Muslims. Thus Arab Muslims constitute only about twenty percent of the Muslim population of the world.

III. Allah the One and the Only God.

Allah is the name of the One and Only God. Allah has ninety-nine beautiful names, such as:

The Gracious, The Merciful, The Beneficent,
The Creator, The All-Knowing, The All-Wise,
The Lord of the Universe, The First, The Last, and others.

He is the Creator of all human beings. He is the God for the Christians, the Jews, the Muslims, the Buddhists, the Hindus, the atheists, and others. Muslims worship God whose name is Allah. They put their trust in Him and they seek His help and His guidance.

IV. Muhammad.

Muhammad was chosen by God to deliver His Message of Peace, namely Islam. He was born in 570 C.E. (Common Era) in Makkah, Arabia. He was entrusted with the Message of Islam when he was at the age of forty years. The revelation that he received is called the Qur'an, while the message is called Islam.

Muhammad is the very last Prophet of God to mankind. He is the final Messenger of God. His message was and is still to the Christians, the Jews and the rest of mankind. He was sent to those religious people to inform them about the true mission of Jesus, Moses, David, Jacob, Isaac, and Abraham.

Muhammad is considered to be the summation and the culmination of all the prophets and messengers that came before him. He purified the previous messages from adulteration and completed the Message of God for all humanity. He was entrusted with the power of explaining, interpreting and living the teachings of the Qur'an.

V. Source of Islam.

The legal sources of Islam are the Qur'an and the Hadith. The Qur'an is the exact words of God; its authenticity, originality and totality are intact. The Hadith is the report of the sayings, deeds and approvals of the Prophet Muhammad. The Prophet's sayings and deeds are called Sunnah. The Seerah is the writings of followers of Muhammad about the life of the Prophet. Hence, it is the life history of the Prophet Muhammad which provides examples of daily living for Muslims.

Vl. Some Islamic Principles.

A. Oneness of God:

He is One and the Only One. He is not two in one or three in one. This means that Islam rejects the idea of trinity or such a unity of Cod which implies more than one God in one.

B. Oneness of mankind:

People are created equal in front of the Law of God. There is no superiority for one race over another. God made us of different colors, nationalities, languages and beliefs so as to test who is going to be better than others. No one can claim that he is better than others. It is only God Who knows who is better. It depends on piety and righteousness.

C. Oneness of Messengers and the Message:

Muslims believe that God sent different messengers throughout the history of mankind. All came with the same message and the same teachings. It was the people who misunderstood and misinterpreted them.

Muslims believe in Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Ismail, Jacob, Moses, David, Jesus, and Muhammad. The Prophets of Christianity and Judaism are indeed the Prophets of Islam.

D. Angels and the Day of Judgement:

Muslims believe that there are unseen creatures such as angels created by God in the universe for special missions.

Muslims believe that there is a Day of Judgement when all people of the world throughout the history of mankind till the last day of life on earth, are to be brought for accounting, reward and punishment.

E. Innocence of Man at Birth:

Muslims believe that people are born free of. sin. It is only after they reach the age of puberty and it is only after they commit sins that are to be charged for their mistakes. No responsible for or can take the responsibility for the sins of others. However, the do. forgiveness through true repentance is always open.

F. State and Religion:

Muslims believe that Islam is a total and a complete way of life. It encompasses all aspect of life. As such, the teachings of Islam do not separate religion from politics. As a matter of fact, state and religion are under the obedience of Allah through the teachings of Islam. Hence, economic and social transactions, as we educational and political systems are also of the teachings of Islam.

VII. Practices of Islam.

God instructed the Muslims to practice they believe in. In Islam there are five pillars, namely:

A. Creed (Shahada):

The verbal commitment and pledge that there is only One God and that Muhammad is the Messenger of God, is considered to be Creed of Islam.

B. Prayers (Salat):

The performance of the five daily prayers required of Muslims.

C. Fasting (Saum):

Fasting is total abstinence from food, liquids and intimate intercourse (between married couples) from dawn to sunset during the Month of Ramadan.

D. Purifying Tax (Zakat):

This is an annual payment of a certain percentage of a Muslim's property which is distributed among the poor or other rightful beneficiaries.

E. Pilgrimage (Haul):

The performance of pilgrimage to Makkah is required once in a lifetime if means are available. Hajj is in part in memory of the trials and tribulations of Prophet Abraham, his wife Hagar and his eldest son Prophet Ishmael.

VIII. Other Related Aspects.

A. Calendar:

Islamic practices are based on the lunar calendar. However, Muslims also use the Gregorian calendar in their daily religious lives. Hence, the Islamic calendar includes both the Common Era and the migration (Higra) year of the Prophet of Islam from Makkah to Madinah in the year of 623 C.E.

B. Celebrations (Eid):

Muslims have two celebrations (Eid); namely, Eid of Sacrifice and Eid of Fast-Breaking. The Eid of Sacrifice is in remembrance of the sacrifice to be by Prophet Abraham of his son. The Eid of Fast-Breaking comes at the end of the month of fasting, Ramadan.

C. Diets:

Islam allows Muslims to eat everything which is good for the health. It restricts certain items such as pork and its by-products, alcohol and any narcotic or addictive drugs.

D. Place of Worship:

The place of worship is called Mosque or Masjid. There are three holy places of worship for the Muslims in the world. These are: Mosque of Kaaba in Makkah, Mosque of the Prophet Muhammad in Madinah, and Masjid Aqsa, adjacent to Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem.

A Muslim may pray anywhere in the world whether in a Mosque, a house, an office, or outside. The whole world is a place of worship. It is preferable that Muslims pray in a congregation, however, he/she may pray individually anywhere.

E. Holiday:

The holy day of the Muslims is Friday. It is considered to be sacred and the Day of Judgement will take place on Friday. Muslims join together shortly after noon on Friday for the Friday congregational prayer in a Mosque. A leader (Imam) gives a sermon (Khutba) and leads the congregational prayer.

F. Distribution of Muslims in North America:

There are approximately five million Muslims in North America and are distributed in its major cities such as New York, Detroit, Boston, Toledo, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Houston, Cedar Rapids (Iowa), Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, Edmonton, Vancouver, Windsor, Winnepeg, Calgary, and others.

C. Contributions in North America:

Muslims are now established in North America. Sears Tower and the John Hancock buildings in Chicago were designed by a Muslim chief architect, originally from Bangladesh. Muslims have established academic institutions, community centers and organizations, schools and places of worship. They live in peace and harmony among themselves and among other groups of people in the society. The rate of crime among Muslims is very minimal. Muslims in North America are highly educated and they have added to the success of American scientific and technological fields.

The Muslims of the early period of the Islamic era were pioneers in medicine, chemistry, physics, geography, navigation, arts, poetry, mathematics, algebra, logarithms, calculus, etc. They contributed to the Renaissance of Europe and world civilization.

IX. Non-Muslims.

Muslims are required to respect all those who are faithful and God conscious people, namely those who received messages. Christians and Jews are called People of the Book. Muslims are asked to call upon the People of the Book for common terms, namely, to worship One God, and to work together for the solutions of the many problems in the society.

Christians and Jews lived peacefully with Muslims throughout centuries in the Middle East and other Asian and African countries. The second Caliph Umar did not pray in the church in Jerusalem so as not to give the Muslims an excuse to take it over. Christians entrusted the Muslims, and as such the key of the Church in Jerusalem is still in the hands of the Muslims.

Jews fled from Spain during the Inquisition, and they were welcomed by the Muslims. They settled in the heart of the Islamic Caliphate. They enjoyed positions of power and authority.

Throughout the Muslim world, churches, synagogues and missionary schools were built within the Muslim neighborhoods. These places were protected by Muslims even during the contemporary crises in the Middle East.


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Source: The Institute of Islamic Information and Education

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Answer 9

Islam
What Is Islam?
Islam is composed of three main areas: Utterance (to testify that there is no god worthy of worship except Allah and that Muhammad is His slave and messenger), faith, and deeds.

Faith is to believe in Allah, the Angels, the Heavenly Scriptures, Prophets, the last Day, and in the ability of Allah to will the existence of good or bad.

Deeds are: Salat (Prayers,) Zakat (a certain fixed proportion of the wealth - liable to Zakat - of a Muslim to be paid yearly for the benefit of the poor,) Siyam (Fasting,) and Hajj (Pilgrimage.)

Faith in Allah

1. We believe that Allah is one God, our Lord and the Lord of everything, and the Creator of everything.

2. All other than Him are created, and are servants who share nothing with Allah. Even Angels and Prophets are merely created servants submitting to Allah.

3. Among them are Jesus and Muhammad (Peace be upon them); both have no trace of deity (godhood).

4. Allah is the Living Self-Subsisting, Eternal, the First without a beginning and the Last without an end.

5. He hears everything and sees everything.

6. He is Most Gracious, Most Merciful, All-Dominating and He has the Most Beautiful Names and the Noblest Attributes.

7. He has created us out of nothing, and made us in the best form and He has given us all graces and bounties.

8. Hence we are not permitted to worship or submit to any other than Him, whether a favorite Angel or a chosen Prophet.

9. Whoever directs his prayers, bows or prostrates (in worship), or offers sacrifice to any other than Allah, he is an infidel and not a Muslim even if he declares that he is a Muslim. Allah says: "Say: Truly, my prayer and my service of sacrifice, my living and my dying are (all) for Allah, the Cherisher of the Worlds. No partner has He. And of this I have been commanded and I am the first of those who submit to His Will." (Holy Qur'an; 6:162-163)

10. Islam is the religion of Monotheism: it denies the Dualism of Magians and the Trinity of Christians. Islam teaches that Allah is One and only One. No one shares with Him, His Dominion or His Command. He has the Most Beautiful Names and the Noblest Attributes. Allah says: "Say! He is Allah, the One. He is The Most Unique, The Eternal, The Absolute. He begets not, nor was He begotten. And there is none like unto Him." (Holy Qur'an; 112)


Faith in Angels

1. Allah has created Angels to worship Him, to carry out His commands and to be His messengers to His Prophets.

2. One of the angels is Gabriel who used to bring down Revelation to our Prophet Muhammad .

3. Another Angel is Michael who is in charge of rain falling.

4. A third one is the "Angel of Death" who is in charge of taking the souls of people whose death is due.

5. Angels are but servants honored by Allah.

6. Hence we honor them and speak of them respectfully.

7. But we worship none of them, nor do we take them as Allah's sons or daughters (as infidels claim).

8. We worship only Allah who created them in this wonderful kind of creation.

Allah (Glory be to Him) says: "And they say: The Most Gracious has begotten a son, Glory be to Him! They are but honored servants. They do not speak before He speaks, and they act (in all things) by His command. He knows what is before them, and what is behind them, and they offer no intercession except for those whom He accepted, and they stand in awe for the fear of Him. If any of them should say, 'I am a God besides Him', such one We should reward with Hell. Thus do We reward those who do wrong." (Holy Qur'an; 21:26-29)

Faith in Holy Scriptures

1. Allah has sent down to a number of Messengers, Books in order to proclaim them to mankind. These Books contain the Words of Allah.

2. Among them are the Sheets of Ibrahim (Abraham,) Taurat revealed to Musa (Moses,) Az-Zabour (Psalms) revealed to Dawud (David,) The Injil (Gospel) revealed to Isa (Jesus,) and the Qur'an sent down to Muhammad (Peace be upon them all).

3. Jews and Christians distorted some parts of their Books (Taurat and Injil).

4. Being the last Book assuredly guarded from corruption, the Qur'an confirms the truth in the previous Books and guards it.

5. Whatever, in those Books, differs from the Qur'an is corrupted or abrogated. Allah (Glory be to Him) says: "And We have sent down to you the Book (this Qur'an) in truth, confirming the scripture that came before it, and guarding it..." (Holy Qur'an; 5:48)

6. Allah revealed the Qur'an in Arabic and has firmly promised to protect it. His last Message is free from all corruption; He, Most High, says about the Qur'an: "We have, without doubt, sent down the Message, and We will assuredly guard it (from corruption)" ( Holy Qur'an; 15:9)

Faith in Prophets

1. We believe that Allah chose from among mankind some Prophets to deliver His Guidance. From among those Prophets He selected Some Messengers.

2. He sent to the Messengers Laws and commanded them to proclaim these laws and to clarify them to their people.

3. Some of the great Messengers of Allah were Nooh (Noah,) Ibrahim (Abraham,) Musa (Moses), Isa (Jesus,) and Muhammad (peace be upon them all).

4. Embracing Islam does not mean to disbelieve in Moosa, Isa, or any other Prophet.

5. Islam teaches you how to believe correctly in all Prophets.
Allah (Glory be to Him) says in the Qur'an: "And We have sent down to you the Book (this Qur'an) in truth, confirming the scripture that came before it, and guarding it (clarifying the truth they distorted)..." (Holy Qur'an; 5:48)

6. Allah mentioned the names of a number of Prophets, He, Most High, says: "Say you (Muslims): We believe in Allah, and the revelation given to us and to Ibrahim, lsma'il, Isaac, Ya'qoob (Jacob) and the Tribes, and that which was given to Moosa (Moses), and Isa (Jesus), and that which was given to all Prophets from their Lord. We make no difference between one and another of them, and we submit to Allah (in Islam)." (Holy Qur'an; 2:136)

7. The first Prophet was Adam, father of mankind .

8. Muhammad, the Prophet of Islam is the seal (the last) of the Prophets. No Prophet is to come after him up to the end of this world.

9. Hence the fact that Islam is the only true religion to remain up to the Last Day.

10. He is Muhammad son of Abdullah son of Abdul-Muttalib. He is an Arab from (the famous tribe) of The Quraysh, a descendant of Ibrahim (Abraham) and Isma'il (Ishmael) (peace be upon them all).

11. He was born in Makkah (Mecca) in 571 AD (Known as the Year of the Elephant).

12. Allah sent Revelation to him when he was 40 years old.

13. He stayed in Makkah 13 years calling people to (believe in) Allah. Only a limited number of people believed in him.

14. After that he emigrated to Al-Madinah and invited its people to believe in Allah, they accepted.

15. He established the Islamic state, and in the year 8 AH (After Hijrah) He died at the age of 63 after the whole of the Qur'an was revealed, and all Arabs embraced Islam.

Faith in the Last Day

1. We believe that there will be another life after this life.

2. When the determined term of this life comes to an end, Allah will command an Angel to sound the Trumpet and all mankind and all other creatures will die.

3. Then he (Angel) will sound it again, when, behold, all dead since Adam will stand out of their graves.

4. Then, Allah will gather all people to account them for what they did.

5. Those who believed (in Allah), accepted the Messengers (as truthful) and did good deeds (commanded by Allah), Allah will put them in Paradise. In Paradise, they will enjoy eternal Bliss.

6. But those who rejected the Messengers and disobeyed Allah's commands will be put in Hell. In Hell Fire, they will be in continuous eternal punishment.

Allah (Glory be to Him) says: "As for him who had transgressed all bounds, and preferred the life of this world his abode will be Hell-Fire. And for him who feared of standing in front of his Lord's (Tribunal), and restrained (his) soul from lower desires, his abode will be Paradise." (Holy Qur'an, 79:37-41)

Faith in Fate and Divine Decree

1. We believe in the timeless knowledge of Allah and in His power to plan and execute His plans and nothing could happen in His Kingdom against His will.

2. His knowledge and power are in action and command at all times over His creation.

3. He is Wise and Merciful and whatever He does must have a meaningful purpose.

4. If this is established in our minds and hearts, we should accept with good faith all that He does, although we may fail to understand it fully, or think it is bad.