Joanna Espinosa

Professor

Religion 2300

April 24th, 2019

Religions are ultimately

the same
Joanna Espinosa

Professor

Religion 2300

April 24th, 2019

Ultimately religions are the same because of the same patterns most religions have, they

all have a master, God, leader, Ideal, Prophet, guide that members of the religion follow and they

admire and are loyal too. Seems like every religion has a story of how their Master or God came

to be chosen. Either through a vision or an experience, some people can share that they saw God

and God spoke to them to start a church and guide people on earth. I also see that all religions

have a lot of good positive things that make them good religions and good members as well.

Most of the religions that I visited at the sights were so humble and nice. Every religion has

attributes that is helping to make the world better like the Indians, Christians, there religions

have standards and values to be kind to others, be humbles, be generous, loyal.

Every religion also is welcoming they like when people investigate the church or curious

to know more about the religion. Sikhism was one of the religions I admired because of their

attributes for example ‘’ sakhi, means evidence, which is a truth in the form of a story. It also

says that, first of all the legend signifies that in order to attain the Lord, one is required to drown

and drown in love and devotion and into the depths of meditation, secondly, they are required to
die and die towards the world. The third symbol is the returning, and one loses himself in himself

and return renewed. (Fisher, Section 11.1)

There is a lot of similarity in how a religion is organized with their mass or sacrament on

the day’s they gather together as a congregation. For example, Christianity is based on the life,

teachings, death, and resurrection of Jesus. They all wordship Christ as the savior and redeemer.

The base a lot of their teachings from the Christian bible, which they say that there is little

historical proof of the life of Jesus. They know he was born in the land of Israel and he was born

a Jew. (Fisher, Section 9.1) So Roman Catholic’s gather together very often throughout the week

but they are normally gathered on Sunday. They partake of the white bread, and the Father drinks

the wine in behalf of everyone which represent the blood of Christ and body which is the white

bread. Many other Christians have the same organization, Baptist, other Christian churches, have

the same pattern, they partake of the blood and body of Christ by using bread to symbolize the

body of Christ and water or wine to symbolize the blood of Christ. They do this to show that they

want to partake of his blood and body to be forgiven of their sin’s.

Furthermore, in the aspect of all Christianity Jesus Christ is there God the one they seek

for mercy and pray to day and night. They believe that through him they can be heard and be

helped with their daily trials and also grateful. They believe that miracles can happen and Christ

will help them with family issues, like health, financial, emotions. Which I also feel like

Hinduism and Judaism’s and Buddhism have the exact same view of life. But the believe in

Buddha, they prayed to him to find ways to get out of there suffering. (Fisher, Section 5.1).
Islam is Prophet is Muhammed, which is considered Muslims and it is there Prophet and true

restored religion. Muhammed is the messenger because there no God, and the requirements for

Muslims is to be faithful and straightforward. (Fisher, 10.1)

Every religion as well has traditions that we can relate to one another like Judaism,

Christianity, and Islam. These three religions go back to one connection like the patriarchal

Abraham. They also have the connection of monotheistic beliefs it’s to raise and elevate in the

term of spiritual and moral. And since the time of Abraham there was continues prophets called

like Moses, who continued to inspire and teach the things that God required them to teach to lead

and guide the human nature. Also, both Islam and Christianity believe in Christ as a Prophet and

reformer while the Jewish faith does not believe that way. Both Islam and Christianity separate

themselves from Judaism when they understand that he is holy and righteous. But all three

Judaism, Islam, and Christianity believe in Moses to share truth about Christ. (Fisher, Section

8.1)

All religions tend to covet in similar ways loyalty is the number one thing I can think of

that comes to my head. Every religion has the promise of something and it motivates them

follow their principles and rules. Many of the different members hold to one thing and they grow

and develop such faith to what they feel is best for them. In my personal experience, I feel like

that so normal, many of them are passed on traditions and habits. They come down their parents,

and there cultural. Like for example for me I’m Mexican American and most of my linage is

catholic and it’s been taught for centuries to generations down. And I grew up that way and that’s

all I’ve known better about my beliefs. I feel like that is very common for most people because

they were raised this way that’s all they know is best for them and since its taught to them since
such a young age they comfortable and feel like it’s the best way to live their life with this belief.

I really admire that about every religion. What they are willing to do for the promised blessings

for their God or belief. I love the loyalty that is where it shows their faith, and how the gain such

passion for what they believe in. The promise to follow the things that they are told to do in order

to receive the blessings.

In my personal thoughts every religion is good, sometimes it’s hard to say which is the

true religion that is supposed to be followed on earth. There’s definitely millions of religions out

there that have the same organization maybe have little things that make them differ each other. I

could say that I know most people just want to live a good life on earth and hope for better life

than on earth. Some believe there is no such thing after life on earth, others believe the will be

coming back to the earth with a different body and starting all over again until they get it right.

Many people today and share experience of being dead for a few minutes and then coming back

to life and sharing how they saw white or they saw family members who already died. It’s

defiantly awesome to hear things like that because it is a good hope for people who want to see

their family members that have passed on.

It would be hard for to believe that there nothing else going on after this life, I would be

devastated and truly would live my life super crazy and wouldn’t care much for the bad things

that I have done. Just because I wouldn’t really get anything out of living a life a righteous way.

Religion is truly worldwide and it’s amazing to understand other’s in there way of living life and

why. We are all human’s and truly I think for the most everyone wants to better earth and live a

peaceful life to potentially seek hope for better things to come. Even though there are lots of non-

believers I think personally myself deep down inside when they face something weather its

losing a family member or a new born baby there no way they could say or not feel any type of
presence of a God. I could be wrong but I feel like everyone in their life will go through a life

lesson that will teach what they need to know in order to have some type of understanding that

there is something out in universe that guides us in this earthly life.

Work Cited

Living Religions, Tenth Edition, Mary Pat Fisher and Robin Rineheart

https://www.alislam.org/library/religions/christianity/judaism-christianity-and-islam-a-

common-tradition/