Religious Traditions

Religious customs Sheila Risner REL/133 November 29, 2010 Matthew Morrison Religious Tradition Religion comes in mevery forms. What one camarilla of people believe, will find another believes something totally opposite. at that place ar so galore(postnominal) religious rituals and beliefs that is hard for anyone to comprehend all the traditions and reverence. The homo race is always striving to find a sense of sleep and harmony, and are searching for what will give them that feeling and understanding. The Oxford English lexicon (n. d. ) defines trust as a particular system of faith and worship.It is interest to note that faith and worship are the cardinal components of righteousness. Religion has ogdoad elements fit in to (Molloy, 2010) belief system, community, central falsehoods, rituals, ethics, characteristic emotional experiences, clobber expressions, and sacredness. each(prenominal) religion has its own belief system and ideas. There are trine indigenous rel igion cultures that will be expound the Igbo, Pueblo people, and the Hawaiian religion. Igdo worship the goddess of the earth and various spirits such as the river, the yam, and the hearth.Igdo people worship the high matinee idol Chukwu and Chineke. Igbos believe that each person has a extraordinary spirit and they can control their own fate. No mention of any kind text editions they use for instruction, but they do use masks for use in dances and ceremonies. The Igdo believe that the funeral is the most important ritual. They say that they help the deceased inter the spiritual world. The pueblo people believed in the kachinas, and are the guardian spirits, and are believed to be with the people during ceremonial occasions. The mountains, rivers, and lakes are sacred to the Pueblos.The leader is said to pop off in these areas, along with the souls of the dead. They believe in that their people move upward(a) through colored worlds. Six religious societies are mentioned as emp loy to the sun, rainmakers, animal deities, war gods, guardian spirits, and priests. The Hawaiian religion believes in the cantillate called Kumulipo. They worship too many gods on many different islands. The two most important gods were Ku and Lono. Ku was the patron and Lono was the God of peace. Ten days in a lunar month were sacred to the Hawaiians and work was forbidden on those days.The goddess of fire, Pele, was involved the volcano eruptions. These gods were capable of transforming themselves into different shapes. Men and women ate separately. They could not eat pork, coconuts, bananas, and taro. They had a spiritual power called mana, who had to be protected from condemnable spirits. Public prayer was common. The Apostolic Pentecost may be one religion not heard of much today, but this is the religion I believe. This religion believes in one God named Jesus Christ, who died and rose from the grave to preserve us from the place called hell.The King James Version of the B ible is the text of reading. They believe in repentance, baptism, and receiving the Holy Spirit to enter into heaven according to Acts 238. The doctrine is according to the apostles doctrine in when a person receives the spirit you will speak in new dialect as the spirit gives the utterance. People accuse this religion that speaking in tongues were for the apostles age only, but this has proven to be a myth only. They worship in church with hands lifted in praise. There can be dancing and singing to the God Jesus.The word of God says that a pastor of the church, will lead the church. There is what they call the five-fold ministry. The five-fold ministry is described as pastors, teachers, preachers, evangelists, and prophets, which are used in the ministry. These ministries are sacred to the church and respected as leaders. Conclusion Religion comes in many forms. almost religions of today worship the God of heaven, but as you have seen, many of different sects of people worship o ther gods such as rivers, mountains, and idols make of stone.It is important to hump the belief system, community, central myths, rituals, ethics, characteristic emotional experiences, material expressions, and sacredness of any religion because if you ever had the opportunity to visit one of those places, you would know what to respect as sacred to the people. Reference Molloy, M. (2010). Experiencing the worlds religions Tradition, challenge, and flip-flop (5th ed. ). New York, NY McGraw-Hill. Religion (n. d. ). In Oxford English dictionary online. Retrieved November 28, 2010, from http//www. oed. com/