Mr. Schick Read Carefully

 I have loved this class for the semester. I loved how You/Mr. Schick interacted with the class. I

had worried in the beginning of the year because I am a freshman, and new. When I got to class,
a thought came to me, will my teachers be mean or nice. Turns out you were fun and nice, it was a

great time in your class. I like the rule of no video games because it makes us pay attention. this

year has been great in all my classes. I can't really think of anything to do better. I love how

 in your class we can go off on a tangent and still learn life lessons. I saw how people focused on

your lessons because we were involved in it. We could  give opinions related to the topic. In your 

class it was sometimes annoying when everybody started talking. This is my goodbye.

                                    

Religion Paragraphs

 Christianity was founded by Jesus after his death. Christianity traces its root to Judaism but they believe Jesus was their savior. Christians believe Jesus was both human and divine, but there are many different denominations of Christianity with slightly altered beliefs. They also believed in the 12 apostles and Saint Paul who spread the word of Jesus right after his death. They believe in a holy book called the Bible. The Pope nowadays is head of the church, and priest are authorities. Christianity is prominent in Europe, the Americas, and Southern Africa. Christianity is a monotheistic religion.

 Islam was founded by Muhammad. Islam has 1.5 billion adherents, and they are also called Muslims. Islam's holy book is the Q'ran, the Q'ran contains the five pillars of faith.  Shahadah, Salat, Hajj, Zakat, and Swam. Each pillar has a meaning, they are the testimonial, prayer, almsgiving, fasting, and pilgrimage. Most notably is the Hajj (pilgrimage). The Hajj is the journey that they each have to make at least once in their life where they go to worship at a cube in Mecca. There are two denominations, the Sunnins and the Shiites. Muslims are mainly in Indonesia, Middle East, and North Africa. Islam is a monotheistic religion.

 Hinduism is a special religion because there is no founder. hinduism has 1.1 billion adherents. The Hindu holy book is called the Vedas, the Vedas is a big collection of songs.The word Veda means knowledge. It is believed that the Vedas were orally revealed by Brahma to certain sages, who heard them and passed them down in an oral tradition. hinduism is found in India and Nepal. Hinduism is a polytheistic religion.

 Buddhism was founded by the Buddhist who was Siddhartha Guatama. Buddhism has 500million-1.5billion adherents. Mainly in Asia, China, Nepal, Japan. four main denominations, the Tibetan, Zen, Theravada, and Amisist. Buddhist believe in the four Nobel truths. 1- there is suffering, 2- attachment to desire is origin of suffering, 3- the creation is suffering, 4- eightfold path will get rid of suffering. You can be Buddhist and also be any other religion at the same time.

 Judaism is the root religion of Islam, and Christianity. All of them believe they came from decedents of Abraham. There are 14-18 million Jews. They are mainly in the United States or Israel. They have a holy book called the Torah. The Torah refers the the five books. These books are Genesis  Exodus, Levictus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy. Jews are set apart from Christianity because they do not believe Jesus was a savior, but they believe he was a person, but not the savior.

review

today in class we reviewed some religions. We also learned when each religion was created. First to be created was Hinduism. Then came Buddhism. The next religion was Christianity. lastly there was Muslim. We went through the packet and highlighted things we should know. We highlighted the four writers of the christian bible, Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. We also talked about the five pillars of faith. first the Salat, this means they have too face Mecca and pray five times a day. then the Zakat, this Is alms giving. there is also Shahada, remembering to think of God and Muhammad. fourth the sawn of ramadan, This is the fasting while the sun is up. then fith is Hajj, this says once on their lifetime they have to make a pilgrimage to Mecca.

Classwork

  There are four Hindi books. First there is the Rig-Veda. This book is the knowledge of the hymns of praise, for recitation. this has 1028 hymns. Then there is the Sama-Veda. This book is the knowledge of Melodies, this is for chanting. It has 1017 hymns. The next book is Yajur-Veda. This book is the knowledge of sacrificial formula, for liturgy. It has 1875 hymns. Finally there is the Atharva-Veda. This book is the knowledge of magic formula. named after a kind of group of priest. It has 730 hymns.

   Indulgences are a ticket straight to heaven, or at least be further up in the line of purgatory. You had to pay for indulgences with money. Martin Luther did not like indulgences because he thought anybody and everybody should be able to get into heaven, he also knew it did not fit within any part of the Bible. My research did not lead me anywhere (I did no research this, I learned about this in 8th grade). 

   the Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca that takes place in the last month of the year, and that all Muslims are expected to make at least once during their lifetime. Hajj is the fish and final pillar of wisdom.                
Muslims would go to Hajj to worship around a cube and pray.

adherents to religions

 For our blog we were asked to compare adherents to religions using the CIA world fact book and adherents.com. first on the adherents website 33% of the population of the world are Christians. Then comes islam which is 21% of the population. after islam is Hinduism which is 14% of the population. After that is buddhism at 6% of the population. Lastly there is Judaism at 0.22% of the worlds population. On the CIA world fact book Christianity is at 31.4%. Then is Muslim/Islam which is 23.2%. after that is hinduism at 15%. Then Buddhism at 7.1%. lastly Judaism at 0.2% of the population. over all they are similar but differ by a little percent. In class we learned about Judaism. Judaism has 14-18 million adherents. Israel contains half of them US contains half of them. Their main book is the Torah.

Religions

Today in class we are learning about five major world religion. The first one we talked about was Christianity. We talked about Christianity because it is the most popular religion in the world. Christianity has 2.2 billion adherents. It's dominate in Europe, Americas, and South Africa. There are many different denomination of Christianity. The founder is Jesus Christ. Then we talked about Islam. Islam is second biggest with 1.5 billion adherents. there are two denominations, the sunning and shiites. founder was Muhammad. main book is Q'ran. They have the five pillars of life. Then there is Hinduism, which has 1.1 billion adherents. mainly in India and Nepal. There is no founder for Hinduism. buddhism has 500 million - 1.5 billion adherents. dominate in Southeast Asia, China, Nepal, and Japan. They believe in the four noble truths.

Exams

Today Mr. Shick was not in class so we had a substitute teacher. Today in class we worked on our exams. I am almost done mine but I do not know if he wants them tomorrow or next Friday. In my mind I want to play it safe so I am going to finish and print it out tonight to make sure I do not turn it in late. I did the essay talking about how migration has affected us. In my opinion it is not bad, but I am not fond of immigration to our country. I do not like how they are changing our culture and the way we live. They help us because they do the jobs nobody wants to do for a really cheap price which is good for the economy, but in some cases illegal. I am going to get working on my essay right now so I do not forget.