Wednesday 16 April 2014

Faith And Worship In Different Religion

By Anita Ortega


Faith is the situation in which one has total trust in a person or something. Most of the human race has a supreme being that they base their belief upon. Different types of beliefs exist in the world. Faith and worship is almost one and the same thing.

There is the Muslim, Christian, and Hindu among others and these are the main types of belief across the globe. In addition, some people do not base their conviction on any god and they are the pagans. This type of belief is based on the perception that something is in existence even if it cannot be seen or touched, that is why it is a conviction.

In the case of religion, worship is the art of showing respect, being submissive and giving praise to a superior being. Songs can be used to express adoration, they sing the choruses to their gods, a practice that expresses honor. This is done as a form of thanksgiving for the good in their life and for god sustenance.

Worshipers also show their adoration through offering sacrifices and tithes. According to Christian religion, they believe that they should offer 10% of their total belongings to the church just as their spiritual leaders did. Some religions slaughter animals and offer them to their maker. Through this, they get involved in their show of respect to their beliefs. Individuals do this with the hopes that they will receive blessings from their maker.

Adoration does not just take place anywhere, but in special places set aside. Christians use churches; Muslims use the mosques, Hindus have the temple. In the traditional African societies, they showed their love and respect to God in shrines. They would go there and pour libation to their gods as a way of showing respect and gratitude to the gods.

In order to worship, one ought to have belief in that supernatural being. In each and every religion, Curses also exist. The individuals who go astray in that particular belief are cursed. This is just a form of punishment. It may take many forms from sickness to poverty, catastrophes and even death. In order to undo the curses one needs to make right his paths.

Individuals have reliance of life after death. They have the belief that when they die, their maker has placed for them a resting place where they will have peace that last forever. Different versions of such a place exist across the different faiths, in that each type of religion has its own visualized version of the resting home. The believers work hard to live according to the way of life set for that particular belief so that when their time in the world is done, they may join their maker as a reward for living a good life.

There are elders, those who have extreme belief and are called upon to lead the believers in their journey of believers. They organize prayers and make sure that the whole congregation is guided appropriately. It is important for people to have faith and have true belief in a supreme being because it gives one direction and a sense of belonging and a purpose in life.




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