Transcript The Phoenicians and Israelites

3 Western, 3 Eastern
 Old
Testament tells
their story (The Bible)
 David vs. Goliath
 Next Solomon makes
Israel regional power
◦ Divides country
between sons & Israel
gone until 1948!!!
Newman renders decision on Seinfeld
 Monotheism
◦Yahweh
◦ 10 Commandments
 From God to Moses
 Makes them hard
to assimilate
 Grandfather
of
“Western” Religions
 Born
a Jew in the
Roman Empire
under Augustus.
◦ Historically proven by
other sources.
 His
Teachings:
◦ Monotheistic Trinity,
Separate Church &
State, New Testament
 Caesars
claimed to
be of divine origin
 Economic loss as
much trade
centered around
old temple gods
 Threat to the
culture & society if
people not united

CRUCIFIXION
 Peter
builds Church as
first Pope (not divine).
◦ALL Christians were
Catholic (universal)
 Hunted down by Rome
 Constantine at
Milvian Bridge
◦ Chiros - IHSV
 Edict
of Milan
converts Europe
 Found
gods in
nature & chief
god was Allah
◦The Ka’aba
 Story
of Muhammad
(not divine), Gabriel &
the Koran (part 3 of
the Bible)

The Five Pillars of Islam
1.Pledge to Allah
“There is no god but Allah &
Muhammad is His messenger.”
2.Pray 5 times per day
3.Give alms to poor
4.Fast in Ramadan
5.Pilgrimage to Mecca

SHARI’AH LAW
 Allah
isn’t chief god,
he is the ONLY god
The Ka’aba was his gift
Politics & religion are
the same, NO separation
 Polytheist
Animists
HATE Mohammed
He flees to Medina, build
army, conquers Mid East
 Conquered
India
in c 1500 BC
 Had a Monotheistic
“Force” called Brahman
◦ Our souls (atman) seek to
join with Brahman in death
 Religious
practices kept
in the holy Vedas
c
600 BC – Couldn’t
perfect atman in one
life = REINCARNATION
 KARMA – invisible
scoreboard of life
 DHARMA – universal
(unseen) rule book
 YOGA – spiritual
exercises
 Explains
past
sins or piety in
terms of birth
 One
god couldn’t
do everything…
◦ Brahma - Creates
◦ Vishnu - Preserves
◦ Shiva – Destroys

33K +!!!
Top
three
are
Aryans,
bottom
two not
 Born
a Hindu in Nepal
◦ King Suddhodana
protected life of
happiness until 29
A
shocking discovery,
life as a hermit and
the Middle Path
The Truman Show Movie Trailer
 Problems
with
Hinduism◦Reincarnation
& Wheel of Life
◦No escaping
the “stacked
pancakes”
 Buddhism
and
Nirvana (by
eliminating evil
in the world)
 The
Tripitaka
is the
Buddhist
Holy Book
(40 Volumes)
 China
in horrible civil war.
 K’ung Fu-tzu (551-471 BC)
worked for city-state of Lu.
◦ Asked why things so bad?
 King Wu & the Duke of Zhou
5
Key Relationships
RIGID social hierarchy to
guide society =
PEACE & STABILITY
 Face
◦You must appear to
be that which you
are. If not, you
have broken the
relationship & no
obligations exist.
 Mandate
of Heaven
◦ Emperor rules
because god chose
him to be born
 If he loses face,
citizens don’t have to
treat him as emperor…
◦ REVOLUTION!!!
 Confucian
“Bible”
◦Book of
Quotations
 Tells how to live
by avoiding
excess in all of
its forms.