SOR2 QUOTES PRELIM

JUDAISM

“Go from your country, your people and your fathers household to the land I will show you. In exchange - (Genesis 12:1-2)

Outlines abrahams covenant with god and the three promises

Promised land

Descendants

Blessings

JUDAISM

"Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one." - (Deuteronomy 6:4)

Monotheistic: central belief in the oneness and unity of God

JUDAISM

"the Torah, the service of God, and on deeds of loving-kindness” - (Pirkei Avot 1:2)

Tikkun Olam (repairing the world); the practical application of commandments in daily life (613 mitzvot)

CHRISTIANITY

"For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many." - (Mark 10:45)

Jesus as a model for christian life; service, humility and sacrificial love

CHRISTIANITY

"The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us." - (John 1:14)

Principal belief; the divinity and humanity of jesus christ; the incarnation

CHRISTIANITY

“Blessed are the peacemakers for they will be called children of god”

• (Matthew 5:1-12)

• any question on principal beliefs

• encourage followers to take action, resolve conflicts and bring people together to be recognised as a good person

ISLAM

“It is to believe in Allah, His angels, His Books, His Messengers, the Last Day, and to believe in divine destiny (Al-Qadr), both the good and the bad of it” - hadith 60

All principal beliefs

ISLAM

“God! None has the right to be worshiped but He, the Ever-Living”

Qur’an, 2:255

Only one god allah

tawhid

ISLAM

"The strong man is not one who is good at wrestling, but the strong man is one who controls himself in a fit of rage." - (hadith 45)

Conquering ones impulses and anger is far more superior than having physical dominance

Ethics

ISLAM

"Actions are judged by intentions, and every person will get what they intended" - Prophet Muhammad hadith

ISLAM

“He is not a believer whose stomach is full while the neighbor to his side is starving”

(Hadith 112)

• Muhammad guides peoples lives

• Ethical obligation to help people