Religion.docx

Religion refers to a system of faith and worship or in simple terms and for easy understanding it refers to the belief in and the worship of a supernatural controlling or has powers especially "a god or gods\". There a lot of known religions across the world but we are going to take our attention to...

Religion refers to a system of faith and worship or in simple terms and for easy understanding it refers to the belief in and the worship of a supernatural controlling or has powers especially "a god or gods\". There a lot of known religions across the world but we are going to take our attention to Ghana, there are three known religions in Ghana namely; Christianity, Islam and African Traditional Religion(ATR).We know these religions have their similarities and differences but below is how these similarities help us co-exist peacefully. First of all, Christianity is a known religions that is based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. They believe in monotheism; is the believe in one God, in Jesus Christ who is the son of God the Messiah (Christ) who was prophesied in the Old Testament. Christians believe Jesus was crucified, died, and was buried, and on the third day, he rose from the dead (the Resurrection), Christians believe that through faith in Jesus Christ, individuals can be saved from sin and eternal death, and receive eternal life with God(Salvation).Christians believe God exists in three persons; the Father, the Son (Jesus Christ), and the Holy Spirit. Christians find inspiration and guidance in a sacred text known as the Bible. The Bible is the holy scripture of Christianity, consisting of the Old Testament (shared with Judaism) and the New Testament, which includes the Gospels (accounts of Jesus's life, death and resurrection), letters from early Christian leaders (epistles), and other writings. Christians engage in practices like singing praises and worship. Christian worship often involves prayer, singing hymns. Sunday or Saturday are typically the main days of communal worship. Many Christians observe sacraments, sacred rites believed to confer grace. The most commonly observed are Baptism and the Eucharist (Communion). They also engage in the celebration of festivals such Easter(the death and resurrection of Christ) Christmas (which is believed to celebrate the birth of Christ),etc.