Knuckleheads.
We are in the midst of religious studies. On Thursday I will go over the slideshow notes of chapter four, section one. We will take a bit of a deeper look into some of the world religions, but we will go even more in-depth when we begin to study more specific regions of the world. With that said, check out the BBC's webpage on world religions.
Browse through the two sects of Buddhism, Rastafari, Shinto, Taoism, Unitarianism, and Judaism. Reflect upon your new (or maybe past) knowledge of these religions. Do they have anything in common? What is most dissimilar about them?
Next, check out his video of Matisyahu. Post a comment. What norms or stereotypes does he break? Is he sending a metaphorical message or is he merely a musician?
check out this one too: vid
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The two main sects of Buddhism are Theravada and Mahayana. Buddhism is meant to teach people how to be enlightened, and it believes in achieving enlightment individually and the search for liberation from the cycle of reincarnation.
The Rastafari religion is based on the belief that Haile Selassie, king of Ethiopia during the 30s, is god and will return to African members of the black community. Black people are the chosen people of god, but they have been suppressed by colonization.
Shinto is a Japanese religion that promotes devotion to invisible spirits called kami, shrines, and rituals. The kami are not gods but spirits that will benefit humans when treated properly.
Taoism, or Daoism, originated from China, and holds the belief that all things in the universe are unified and the balance of opposites is important.
Unitariansim is more of an approach to religion rather than a religion itself. It gives freedom to individuals of believing what they think is true, and also promotes broad views of different religions.
Judaism is one of the three Abrahamic faiths: Christianity, Judaism, and Islam. It is monotheistic, and the covenant, or promise, with god is a core belief of Judaism.
Many of these religions have a guiding scripture, figure, or institution
(Torah, king Haile Selassie), except for Unitarianism. However, this selection of religions can be divided into two groups: belief in a/several god(s), or no gods. Rastafari, Taoism, Unitarianism, and Judaism believe in a god or several, while Buddhism and Shinto do not.
Matisyahu breaks the norm that religious people do not pursue music that may be inappropriate for their religion, or different maybe. Some may say that reggae music is not a very religious genre of music for Judaism, but Matisyahu uses that music to publicize his religion. He also broke the stereotype of all Jews being mortal enemies with Muslims. He states that he once worked with a Muslim beatboxer. I don't really know if he's sending a message or not.
the main stereotype he breaks is that religious people cant make any music, and if they did that it wouldnt be anygood. he really doesnt use his music to publisize his religion but to get in touch with his audience. like yongnak mentioned he did mention a muslim beatboxer, which is really cool because it shows that he is really open to other religions out there.
All three videos expressed different relegions in an interesting way.Many of these religions have a guiding scripture, figure or institution.The two main tyoes of buddhism are Theravada and Mahayana.They search for liberation from the cycle of reincarnation.They also talked about Rastafari, shinto, Taonism or Daonism, Judaism, islam and Christianity.
The mainstereo Mathisyahu breaks is that he says that religious people can't make music and if they do it is just about their religion.They cant make music that is not inappropriate for their religion. But Matisyahu uses the music (reggae) to publish his religion.
The main point that I take from this, is how music affect religion. Some religious people think that music is not good and they can't make good stuffs but there are still a small amount of people that makes music but it has to be related to their beliefs (religion).
For others, it's their way to transmet and share their religion with others. I personally love songs with a strong meaning, and I think religious songs are the best.
The two main sections of budhism are therevada and mahayana. budhism is really into nature and doesnt believe in one god. I think that all these religions are massive and that they all belive in more in nature than one single god. I like the japanese religion because it believes in invisible things and has things to do with shrines and other cool things. The singer matisyahu is very cool and is an educated person judgin on his interview. He does know some things about his religion but he doesnt know allot about anything else..so i would say hes just a singer. He does break the norm that most musicians have and connects people, and he shows that music is not restricted to one stereotype of people.
Matisyahu is Mad badass style
dude's epic with his ryhmes.
It's true he breaks the norm of makin musiq but i really don't get the reilgon because it wants you to believe in god, then it goes and tells you can't express praisin him in your own way, even when it's a postive way.
I have never heard of a jewish regge musiq atist but now im glad i did.
buddism has 2 secs theravada and mahayana. it's all about reaching enligment. buddism was started by siddugarata guatmma [sorry can't spell the name]. when you reache engliment you rech nervana and the BAND IS FREAKIN AWSOME ~~!!!~~enough said.
the main thing with all these reiglions are that they all bielve in a higher power and another thing is kinda off topic We all struggle with coping with eachother and say bhall blahh ....about peace and whatever but the truth is we can never reache peace beause it is the journey and only though cultrual understandin can we reache the truth. In the end it all our choice were we wanna go.
a religion that i found interesting was Zoroastrianism which comenced in Persia by the prophet Zorocaster. they are a monotheistic group. i thought that the this religion wasn't exisiting anymore and the that it really just existed in remnants. was suprised to see that ther is a minority that stil practices it. apparently they have a god called Vohu Manah which means 'good mind'.They also believe in 6 Amesha Spentas who are immortal and have been sent to do god's will on earth.Vohu Manah - Good mind and good purpose. they are
Asha Vahishta,Truth and righteousness.Spenta Ameraiti,Holy devotion, serenity and loving kindness.Khashathra Vairya,Power and just rule.Hauravatat,Wholeness and health.Ameretat,Long life and immortality.
i find the Matisyahu really cool. i like the fact that he doesn't let his religion and culture heritage act like hinderence but instead as a way to be inspired. i have never heard of jewish reggae before and was kind of curious ti see how it sounds; it sounds pretty original. it is expressive and just like regae only with a certain twiwt to it. it is aas if thje fact that he has jewish roots mildly comes out in his music giving it a life and soul that is rdifferent from other reggae. His music has it's own signature and imprint and it leaves you wanting to hear more.
What is similar about all the religions, except for Unitarianism, is that they each have a holy book or writings which they follow. The main difference is that some of them are monotheistic and some are polyheistic.
Matisyahu breaks the stereotype that religions people can't make music that is not religious like Reggae. When most people think of reggae they think of the Carribeans. If i had only heard this music without knowing anything about the artist, I would not have thought that he was Jewish. Matisyahu shows that in order to do something that most people might not necessarily expect from you, you don't have to break your culture or your religion.
s for Rabbi's" lawl. This guy's cool, u dont normally expect people to do these things for some reason. So i think its Hebrew that he's singing, no? I also think its cool because its sort of mixing ethnicities, his orthodox jewish part with the beated regaea music.
now we got a
-Jewish regaea man
-bunch of christian country players and rock
-islamic beatboxer
prob alot more.
another interesting topic that matters is the way religions wiev eachother. Atheists dont understand how people can believe so strongly that there is this supernatural being, while religious people dont understand how atheists beleive that when they die they go nowhere (just an example)... I have some very strong views on religion and stuff like that, which id rather not share for risk of being exiled, shunned or beaten :)
one thing i am willing to say is that religions has and keeps causing alot of problems in the world (but then again how can you make people stop believing), also religion is an important variable in our history but now adays i often believe its overrated. dont quote my work in class please. lol :)
hurah for the athiest and humanists (Evolutionists)!!
concerts** is the first word
i am repeatedly impressed by the gentle nature of buddhism. I have been to a few buddhist countries, so i know abit about the religion. I have seen some short documentaries about Rastafarianism (sp?), and thought it a rather strange religion, especially its racist nature. I have never heard of Shinto-ism (once again sp?). It seems very simple and logical to me. I have heard of Daoism, but did not actually know anything about it. In contrast to Shintoism it seems very complicated. I am still very confused about it :p Unitarianism is a very diverse faith. It is very accepting in different beliefs, and is skeptical of any person or group of people or religion that claims to have the Only Truth. Some believe in God, others don't, and some just refuse to use the word because of all the negative things linked to the word. Judaism is one of the three Abrahamic faiths. I found it very interesting that they believe animals may only be hurt or killed to fulfill essential human needs. I was also reminded of the fact that it is the first major monotheistic faith.
All these religions are very different, and i can not find something that is common in all of them. Differences include whether they are mono or polytheistic, how/where they started, or whether there was a 'start' to the religion in the first place.
Wow, the Matisyaho dude is really cool! I think i will check out some of his stuff... I don't usually like religious music, not even religious rock, so thats pretty cool. I think he breaks the stereotype of religion being strict and boring. He shows that you can express your religious views in a very fun and creative way, which i think is really effective. He breaks the jewish stereotype of chanting and being very strict, and not having much fun in life, not being into hiphop and reggae and such. He disproved these stereotypes. I think he wants to show people that part of the reason that he shows so openly that he is a jew is because he is trying to show people that their stereotypes are wrong, and he is also promoting his religion in a very non-aggressive and positive (enjoyable)way.
oh, and btw anonymous, he is singing in english (or at least parts of it) :p
The most dissimilar thing about all of those religions is that some of them have founders, or books about them and others don't. As hard as a tried, i could not find any thing that all of these religions have in common. I beleive that most musicians send methaforical messages behind their music, so I beleived this guy also had a methaforical message behind it. The message that i got was that it was not only the people from jamaica that sing reggae. He also uses his music to talk about his religion in it which most musicians don't do.
Jorge Che Toledo
I have learned quite a lot of religious facts...
Buddhism is subdivided in two major religions: Mahayana and Therevada and is based on reaching the Enlightment. Buddhists believe that we still possess conciousness in our future life (after death).
Rastafari is a young religion founded in the 30s which believes that Abyssinian's emperor Haile Selassie is a God and that he will come back to liberate the black Afro-Americans, victims of colonisation.
The rest I knew because I lived in Asia for seven years.
I think that Asian religions alll are concentrated on the spirit stability and human relationship with the universe. More occidental (Africa and Europe) religions are based on the holiness of a God.
I think Matiyahu breaks some of the fixed orthodox conservative rules of discretion which characterize all of these middle east religions. However, I am sure he means no harm and is only trying to enlarge the barriers of these Jewish, ridiculously conservative rules.
The holy days of Buddhism are Dharma Day, Kathina, Losar, Parinirvana, Perfume Pagoda Festival of Vietnam, Sagha Day, and Wesak. Also, I learned that there are 8 different subdivisions of Buddhism around the world. I find it really interesting that Rastafarians see marijuana as a herb that has spiritual properties and that it is part of a religion to use it to meditate. It's weird that they believe that Hailie Selassie will come back to life, though. Rastafari sounds like a chill religion. Taoism is sort of like Buddhism in that they don't worship a god. I think that Rastafari is the most dissimilar of them. Matisyahu is awesome. I think he has a great message and that his music is good.
I like Matisyahu, i find it funny tho, that is rpobably because as u asked, he is breaking the norm.
I think usually one would expect different ations from a man dressed that way i dunno and then he starts beatboxing then does some cool reggae, nice. But i dont think he is a big deal i mean ok wtv cool reggae.....oh hes jewish....ok. Nothing elsem it doesnt matter if he was a Taoist or a Zoroastrianist or wtv. I think that he does portrat somehting different for people because they are so close minded and sterotype imposing, but i dont think there is anything special about him. Maybe there really arent that may jewish musicians in that area but still, his religion doesnt matter.
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