What is the biggest difference between Jews and Christians?

What is the biggest difference between Jews and Christians? Jews and Christians both believe in Jesus. Christianity came from Judaism. The bible came from the Torah. But still Jews and Christians don't get along. Why well i stated that Messiah was one of the reasons Jews and Christians don't get along. But its not just a little reason. Its the biggest reason, and the biggest difference between the two religions. For around 2000 years the Jews have been fighting over the fact that Jesus is or is not the Messiah. In the Jews opinion Jesus is not Messiah for many reason. But Christians view Jesus as the Messiah for many of their own reasons. So who's right? Nobody knows it's only opinions and in my opinion it's not right to hate somebody for their religious opinion. I found a website that might help people who want to know the reasons that Jews don't think Jesus is the Messiah or why Christians do.

Why do Christians and Jews not get along?

Christianity and Judaism are similar religions. The biggest difference is Christians believe that Jesus is the messiah (savior) but Jews don't. The holocaust is another reason Jew's and Christian's don't get along. Some Christian's are known to think the Jews are the reason for the death of Jesus. That depends on the person I know a lot of Christian's who don't blame Jewish people. Some Jews think Christians are anti-Semitic which means prejudice against them or hostility towards Jews.

What is Buddhism?

INTRO:
What is Buddhism? Buddhism is the 4th largest religion in the world. Most people know Buddhism as "Buddha" a guy with a big belly. But most people don't know that Buddha was actually very skinny.

FOUNDER:
The founder of Buddhism is Siddhartha Gautama. His nickname is "The Buddha" as most people know him. Buddha was an Indian prince, his father was the king of Sayka. One night Siddhartha left his home to meditate and think about who he was and wanted to become. While meditating he came up with the idea of Buddhism, he used a lot of the Hindu beliefs but changed them a little.

ADHERENTS:
Buddhism has around 360 million followers. Buddhism is all over the world, and anyone can be a Buddhist. The four major locations of Buddhism are China, Japan, Korea, and Southeast Asia.

HOLY BOOKS:
There are 3 different sacred texts. The main one is Tripitaka, also called Pali Canon. The other 2 are Mahayana Sutras, and Tibetan Book of the Dead. The Tripitaka is the earliest collection of the Buddhist teachings. Tripitaka means "three baskets". Many things have been added over the years, there are 50 volumes and cost $2000 in modern sets. The Mahayana Sutras reflect on Mahayana concepts. Lastly the Tibetan Book of the Dead describes in detail all the stages of death.

RELIGIOUS HOLIDAYS:
There are many holidays/festivals celebrated by the Buddhist around the world every year. A Buddhist festival usually starts by visiting a local temple(Picture on the left). Vesak (Buddha Day) is Buddha's birthday and is the most important festival in Buddhism. This holiday is celebrated on the day of the first full moon in May. Buddhist celebrate the birth, enlightenment, and death of Buddha in just one day. Some other Buddhist holidays are the Buddhist new year, Sangha Day, Dhamma Day, Observance, Kathina Ceremony(Robe Offering Ceremony), Festival of Floating Bowls(Loy Krathong), Elephant Festival, The Festival of the Tooth, and lastly Ancestor Day(Ulambana).

Rituals and Customs:
One of the most known rituals for Buddhism is meditation. The statues of Buddha himself are usually of him in his meditation pose. Meditation is meant to transform the mind and so it can explore itself, and other phenomena. Siddhartha Gautama was said to have achieved enlightenment while meditating under a Bodhi tree. Most Buddha's use meditation to make spiritual progress. Enlightenment is another word for Buddhahood or Nirvana these words all mean a perfect peace. The state of mind that is free from craving, anger and other affective states.(Picture on the right is a picture of Siddhartha Gautama meditating under the Bodhi tree). Another Custom is exchanging gifts with one another.

Particular Clothing:
Some of the ceremonial clothing are Zen(Robe), Prayer Shawls, Meditation Skirts, and Puja Blouses, there is many different types of Zens for example Pashmina Zen, Raw Silk Zen, Silk/Cotton Zentra, Cotton Blend Zen, and Viscose Zentra. There are men and women's meditation skirts.

Hierarchy/Organization:
The monks are the hierarchy. The goal of a monk is to reach the state of Nirvana.

Why do parents and children have problems getting along?

Why do parents and children have problems getting along?
Parent children relationships are very strong. But a parent child relationship changes a lot over a lifespan. As children reach adolescents there is more discomfort. Teenagers push away wanting more freedom and as they start going into high school. Parents get more protective definitely for girls. As a teenage girl my mom doesn't let me do anything without checking on me even if I'm at a friends house and she knows. That's one of the biggest problems I have because it makes me feel like she doesn't trust me. Is that what’s going on with you? If it is just deal with be calm about it and answer your parents questions. I know that sound hard I'm not good at that either I usually get mad then get in trouble. But when I just answer questions calmly I don't have any problems. I found a website that talks about a parent child relationship. It talks about if parents nurture, support and guide their children's development. The parent child relationship evolves as the child get older into adulthood, and the roles may switch as the elderly parents need help the child will support and care for their adult children. This site may be helpful for new parents that want to know what will happen if they spoil or are to strict on there child. Because it has that kind of research on it.

Site that might help you

Today I found a website that i think could help you deal with your conflict. It explains the symptoms of frustration and conflict. It also has a story of a man who grew up around conflict he talks about what he thinks and what he saw. I recommend you look at this site because it gives you tips on how to manage your conflict. If you want to see the tips you have to scroll all the way down to the bottom of the page and click on. More tips on managing relationship conflict. The website has a lot more things you could look at on the side of the page it has different things under. Relationships, problem teens, staff motivation, streetwise speaking, and success for life those are the ones i recommend you look under. The people i think this website will help is people with conflict problems. At home, work, school, friends.

Intro

As part of Team 3, I am excited to be blogging this year on the topic of co-existence. This quarter I will be studying co-existence problems in my home. I have many problems with co- existence in my home. Maybe you have the same problems maybe you have different. However, this blog will help understand better ways to deal with your problems at home. One of the co-existing problems I have in my home is with my animals I have 4 2dogs and 2 cats I've had one of my dogs longer than the other and 1 of my cats longer than the other so they don't like each other that well. Another is my family most people do have a problem co-existing with their families like mom, dad, bother, sister I do not know. That is two of my co-existing problems. If you have, problems at home check out my blogs you never know maybe they can help you.