With its roots manifested in Judaism, the Christian religion is thousands of years old. It begins with a man named Jesus, believed by his followers to be the incarnate of God and a Messiah sent by God to liberate the people. During his short life (Jesus is said to have lived only until his thirties), he is said to have performed many miracles until he was crucified by Roman authorities in occupied Palestine . Jesus then rose from the dead after three days and appeared to his followers in many cities. He instructed them to go out into the world and spread God's word to all the nations . This became known as the Gospels. This commission highlights Christianity as a missionary faith, committed to the bettering of the human race by way of spreading the 'Good News'.

Christians believe that their God, the only

true God has 3 'faces' - the Father (the creator of the world), the Son (who died to become saviour of the world) and the Holy Spirit (he who imparts faith and the impulse to lead a life pleasing to God). Central to their faith is the fact that God became incarnate, that is he assumed a human form to embrace his children on the Earth. The death of his son Jesus Christ has profound meanings for Christians, who believe his suffering and death allowed salvation for all that followed him. One of the most significant tenets of the Christian faith is to love thy neighbour , which implies that Christians are to embrace their fellow man as brothers and retain love and respect for their God also. This simple yet profound statement sums up the Christian approach to fellow human beings, who make up the essence of existence. Theologically, Christianity is the antonym of atheism. Philosophically they are spiritualists, believing in an afterlife and a spiritual dimension. The Christian worldview is manifested in the Ten Commandments, the tenets of the Christian faith given to man by God. These are contained in Appendix A.

Although the two religions have individual tenets of belief, the origin of these tenets is contrasted: God handed down his 10 Commandments to man to Moses atop Mt. Sinai many thousands of years ago, whereas Humanist disciplines were coined by hum

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