Mid South Interfaith Efforts (Formerly Interfaith Conference of North Mississippi)

Religious Facts You Probably Didn't Know
Home | Letter from a Christian (concerning interfaith) | Is your religion the ONLY true religion? | Why We Do What We Do | Calendar of Events | Directions | Contact Us | Latest News | Meet the Coordinators | More Info About the Coordinators | Religious Links | Religious Facts You Probably Didn't Know | What Do All Religions Have In Common

Islam
-The term "Jihad" does not mean holy war.  It means struggle in Arabic.
-Allah is just the Arabic word for GOD.  There are Christian in Egypt who speaks Arabic who use the word Allah when they talk about Christianity
-Jesus is Christ in Islam (Surah 3:45 of the Holy Qur'an)
-Muslims consider Christians and Jews "People of the Scriptures"  They are encouraged to read the Old Testament and the Gospels of Christ Jesus.
-Islam is the world's second largest religion with 1.4 billion followers.  Christianity is the largest religion with 2.1 billion followers.  Islam is also the world's fastest growing religion.
 

The Baha'i Faith
-The Baha'i Faith is not a denomination of Islam
-Bahai's worship the same GOD as Christians, Muslims, and Jews
-Bahai's believe that all the major world religions are true revelations from GOD.  They believe that some of these religions have lost sight of the worship of the one true GOD over time because of fallible human errors.
-Bahai's also believe Jesus is Christ
-The Baha'i Faith is the most wide spread and most diverse religion in the world today.

Judaism
-There is a sect of Judaism that believes that Jesus is the annointed Christ (Messianic Judaism.)
-Jews believe Christians, Muslims, and Bahai's will all see heaven as long as they follow the Ten Commandments
-Jews have 613 commandments to follow (from Exodus to Deuteronomy)
 

Buddhism
-Buddhist do not worship Buddha. 
-Buddhism is more of a concept and way of life than a religion. 
-Some Buddhist believe in GOD.  Some don't. 
-It is possible to be a Christian, Muslim, or Jew and a Buddhist at the same time. 
-Some might say that Buddhist worship Buddha because they see them placing flowers and food in front of his statue.  Don't we place flowers in front of the graves of our love ones?  This is mearly to show respect to the memory of our love ones. 
-Buddha is not a name.  It is a title that means "the enlightened one."  The name of the Buddha is Siddhattha Gautama. 
-Not all Buddhist are vegetarians

Visit our link on religious tolerance for more details

We also do home visits.  We would love to come and fellowship with you!

(662) 812-6860