What Do Different People Believe About God?

What do different people believe about God?

Re- cap on last weeks learning.

• Last week, we learned what Muslims believe about Allah. Can you remember some of the ways in which Muslims describe Allah? How do Hindu people show what they believe about Gods and goddesses?

Learning objective:

To find out about Hindu gods and goddesses. This week, we are going to be learning about Hinduism and describe some ways in which Hindus describe God.

Click on the following clip to find out more. https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/class-clips- video/religious-studies-ks2-my-life-my-religion- hinduism-inside-hindu-temple/zbf2t39

Watch it again but this time record some facts that you have found out on your paper. What Hindus believe

•Hindus believe in one God. They believe God is everywhere and in everything.

•Hindus believe that he created the world and everything in it. The Supreme Soul is called Brahman.

•Hindus believe that Brahman has many forms. They believe that these forms represent the different aspects of Brahman’s power. Om, the symbol of Brahman •These forms are the thousands of gods and goddesses of Hinduism. Many Hindus choose more than one of these deities to Theseworship. forms are the thousands of gods and goddesses of Hinduism. Many Hindus choose more than one of these deities to worship. Great Gods Hindus believe that there are three great gods. These are considered the Trimurti – the three aspects of the universal supreme God. Vishnu Brahma Shiva Brahma • Hindus worship one main god called Brahma. • Vishnu and Shiva are different representations of Brahma. • Brahma is their creator; they believe he created the universe. • He is the first god in the Hindu Trimurti (three gods who are responsible for the creation, preservation and destruction of the world). Vishnu • Vishnu is the Hindu god that helps preserve the universe and people.

• He is the second god in the Hindu Trimurti.

• Hindus believe that he has saved his followers by appearing to them in other forms.

• Vishnu has four arms to represent the four corners of the world. Shiva

Hindus believe that Shiva is the source of good and evil.

Shiva is the destroyer of the universe so that new life can come again.

He is the third god in the Hindu Trimurti. BRAHMAN

BRAHMA VISHNU SHIVA

DESTROYER CREATOR PRESERVER ONE GOD – MANY FORMS

Known as the Trimurti Tri = three Murti = image Task: Can you write a fact sheet that shows what Hindu people believe about god? You could include drawings and any information that you think the reader would find interesting.

Extension: The different gods and goddesses have different personalities, qualities and powers. This means they appeal to different people at different times. Can you design a god and describe its powers and personality?

I look forward to looking at your work. Next week we will be learning why some people don’t believe in God.