How Religions , Around the World , View Solar Eclipses.<br />With the upcoming April 8 total solar eclipse quickly <br />approaching, Fox News offered readers an<br />overview of how religions traditionally view eclipses.<br />Buddhism, Tibetan Buddhism suggests that the karmic results <br />of positive and negative actions are magnified during <br />major astronomical events, including solar eclipses.<br />Christianity, Christian tradition connects eclipses with <br />a number of significant events, including <br />the death of Jesus and the "end times.".<br />Hinduism, In Hinduism, eclipses both solar and lunar <br />are generally regarded as bad omens.<br />Islam, Muslims see a solar eclipse as a time <br />for prayer and contemplating God.<br />The sun and the moon are two <br />signs amongst the signs of Allah <br />and they do not eclipse because <br />of the death of someone... <br />Whenever you see these <br />eclipses pray and invoke (Allah), Kaiser Aslam, Muslim chaplain at the Center for <br />Islamic Life at Rutgers University, via Fox News.<br />Judaism, Similarly to Hinduism, Judaism views <br />eclipses as "an ill omen for the world.".<br />Eclipses should be opportunities to <br />increase in prayer and introspection <br />— as opposed to prompting joyous <br />blessings. It is a sign that we really <br />could and should be doing better, Rabbi Menachem Posner, via Fox News.<br />Fox News reports that Rabbi Mordechai Becher cited Judaism's longstanding connections with astronomy <br />and the heavenly message eclipses deliver.<br />He created a system that would remind <br />us regularly that our choices can create <br />darkness, even at times when there <br />should be light. Our free will choices <br />can create a barrier between us and <br />the Divine light, but can also allow <br />Divine light to be seen here, Rabbi Mordechai Becher, via Fox News
