Essay about Religions

Five out of the many religions in the world include: Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, and Judiasm. Chirstianity was founded around 30 AD in Palestine by Jesuss' disciples. Islam was formed in 610 AD in present day Saudi Arabia. Buddhism and Hinduism were both founded in India, except Buddhism was founed in 460 BC and Hinudism was discovered up to 1500 BC. Judisam was founded in Mesopotamia in the year 1300 BC. Christinaity, Islam, and Judiasm are Monotheistic religions. Buddhism is not Monotheistic or Polytheistic since they do not believe in a God created the Earth. Hinduism has Polytheistic elements included within the religion. The holy book for Christianity is the Bible. For Islam, they holy book is the Quran.  Tipitaka is the holy book for Buddhism. Hindusim has multiple holy books know as the Vedas, Upanishads, Sutras, and Bhagavad Gita. Judiasm's holy book is the Tanakh. Islam has the most amount of followers with 1.5 billion people. Next comes Hinudism with 900 million. Buddhism follows Hinduism with 330 million to 500 million followers. Judaism has 14 million followers. Christianity, with the least amount of followers, has 2.1 million followers. God is the central figure for Christianity. For Islam, the central figure is Allah. Buddhisms' central figure is Buddha. Hinduism  has a central figure known as Brahman. Judiasm "shares" a central figure with Christanity, who is God. The religion of Christianity is spread through out the world in North and South America, Russia, Europe, and Australia. Africa and Asia has the most amount of Muslisms, but the religion is worldwide. In Indonesia there are 182.2 million, Pakistan has 136.9 million, Bangladesh hass 115 Muslisms, and India has 108.6 million. In Asia, there are 313.1 million Buddists. Buddhism in Europe takes up 272 thousand people. 541 thousand Buddists are in Latin America. In Nothern America there are 558 thousand Buddists and 407 thousand in Europe. Hindusim is a religion located mainly in India, United Kingdom, and United States. Judaism is located throughout Israel, Europe, and United States. Christanity, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, and Judiasm are five prominent religion in the world.



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