Monday, October 15, 2012

religions of the world


Christianity

Christianity was founded around 30 AD, and in Jerusalem Israel. It is Monotheistic because there is only one god. Christians only believe there is only one god. There holy book that they use is called The Bible. This religion has 2.4 billion followers. The central figure of this religion is Jesus. It is mostly practiced in the western world; which is North America, Europe, & Oceania.

Islam

Islam was founded just after the year 1000. And where it was founded was on the west coast of Saudi Arabia. Islam is monotheistic because they only believe in one god . And they cant believe in more than one god because it is a sin. The holy book they use is called  The Quran. The religion has 1.4 to 1.67 followers. The central figure is Allah. It is mostly practiced in the middle east.

Buddhism

Buddhism was founded in the 4th or 5th century in Northern India. Buddhism is Monotheistic because they only believe in one god. The holy book is called the tipitaka. Buddhism has 365 million follower in the world today. The central figure is Buddha. It is mostly practiced in Tibet

Hinduism

No exact date or founder. Hinduism is monotheistic. The have lots of books that they use to worship. They have at least 900 million people following this religion. And there central figure is Brahman. It is mostly practiced in India.

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