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Major world religions (Christianity (Beliefs (There is only one God, named…
Major world religions
Christianity
Followers
Most Christians are found in Europe, America and Austalia.
Most Christians are told to be loving, caring and charitable.
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Beliefs
There is only one God, named God.
Jesus is the only son of god, born of the Virgin Mary, conceived of the Holy Spirit.
Jesus believed more in love and kindness then the rules of religion. He was the enemy of the Pharisees, who were religious-policitcal leaders who exploited religion to get money and power.
Jesus was betrayed by one of his disciples and handed over to. the Romans, who crucified and executed him for blasphemy. But then, three days later, Jesus rose from the dead.
One of the main beliefs is 'Love your neighbour and your enemy', which tells you to love those you love and those you don't. it also tells you to be humble and modest.
Traditions
Christians occasionally do a ceremony called 'Communion', where scriptures are read and you eat bread and drink wine/grape juice.
Christians celebrate two holidays, Christmas and Easter. Christmas celebrates the birth of Jesus, Easter celebrates the death and rebirth of Jesus.
Most Christians go to church every Sunday, where they hear sermons, read scriptures and sing.
Judaism
Followers
Most of Judaism is currently in the Middle East. It's also quite present in some parts of Europe and America.
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6 million Jews live in Islam, 5 million in the US.
Beleifs
They believe there is only one God, named God, who created the universe.
Most fo their core beliefs are shared with those of Christians, except most of what they believe is in the Old Testermant of the Bible, which they know as the Torah.
Traditions
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They believe doing certain things will increase their spirituality, lighting shabbat candles.
Islamism
Followers
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There are 1.4 muslims worldwide, most can be found in Asia and Africa.
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Budhism
Followers
There are 360 million Buddhists, most live in Asia, around China, Japan and Korea.
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Traditions
They strive to achieve Buddhahood, which is the supposed complete pace and enlightenment. To get this, they must follow 8 hard steps.
Hinduism
Followers
There are 1 billion Hinduists worldwide, most of which live in India but there are some in the US and some other places in Asia.
Beliefs
They believe in Karma, a concept which states that if you do a bad thing, something bad will happen to you.
They believe you will be reincarnated if you do you duty, known to them as "Dharma". Also, if you have better karma, you will have a "better" rebirth.
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