Tuesday, January 15, 2019

Religion Paragraphs

Christianity:
Christianity is the largest religion in the world with the most followers. 2.2 billion followers have been counted for Christianity. Jesus is the founder of the religion and preached to the people in Israel through the Holy Book called the Bible. Christians are normally in Europe, the Americas, and Southern Africa.  There are many other places that also have Christian followers just not enough to be counted as a stronghold to Christianity.
Islam:
Islam is the second biggest religion with 1.5 Billion followers throughout the world. Muhammed is the founder and they use the Qur'an.  Their religious focus is around the 5 pillars of Islam and their religion is very important to them they stop and pray towards Mecca 5 times a day they know where it is at all times. Sunnis and the Shiites are the denominations of the religion.
Hinduism:
 Hinduism, the third largest religion with 1.1 billion followers.  They are known as hindus. They have no founder to their religion and they use the holy book called the Vedas. Their religion is based around points of view and eternal truths. Most are in India and Nepal.
Buddhism:
Buddhism is the fourth largest religion with 500 million - 1.5 billion followers. Their founder is Siddhartha Gautama. Their holy books are the Four Noble Truths and The Eightfold Path.  They can be found in Southeast Asia, China, Nepal, and Japan.
Judaism:
Judaism has 14-18 million followers. Abraham is their founder the Torah (the first five book of the Old Testament) is their holy book.  Most of their followers live in Israel, and the rest live in America.  They believe that God is one and Jesus is not the Son of God.  They believe in the 10 commandments and the 13 principals of faith.

Mr. Schick I am ready for the Test.

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