3 abrahamic religions:
judaism, christianity, islam
Christianity:
- 2.2 billion adherents
- savior is jesus christ
- location = europe, americas, south africa
- believe that jesus is both human and divine
- holy book = bible NT and OT
Islam:
- second largest religion
- 1.5 billion adherents
- location: indonesia, the middle east, north africa
- founder = muhammad (570 - 632)
- denominations = sunnies and shiites
- God = allah
- five pillars
Hinduism:
- third largest religion
- 1.1 billion adherents
- location = india and nepal
- holy book = vedas
- oldest religion in the world that is still around
- reincarnation
- india has 97% of the hindus
Buddhism:
- founder = siddhartha guatema
- location = southeast asia, china, nepal, and japan
- four noble truths
- 8 fold paths
- goal is to reach nirvana
- reincarnation
Judiasm:
- torah = holy book (first 5 books of OT)
- 14-18M adherents
- founder = abraham
- location = israel and u.s.
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