Christianity was founded in 41 A.D. in Jerusalem, Israel. It is considered to be a monotheistic religion since we worship only one god, who is called God, whereas in a polytheistic religion they worship gods. The Christian religion’s holy book is called the Bible. Christianity has over 2.1 billion followers globally. Christianity is most common in the Americas but can be found in many countries around the world in Europe, Australia, and Asia.
Islam was founded in 632 A.D. in Mecca. Islam is a
monotheistic religion, whose central figure is Muhammad. The Islamic holy book
is called the Quran, which has multiple spellings such as Koran, Kora’n, and
Kuraan. Islam has 1.57 billion. Just like Christianity, Muslims can be found
globally but are mostly located in Asia and Africa.
Buddhism was founded in 460 B.C. in Northeast India.
Technically, Buddhists worship no gods, which would make them nontheistic. Unlike
other religions, Buddhism does not have a holy book. The Buddhist central
figure is Buddha. Buddhism has between 200-500 million followers which can be
mostly found in India.
Hinduism was founded in 1500 B.C. in India. Hinduism is considered
to be a polytheistic religion. Their holy book, called the Vedas, as several
different parts. However none are considered to be absolute truth. The Hindu
central figure is a trinity of Shiva, Visnhu, and Brahma. Hindus claim a total
of about 900 million followers, which would make it the third largest in the
world.
Judaism was founded about 3800 years ago in Israel. The
Jewish religion is a monotheistic religion. The Jewish Holy book is, like
Christianity, called the Bible. The central figure of worship in Judaism is also
God. The number of Jews is between 12-14 million, but has a trend of shrinking
since many Jews either assimilate or don’t know that they are Jewish and are
mostly located in Israel and New York, United States; however it is a global
religion.
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