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Religion has played an important part in the history of our world. Religious knowledge has bent the lives of people since prehistoric times. Judaism, Islam, Christianity, Hinduism and Buddhism have been major powers in the creation of Western culture. They have also played a vital role in the expansion of Middle Eastern life. Asian civilizations have been affected by Buddhist teachings.

Religion has been a major basis of inspiration for the arts. Houses of worship are some of the world’s most beautiful buildings. Many paintings, sculptures, books, dances, and motion pictures have been created with religious themes.

The five religions listed in this essay have a joint membership of 3 1/2 to 4 billion people. This is about 80% of the world’s total populace.

JUDAISM is one of the oldest religions of the world. The Jews were the first to teach belief in only one God. Two other significant religions shaped from Judaism are: Christianity and Islam. Jews believe that God will send a Messiah (a deliverer) to bond them and lead them in His way. Christians believe that Jesus was the Messiah. The Jewish people do not agree; they anticipate His arrival in the future. Judaism educates that death is not the ending and that there is another world waiting. Exact details of the afterlife are not part of Jewish belief.

CHRISTIANITY is the basis of the life and learning of Jesus Christ. People following Christianity are known as “Christians.” They believe in one God who created the whole world. Their God sent his son Jesus (called the “Messiah”) into the world to save humanity from sin and to make eternal life possible for them. That son died to accomplish this purpose. This is the same God that followers of Judaism worship.

ISLAM is the name of the religion sermonized by the Prophet Muhammad (P.B.U.H.). He was a Mecca born Arab, who had been sent by Allah to guide his people and be their messenger. People who follow the ideas of Prophet (P.B.U.H.) are known as Muslims. The word Islam means “submission” and Muslim means to “one who submits” (to God). There is only one religion which has more followers worldwide than Islam and that religion is Christianity.

HINDUISM is also one of the oldest religions of the world. It was referred for the Indus River in India. Over 2/3′s of the world’s Hindus live here; great numbers live in Africa too. Hindus believe in many gods. They make out one supreme character called Brahman. The objective of Hindus is to sooner or later join with Brahman. Until that union takes place, believers are in a continuous process of rebirth called “reincarnation.”

BUDDHISM was originated in India about 2,500 years ago by an educator named Prince Siddhartha Gautama. To his supporters he was the Buddha. At number of times in the history, it has been a leading religious, civilizing, and social force in most of Asia. Today, there are 300 million Buddhists in the world; most live in Sri Lanka, southern Asia, and Japan.

These five religions have countless noticeable differences, but they have certain components which are:

o faith in a rule beyond the human being

o acknowledged lessons of salvation (goal of a life after death)

o A code of conduct

o utilization of holy stories

o holy acts and ceremonies

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