Saturday, December 6, 2014

Five major religion:
  
Christianity: 2.2 billion (largest)
                    Geo location: Europe, Americas, southern Africa.
                    Denominations: Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox, Church, Protestants.
                    Founder: Jesus
                    Holy book: The Bible.
                    Beliefs: Jesus is both human and divine. He led virtuous life. Crucifixion. Resurrection.
                    Clergy: the Pope is head of the church, priest are local authorities.

Islan: 1.5 billion (second largest)
          Call them: Muslims
          Geo location: Indonesia, Middle East, north Africa.
          Denominations: Sunnis(75%-90%), Shiites(10%-20%)
          Founder: Muhammad
          Holy book: Qur'an
          Beliefs: monotheistic, Abrahamic

Hinduism: 1.1 billion (third largest)
                  Call them: Hindus
                  Geo location: India, Nepal
                  Holy book: the Vedas - eternal truths revealed to ancient sages; written in verse form.
                  Founder: no distinct founder: a series of intellectual or philosophical point of view.

Buddhism: 500 million to 1.5 billion
                   Call them: Buddhist
                   Geo location: Southeast Asia, China, Nepal, Japan, 1.2 million in US.

                    

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