World Religions
Marco Guareschi
Christianity
- Developed out of Judaism in the 1st century
- It was started by Jesus Christ
- They were monotheistic the believed in one god.
- There was only one God that watches over and takes care od his people
- They believed that god was
- It has been about 2000 years
- In the chapter of Genesis in the Bible which explains how earth and people were created
- Christianity has about two billion followers
- Holy book is the Bible
- Holy people. Include priests, ministers, monks, and nuns
- The church
- Christianity was spread by missionaries and disciples
Hinduism
- Formed from ancient texts of the Aryan people
- Started by Brahma the God of religion
- Polytheistic
- The soul never dies but is continually reborn
- Started in India
- 4000 years
- While Buddha was in the woods he was sworn at because of how peaceful he looked and Buddha told him the power of words
- About 820 million followers worldwide
- Spread by merchants
- They had sacred texts instead of holy books
- Guru, Holt Man, Brahmin priest
- They would pray and worship inside of temples
Buddhism
- Was started in India by Buddha to fix the suffering in the world by reaching nirvana
- Created by Buddha
- Neither they didn't worship a God (Buddha)
- People achieve complete peace and happiness by eliminating their attachment to worldly things
- Started somewhere in India
- 2500 years ago
- A blind man and a elephant taught about how everyone's equal
- About 362 million
- Government sent out missionaries
- Sacred texts (Dhammapada)
- Buddhist Monks and Nuns
- Worshiped in temples