Comparison of world religions
Hampton Warner
Buddhism
Historians agree that Buddhism was started in northern India by Buddha or the enlightened one. He set out to fix the suffering in the world through reaching nirvana
Buddha founded the religion
It is neither monotheistic or polytheistic because they never worshipped and gods
Some basic beliefs are that they reach happiness through disconnecting from worldly things. They reach nirvana through the eight fold path.
They are believed to have started in northern India
Buddhism has been around for about 2500 years
There is a story of a blind man and an elephant teaching about how everyone is equal and should not disagree
There are 362 billions followers of Buddhism
Buddhism was spread through a lot of support from the government and sending of missionaries to several places
They didn't have a single holy book only several holy texts
Buddhist monks were considered holy in ways and so were nuns
They worshipped inside of temples
Hinduism
It is believed that brahma the God of creation started the religion
Hinduism is polytheistic
They beloved that the soul never dies but is continually reborn. They could reach happiness through releasing their desire of earthly things
It was created in India exact location unknown
It was created about 4000 years ago and is the oldest religion known to man
Buddha was sitting in the woods and was approached by man and was being sworn at because of the peaceful look on his face and Buddha told him of the power of words
There are 820 million followers of Hinduism world wide
Hinduism was spread by merchants who had Brahmans following them who settled near civilizations spreading it through the trade system
They had several holy texts the same as Buddhism
Guru, Holy man, Brahmin priest
They would pray and worship inside of temples.
Christianity
Jesus Christ founded Christianity
Chrisitianity was monotheistic
There is only one God who watches over everything. Jesus Christ was the son of god and died for your sins.
Christianity started about 2000 years ago in Judah
The Good Samaritan is a lesson on how being kind to random people can lead to great things for you
Christianity has 2 billion followers world wide
Christianity was spread by Jewish trade lines
The Christian holy book is the Bible
Priests, ministers, monks, and nuns
The Pope is on top and they worship inside of church's