5 major religions
Hinduism
Hinduism's early history is the subject of much debate for a number of reasons.
Firstly, in a strict sense there was no 'Hinduism' before modern times, although the sources of Hindu traditions are very ancient.
Secondly, Hinduism is not a single religion but embraces many traditions.
Holy days
DiwaliGanesh ChaturthiHanuman JayantiHoliKrishna Janmashtami (Krishna Jayanti)MahashivratriMakar SankrantiNavaratri (Navratri)Raksha BandhanRama NavamiSwaminarayan Jayanti ThaipusamVaisakhiVarsha Pratipada
Hindu religious rites are classified into three categories:
Nitya
Nitya rituals are performed daily and consist in offerings made at the home shrine or performing puja to the family deities.
Naimittika
Naimittika rituals are important but only occur at certain times during the year, such as celebrations of the festivals, thanksgiving and so on.
Kamya
Kamya are rituals which are "optional" but highly desirable. Pilgrimage is one such.
The majority of Hindu homes have a shrine where offerings are made and prayers are said.
Hindu worship, or puja, involves images (murtis), prayers (mantras) and diagrams of the universe (yantras).
Central to Hindu worship is the image, or icon, which can be worshipped either at home or in the temple.
Buddhism
Buddhism originated from northern India nearly 2,500 years ago. Buddhist believe in the 4 noble truths. The four noble truths are The Four Noble Truths are regarded as the central doctrine of the Buddhist tradition, and are said to provide a conceptual framework for all of Buddhist thought. These four truths explain the nature of dukkha meaning suffering or anxiety
The four noble truths:
1)The truth of dukkha (suffering, anxiety, unsatisfactoriness[a])
2)The truth of the origin of dukkha
3)The truth of the cessation of dukkha
4)The truth of the path leading to the cessation of dukkha
Buddhist pray for times. The main concept of their religion is too make it Nirvana by living the best possible spiritual life possible. This is basically the after life. If they do not succeed in making it to nirvana, then they believe that they are reborn through reincarnation.
Judaism
Judaism
Monotheistic
The Messiah will come
The dead will be resurrected
G-d is eternal
Prayer is to be directed to G-d alone and to no other
The Torah Is the most sacred book
Major holidays:
Shabbat, Passover, and hanukkah
Christianity
Monotheistic
God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit (Holy Trinity)
The Bible
Major holidays: Christmas, Easter
Everyone goes to church on Easter Sunday and Christmas Eve, praying, Ash Wednesday, Lent
Islam
The Islam religion is a very populated religion.the holy book is called the Quran. They believe that there is one god which is called Allah.so this means that they are monotheistic. They pray 5 times a day and read the Quran every day. One main holiday that they have is
Ramadan which means they fast for a month.