Comparisons of world religions
Jayden Ferrell
Christianity
The beginning
- It was started when Jesus starting telling the Jews the will of God
- Jesus Christ
- The religion started in Israel
- This religion is monolithic
- There is a story that Jesus, three days after his crucifixion, was resurrected proving he was the son of God
- Christianty now has over 2 billion followers
- The religion was spread through Jesus and his followers
- the bible is its holy book
- Jesus, Moses, and Noah were all considered profits with Jesus being the messiah
- There are priests, ministers, monks, and nuns
- There is only one God, who watches over, and cares for his people
- Jesus Christ was the son of God. He died to save humanity from sin. His death and resurrection made eternal life possible for others
Buddhism
- It started when a prince decided to leave his place to discover the world and found nirvana
- Buddha
- No real God/deity
- Believes in universal truths, noble truths and the eightfold path to enlightenment
- Bodh Gaya, India
- 2500 years
- A farmer left his home to be a monk so he could be free but he didn't feel the same without a hoe in his hands after years of feeling he has not done everything to become a monk he threw his hoe in a lake and felt victory a king walked by and asked why was he so happy the monk replied with "I have conquered the devils inside me" and so the king may have won a war but he realizes the monk got a real victory
- 350 million
- Mainly through the Silk Road
- Tripitaka
- Holy people are not really a thing in Buddhism but most people like Buddha were highly regarded and considered enlightend
- No real organizational structure other than monks
Confucianism
- Developed when philosopher Confucius started teaching his ideals
- Confucius started it
- It is a polytheistic "religion" even though they weren't praised
- Started in China
- 125 bc
- There were once ten suns but they destroyed the land so a man was given a bow and he killed all but one sun witch is pulled a crossed the sky today
- Confucius and his followers spread Confucianism
- They had no holy book for say but they have many treasured books
- There were no real holy people rather they highly respected teachers and elders
- There was no real leaders or preachers there were people who taught it but it was not really an organization