world religions
Leah Barrett
Christianity
- started in 0 C.E. with the birth of Jesus Christ
- Jesus started it
- monotheistic
- the people believe in 1 God in three people the father, the spirit and, the son
- started in Jerusalem
- has been around since the 1st century
- the holy people are Abraham, Moses, Mary, Jesus, God
- story of Daniel
- The holy book is the Bible
- 2 billion followers
- spread the word by the roman empire and missionaries
- God, Priest then the followers
Buddhism
- Buddhism originated in India in the 5th century B.C.E.
- the are 350,000,000 followers
- sacred texts are Pali Tipitika, Mahayana, Vajrayana Canons
- started by Buddha
- nontheistic
- appearances can be deceiving is a moral in this religion
- a belief of there is reincarnation
- buddha was the holy person and he was at the top then his advisors then the followers
- missionaries
Hinduism
- began 4000 years ago in India
- sacred texts are known as Vedas,Upanishads, Bhagavad Gi ta, Epics
- A belief of hinduism is a human being's basic nature is not confined to the body or the mind
- polytheistic
- no central leader
- about 1 billion followers