Wednesday, January 16, 2019

Test review

Today in class we talked about the test tomorrow and here are some of my notes

Christianity  -  largest religion
Their founder is Jesus Christ (4-36 Ad)
They primary believe in the New Testament
Abrahamic

Islam - second largest religion
Indonesia, Middle East, and North Africa
Sunnies, and the Shiites
Their founder is Mohamed (570-632 Ad) a prophet.
Their holy book is the Koran
Their beliefs include The Five Pillars. 
Monothesicstic
Abrahamic

Hinduism - third largest religion
They are most concentrated in India and Nepal. 97% live in India
 It came out a few thousand years before christ. Longest religion
Their Holy book called the Vedas includes songs
Passed down by oral tradition
reincarnation 

Buddhism - fourth largest religion
Their founder is Siddhartha Gautama.
 eight fold path
They also believe in the four noble truths. They want to get to Nirvana. Also believe in reincarnation.

Judaism - 14-18 million
Their Holy book is the Torah which is the first five books of the Old Testament. 
Their founder is Abraham
They don't believe in the new testament 

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