Undiluted Gist: 7 Major Religions Of The World And Their Believe

There are 7 major Religions of the world. They are,

1. Hinduism

2. Buddhism

3. Islam

4. Confucianism

5. Christianity

6. Taoism

7. Judaism

8. Jehovah Witnesse

A. Hinduism

Hinduism is the world's oldest Religions according to many scholars, with roots and customs dating back more than 4000 years. Today with about 900 million followers, Hinduism is the third largest religion behind Christianity and Islam. Roughly 95 percent of the world's Hindus live in India. The religion has no specific founder.

Hinduism Major Beliefs

1. They worship a simple deity know as " Brahman"

2. Hindus believe in the doctrines of samsara (the continuous cycle of life, death and reincarnation) and karma (the universal law of cause and effect)

3. They holds that living creature have a soul and they are all part of the supreme soul. There goal is to achieve salvation which ends the cycle of rebirths to become part of the absolute soul.

4. They consider the cow a sacred animal

5. They don't eat beef or pork and many are vegetarians

B. Buddhism

Buddhism is one of the major world Religions. It's practice has historically been most prominent in east and southeast Asia, but it's influence is growing in west. It was founded by Siddhartha Gautama (the Buddha ) more than 2500 years ago in India with about 470 million.

Buddhism Major Belief

1. They don't acknowledge a supreme god or deity. They instead focus on achieving enlightenment---- a state of inner peace and wisdom.

2. The religion's founder Buddha, is considered an extraordinary man but not god. The Word Buddha means enlightened.

3. Buddhist Embrace the concepts of karma ( the law of cause and effect) and reincarnation the continuous cycle of rebirth.

4.Buddhism can worship in temples or in their own homes

C) Confucianism

Confucianism is often characterized as a system of social and ethical philosophy rather than a religion. Confucianism buit on an ancient religious foundation to establish the social values, institution and transcendent ideas of traditional Chinese today.

D) Taoism

Taoism has been connected to the philosopher Tao Tzu, who around 500 B.C.E wrote the main book of Taoism, the Tao te ching. Taoism holds that humans and animals should live in balance with Tao or the universal Taoists. Taoism does not Believe in God. Taosism does not have a God in the way the Abrahamic Religions do. There is no omnipotent being beyond the cosmos, who created and controls the universe. In Taoism the universe springs from the Tao and the Tao impersonally guides things or their way

E.) Judaism

Judaism originated in Israel around 4000 years ago. What do Jews believe? Jews believe that there is a single God who not only created the universe, but with whom every Jew can have an individual and personal relationship.

The origins of Jewish faith are explained throughout the Torah. According to the text, God first revealed himself to a Hebrew man named Abraham, who became known as the founder of Judaism.

Jews believe that God made a special covenant with Abraham and that he and his descendants were chosen people who would create a great nation.

About Judaism

Shabbat is recognized as a day of rest and prayer for Jews. Observing Shabbat can take many forms, depending on the type of Judaism that a Jewish family may follow. Orthodox and Conservative Jews, for example, may refrain from performing any physical labor, using any electrical device or other prohibited activities.

F) Islam

In Arabic, Islam means "surrender," or "submission," to the will of God. Islam was founded by the prophet Mohammed, who was born in Mecca around A.D. 570 and settled in Medina around 622. Muslims believe Mohammed was the last and most important in a series of prophets, including Abraham, Moses and Jesus.

Muslims have six main beliefs.

Belief in Allah as the one and only God.

Belief in angels.

Belief in the holy books.

Belief in the Prophets... e.g. Adam, Ibrahim (Abraham), Musa (Moses), Dawud (David), Isa (Jesus). ...

Belief in the Day of Judgement... ...

Belief in Predestination...

G) Christianity

Christianity originated with the ministry of Jesus, a Jewish teacher and healer who proclaimed the imminent kingdom of God and was crucified

Christianity began in the 1st century AD after Jesus died and resurrected, as a small group of Jewish people in Judea, but quickly spread throughout the Roman empire. Despite early persecution of Christians, it later became the state religion. In the Middle Ages it spread into Northern Europe and Russia.

It is the largest and the fastest growing religion in the world with about 2.5 billion followers

basic beliefs of Christianity

Belief in God the Father, Jesus Christ as the Son of God, and the Holy Spirit. (Trinity)

The death, descent into hell, resurrection and ascension of Christ.

The holiness of the Church and the communion of saints.

Christ's second coming, the Day of Judgement and salvation of the faithful.

H. Jehovah Witness

Although they claimed to be christian, Jehovah’s Witnesses were founded by Charles Russell, a businessman from Pennsylvania, in 1869. Though raised under orthodox Christian teaching, he separated himself from the church because he didn't like its beliefs about the nature of Hell. So he started his own movement and began spreading it through written word.

Jehovah’s Witnesses believe in the God of the Bible, but deny the Christian understanding of God as a trinity of persons - they deny that Jesus is ontologically equal to God and affirm that God exists as a single person. They believe that Jesus is God's only literal creation and that Jesus created everything else. They believe that Jesus is the physical, human incarnation of Michael the archangel. They believe that Jesus did not raise from the dead in bodily form, but rather in spirit only. They believe that Jesus has come back to begin his millenial reign, starting in 1914, but that he came back invisibly. Only members of the JW church will be saved, and salvation is dependent on your works, specifically going on door-to-door “mission trips” to evangelize and bring others to the church. In fact, there are four requirements to obtain salvation and eternal life:

1)know God and his laws

2) obey God's laws, including living a moral life

3) be a part of the JW church, and

4) advocate for God's kingdom (i.e. go on mission trips).

The soul ceases to exist at death, and there is no Hell or eternal suffering for those who were not saved - they stay non-existent - only the saved are “reborn” and, of those, only 144,000 go to heaven with God, the rest live in paradise on earth. Source; Wikipedia

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