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In the world today, most people pledge their religious allegiance to one of the five major religions: Judaism, Hinduism, Buddhism, Christianity, or Islam. ... This paper describes the history of these five religions. It also compares and contrasts these religions. ... Led by Joshua, the Jews conquered Canaan and settled down to what the thought would be a peaceful history in the Holy Land. ... 12:7, 13:15, 15:18, 17:8) But the history of the Jews in the Promised Land was not to be peaceful. ... Three Jewish festivals, established in the Bible, mark the times when God intervened in Jewish history: • Passover marks the coming out of Egypt and deliverance from captivity. ... There were Yemenite Jews who reflected the spirit of those who had first begun to write down the Oral Law; African Jews whose religion had changed little since the pre-Islamic period of Jewish history; North African Jews, who brought the gentleness inherited from the golden age of Moslem Spain. ... The Old Testament of the Christian Bible is entirely Jewish history. The history of Judaism is the story of Israel and Gods attempt to use these people to make his ways known to the rest of the world. ... Like all other religions, although Christianity became stronger, eventually the ceremonies, rituals, and priests became more important than the original teachings of Jesus. ... It was an era that also saw great expansion in the history of the Christian Church. ... The nineteenth century has been called the greatest century in the history of Christian missionary activity. ... In the twentieth century, new challenges to Christianity, especially Communism, mysticism, and renewed interest in various world religions, have a risen. ... Hinduism differs from Christianity and other Western religions in that it does not have a single founder, a specific theological system, a single system of morality, or a central religious organization. ... Religions, like Hinduism, that recognize the existence of multiple deities have traditionally been among the worlds most religiously tolerant. Hinduism remains arguably the most tolerant of such religions. ... Violence through religion has always been around even throughout the history of Hinduism. ... One of the lesser studied, but currently fastest growing religions is that of Buddhism, which originated in the sixth century BC in Nepal. ... Although Islam is seen as the youngest of the worlds great religions, many of its followers believe Islam existed before Muhammad was born. ... He met people of different religious beliefs on his travels, and was able to observe and learn about Judaism, Christianity and the indigenous Pagan religions. ... Because Muhammad knew of the Jewish and Christian religions, he believed that Allah (God) had revealed himself through Moses and Jesus, but Allah’s final revelations would be through Muhammad, himself. ... The five major religions share many fundamental characteristics. First, except for Hinduism, all the religions can point to a founder: Buddha for Buddhism, Abraham for Judaism, Jesus for Christianity, and Muhammad for Islam. ... In addition, except for Hinduism, which believed in multiple gods, all the religions were monotheistic. All of the religions believed in the afterlife. ... Finally, all the religions have sacred documents. ... In conclusion, it is interesting that the religions share many basic characteristics like having founders, being monotheistic, believing in an afterlife, and having holy scriptures. But, despite these similarities, the followers of these religions have a hard time co-existing peacefully. |
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