5 religions

Christianity was founded by Jesus Christ. It has proximately 2.2 billion adherents and are mainly located in Europe, the Americas, and Southern Africa. There are many denominations and most originate with Abraham. The denominations are Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox, Protestants, which have many branches which I will not list. The main focus is on their holy book, the Bible. They believe that Jesus is both human and Devine. Also, that Jesus is the son of God. Their clergy is the pope if the head of the Catholic Church and priests are local authority.

Islam's founder is Muhammad who was alive in 570-632 AD. You would call them Muslims and they have about 1.5 billion adherents and are the second largest religion in the world. They are based out of Indonesia, Middle East, and North Africa. They only have two major denominations which are the Sunnis and the Shiites. The Sunnis and the Shiites have been in many revolutionary wars in the past and they have lasted a very long time. Their holy book is the Qur'an. their beliefs are monotheistic and abrahamic. They have the five pillars which are testimony, prayer, alms-giving, fasting, and pilgrimage their god is called Allah. 

Hindus are mainly in the location of India and Nepal. With a following of 1.1 billion people.

Their holy book is the Vedas. The thing that separates Hinduism from any other religion is the fact that Hindus believe it’s more of a lifestyle rather than a religion. They believe in reincarnation and did not have a distinct founder. Although Hinduism is the 3^rdlargest religion most followers see it as a lifestyle and a way to live life rather than a belief. 

Buddhist are located in Southeast Asia, china, Nepal and japan.  There’s around 1.2 million Buddhist in the U.S. They believe in the Noble Truths. Which starts off with there is suffering. The second noble truth is attachment to desire is origin of suffering. The third one is there is a cessation of suffering, and lastly, eight hold paths will lead to the cessation of suffering. The founder Siddhartha Gautama is also known as the Buddha. 

Jews are mainly located in Israel and U.S. Israel is dedicated for Jews. Judaism only has 14-18 million adherents. This is because of tragic events such as the Holocaust. Hitler wanted to kill every single Jew and he was very close to succeeding. Their founder is Abraham and their holy book is the Torah. Jews mainly believe God is one and concerned with the actions of human kind- ethical monotheism.