The Five Great Religions

Religion is a subject that can be touchy to talk about, which is surprising considering the fact that 84% of the world’s population practices religion. Some may find the statistic to be surprising, but, there are so many religions that are being practiced day after day, year after year. Today, there are five religions that can be titled as “The Five Great Religions.” Those religions are Hinduism, Judaism, Buddhism, Christianity and Islam. Although these religions are all different, having their own special aspect to them, they all share one thing. That one thing is that they all have faith as to what they believe is to be what they should follow to live a prosperous life. By looking at these five religion’s economies, governments, history,

The Washington Times claims that “About half of all Christians in the world are Catholic, 37 percent are part of the Protestant tradition, 12 percent are Orthodox Greek or Russian.” The largest population of Christians (243 million) are found in the United States, followed by Brazil, Mexico, Russia, the Philippines, Nigeria and China. (The Washington Post). Christianity is the major religion in Europe and the entire Western Hemisphere. Christianity is based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. Christians believe in one God who created the universe and all that is in it. This religion believes that God sent his son Jesus (the Messiah) into the world to save humanity from sin and to make eternal life possible. This view is different from the Jews, where they believe that the Messiah is yet to come. Christians also believe that they can be delivered from sin through their belief in

There are two parts to the Bible, The Old Testament and The New Testament. Christianity is divided into a number of individual denominations. The Roman Catholic Church is the largest Christian denomination. There are over a billion followers worldwide. Other denominations include Methodist, Baptist, Lutheran and Presbyterian. Christianity began in the 1st century AD as a Jewish sect, but quickly spread throughout the Greco-Roman world. According to the text, “More generally, Christianity has gradually lost adherents since the 1960’s as secularization gathered momentum, especially in western Europe. The Roman Catholic Church, long powerful in much of Europe, has steadily been losing its grip on society, and many church institutions-schools, universities, unions, political parties, charities, and clubs- have been hollowed out.” (Pg. 152). Christianity is the only religion that has more followers worldwide than