Hinduism - The people who follow Hinduism are called Hindus. They believe in reincarnation after you die. If you live a good life you will be reincarnated into something like a human but if you live a bad you you will be reincarnated into something like a rat.
Judaism - People that follow the religion of Judaism. Most of these people live in the US and in Israel. There holy book is the Torah which is the old testament of the christian bible.
Christianity- is the religion in which its followers believe that Jesus Christ was born and died for own sins to be purified. Jesus was born around 2 - 7 AD and died around 30 - 36 AD. Shortly after Jesus's followers (the disciples) spread the word of god throughout the world, Christians believe in the holy trinity: the son (Jesus), the father (God) and the Holy Spirit which are forms of God. The holy book of the religion is the Bible, Christianity is Monotheistic religion and has about 2.2 Billion Adherents.
Buddhism- was founded by Siddhartha Gautama. There are 4 denominations, Tibetan, zen, Theravada, Amidst. Buddhists can be found mostly in Asia, China, Nepal, and Japan. Buddhists follow the 4 basic truths.
Muslims mainly live in Indonesia, The Middle East, and North Africa. There are two denominations of Muslims, Sunnis, and Shiites. These two groups of people do not get along. The founder of Islam was Muhammad who lived from 570-632. The holy book for Muslims is the Qur'an (Koran). The main beliefs of Islam are called the Five Pillars.
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