the religion of christianity founded by jesus which ould be from 8 BC to 4 BC. christianity as a few different branches which are the orthodox branch, roman chatholic branch, and protestant branch. roman catholics accept the teachings and interpretations of the bible. the orthodoxy comprises the faith and practises of a collection of churches. protestantism originated with the principles of the reformation in the sixteenth century. christianity is also the biggest religion in the world with 2.2 billion adhearents.
the islam religion has a core belife called the five pillars of faith which are the shahadah, salat, zakat, sawm of ramadom, and the hajj. these religions consider adam to be the first man and abraham to be one of his descendants. the islam religion also has a holy book called the qaran which states that abraham married sarah and didn't have children. this religionis the second biggest religion in the world with 1.6 billion adhearent.
the third biggest religion in the world is hinduism with 1 billion adhearents. the only thing that makes this religion different is that it does not have any real founder but instead was developed by early christians in its origin of india. it also has a holy book called the vedas which were written at around1100 B.C. 2000 years ago these hindu texts were composed and rituals were developed.
the fourth largest religion in the world is buddhism which has around 500 to 1.5 million adhearents. its founder is siddhartha Gautamawho was born in 563 B.C. buddhism also has a belief called the four noble truths. its origin is in nepal, southeast asia, japan, and a couple others.
another religion that is alot smaller than the other four religions is judhism which has 14 to 18 million adhearents but is very similar to christianity because of its beliefs in the ten commandments, and its followers being jews. its holy book is known as the torah and its founder is abraham.
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