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BUDDHISM

Siddhartha Gautama is known as Buddha

6% of the world’s population is Buddhist

Mostly popular though the Asian people even though china doesn’t have really a specific religion.

Buddha is also known as the awakened one.

It is one of the oldest practices today.

There is just over a million Buddhist in the US.

Buddha was actually skinny and Americans put him as a fat happy man

JUDAISM 

Jews practice their religion in a synagogue.

The ark of the synagogue is facing in a way so that if you face it and pray, you are praying towards Jerusalem

81% live in Israel and the US.

Moses was a main teacher of Judaism and he brought down the 10 commandment

Abrahamic religion…

There are about 14,500,000 Jews

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Christians are the largest religion in the world 2.2 billion

Biggest denomination is Catholic Church

Founder: Jesus Christ

Holy book is the bible

They believe that Jesus is fully human and fully divine

The pope is the head of the church

2^nd largest religion is the Muslims there is about 1.5 billion

Founder is Muhammad

Holy book is Quran

Monotheistic Abrahamic

They must give to others and serve others and submitting to Allah

What gets them in trouble with the rest of the world is there believe in living under Islamic law. It is very strict and women do not have many rights

Hinduism is the 3^rd largest religion in the world with about 1.1 billion

Holy book is the Vedas

There is no distinct founder and it is often looked at instead of a religion but as a way of life and there is reincarnation

Number of Buddhist is 500million to 1.5 billion

Siddartha Guatama

The 4 noble truths are :

There is suffering

Attachment to desire is the origion of suffering

There is a seccation of sufferoing the 8 fold path will lead to the seccation to anything