Thursday, November 21, 2019

5 major religions pt 2

So yesterday we talked about Christianity and Islam. Today we talked about Hinduism, Buddhism, and Judaism. Hinduism is the third largest practiced religion in the world, 1.1 billion. adherents. Tjey are referred as Hindus. They are mostly located in India and Nepal. Their holy book is called the vedas. Eternal truths revealed to ancient sages; composed in verse form (meant to be sung and easily memorized). Buddhism had 500 million - 1.5 billion adherents. They are called buddhist and a majority of them are located in southeast Asia, China, Nepal and Japan. The amount of buddhist in the US is 1.2 million. The founder is Siddahara Guantama. Judaism has 14-18 million adherents. They're called Jews. They're located in Israel and the US. The founder was Abraham. Their holy book is the Torah.

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