The Five Major Religions Cont. (Islam, Hinduism, and Buddhism)

Starting off from where we left it yesterday, let’s talk about the other three religions I mentioned. Those religions being Islam, Hinduism, and Buddhism. Islam is the second largest religion to date with 1.5 billion adherents. The religion can usually be found in Indonesia. the Middle East, and North Africa. The Denominations of Islam are called the Shiites and the Sunnis. Their great founder is a man named Muhammad who can be read about in their Holy Book called the Quran/Koran. Muslims are Monotheistic and see their purpose in life as serving and submitting to Allah. Now onto Hinduism. Hinduism has 1.1 billion followers and can be found in India and Nepal. Their Holy Book/s are called the Vedas which are eternal truths revealed to ancient sages and are composed in verse form(song). Hindus have no distinct founder, it is a series of intellectual or philosophical points of view rather than a rigid, strict set of beliefs and it is also the oldest religion known to recorded history. Buddhism has 500 million to 1.5 billion adherents today. You can find this religion in Southeast Asia, China, Nepal, and Japan. Their founder is a man by the name of Siddhartha Gautama who came up with the Four Nobel Truths. He has also made the Eightfold path. The denominations of Buddhists are the Tibetan, Zen, Theravada, and Amidst.