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Study Guide for World Religions

Modern Religions Comparison Chart

	Buddhism	Islam	Judaism	Hinduism	Christianity
Symbol	wheel with 8 spokes	Crescent & Star	Star of David	the Aum symbol	cross, fish
Size (No. of Followers or Ranking)	376 million	1.5 billion	14 million	900 million	2.1 billion
Founder	Siddartha Gautama (Buddha)	Muhammad	Abraham	The Seven Sages called the Saptarishis	Jesus of Nazareth
Holy Book	Tripitaka & Mahayanna Sutras	The Koran	The Talmud & Torah	The Vedas	The Bible
Country of Origin	India	Central Asian Arabian Desert	Canaan/ Israel	India	province of Judea
Main Beliefs	Four Noble Truths- 1)life means Suffering 2)the origin Of suffering Is attachment 3)stopping Suffering is Attainable 4)there is a Path to the end of Suffering	Five Pillars of Islam - 1) the Islamic Creed 2) daily prayers 3)almsgiving 4)fasting in Ramadan 5)pilgrimage to Mecca	one God; 613 commandments from the Torah; Maimon- ides 13 Principles Of Faith	Life has 4 stages; pantheistic (God is in everything); devotion and discipline	There is one God; Jesus is the Son of God; he died on the cross for the sins of man
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