My Family Religions

My family has believed in Christianity for over a hundred years, dating back to my great-grandparents. The story of my family is like a belief system, it can similar and relate to others, or it can be a different, unique experience. The society we live in has over thousands of religions that never get spoken about and shadowed by the 5 major religions of Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. There is a variety of beliefs to account for the vast amount of people that live on Earth. The three I will be further discussing is Hinduism, Christianity, and Islam. Hinduism is the oldest of the three dating back to 6000 BC if the date of birth of Rama, where it began in India (Naik). Christianity is a religion that I practice myself,

Brahma was a single spiritual power that Hindus believe live in everything, and he influenced many gods that taught different aspects of Brahma. Hindu used the Caste System as a social class system that controlled every aspect of daily life and over decided where you placed in society. Hindus had many moral beliefs, for example, they felt that you had religious and moral duties also known as Dharma, and after death, the Karma or law of cause and effect of actions determined the nature of Reincarnation. Reincarnation is the belief that souls are reborn into new bodies over and over, and the goal was to achieve Moksha or liberation in the afterlife. On the other hand, Islam is a religion that came from Abraham, better known as an Abrahamic Faith. Its origins were in Jerusalem during the AD period. In, Islam, there was one God with many names, God is the one True Creator. God has always existed, none existed before him and will exist forever (T.). There a was prophet of Islamic faith named Muhammad, as a result of his death two divisions Islam formed, Sunni which had 90% of people worshiped, and had believed that leadership should come from among the Quraish Arabs, and also Shiites (Shi’a) which believed that only descendants of Muhammad could become caliph (Ezell). Next, there were the 5 pillars that Islam’s used and followed, the 5 pillars were; Shahada, Salat, Zakat, Sawm, Hajj (Naik). One major difference is that Islam spread across the Arabian Peninsula and spread through the increase in trade. In conclusion, Hinduism and Islam have similar aspects of their religion, but the differences in beliefs, origin, and the way the society works are key to