WORLD RELIGIONS

JUDAISM

• Founder: Abraham
• Date Founded: 1300 B.C

JUDAISM: KNOWN WRITINGS

• Tanakh
• Torah
• Talmud

JUDAISM: BELIEFS

• God- Believe in God.
• Jesus- Doesnt believe in the Messiah.
• Holy Spirit- Divine aspect of prophecy and wisdom.
• Salvation- Believe they don't need personal salvation.
• After life- Believe it's not an important topic.

JUDAISM: RELICS

• Star of David
• Chai, "life"
• Passover plate
• The menorah
• Dreidels

CHRISTIANITY

• Founder: Jesus Christ
• Date Founded: Approx. 2000 years ago

CHRISTIANITY: KNOWN WRITINGS

• Bible

CHRISTIANITY: BELIEFS

• God- Believe in one God, our Creator.
• Jesus- Gods Son, he died for our sins.
• Holy Spirit- The third person of the Trinity.
• Salvation- Made by the life and death.
• After-life- Christians go to heaven with one life.

CHRISTIANITY: RELICS

• The Cross
• A fish

ISLAM

• Founder: Prophet Muhammad
• Date Founded: 7th century A.D

ISLAM: KNOWN WRITINGS

• Quran Koran

ISLAM: BELIEFS

• God- Believe in one Allah.
• Jesus- Considered a messanger and Messiah.
• Holy Spirit- The third person of the Trinity.
• Salvation- To please their Allah.
• After- life- Believes in a continued existence.

ISLAM: RELICS

• A chest
• A caskett
• Lock of kaaba

HINDUISM

• Founder: No single founder
• Date Founded: 2300-1500 B.C

HINDUISM: KNOWN WRITINGS

• The Rig Veda
• The same Veda
• The Yajur Veda
• The Artha Veda

HINDUISM: BELIEFS

• God- Believe in one God, Brahman.
• Jesus- Another expression.
• Holy Spirit- Believe in Shakti.
• Salvation- No clear plan.
• After- life- Reincarnation and rebirth.

HINDUISM: RELICS

• Bindi
• Cow
• Linga
• Tilak
• Yantra

BUDDHISM

• Founder: Siddhartha Guatama
• Date Founded: Late 6th century B.C.E

BUDDHISM: KNOWN WRITINGS

• Tibetan Book of the Dead
• Siddhartha
• Heritage of Buddah

BUDDHISM: BELIEFS

• God- Believed in one to many Gods.
• Jesus- He was their role model.
• Holy Spirit- Don't believe in the Holy Spirit.
• Salvation- To reach Nirvana, state of nothingness.
• After- life- Reincarnation and rebirth.

BUDDHISM: RELICS

• Tibetan master of the kadampa lineage
• Tooth of buddah

SIKHISM

• Founder: Guru Nanak Dev
• Date Founded: 16th century

SIKHISM: KNOWN WRITINGS

• Sikhism
• The Sikh Religion

SIKHISM: BELIEFS

• God- Believe in one God.
• Jesus- He's not the only to obatin salvation.
• Holy Spirit- Don't believe in the Holy Spirit.
• Salvation- One must meditate on God.
• After- life- Don't believe in heaven or hell.

SIKHISM: RELICS

• A certain type of knife or arrow
• Sikh nugget

CONFUCIANISM

• Founder: Confucious (Kong qiu)
• Date Founded: 500 B.C.

CONFUCIANISM: KNOWN WRITINGS

• The Analects

CONFUCIANISM: BELIEFS

• God- Believe in "Tao."
• Jesus- Believe Confucius was Jesus.
• Holy Spirit- Part of the Trinity.
• Salvation- No plan.
• After- life- To be worshiped as ancestors.

CONFUCIANISM: RELICS

• Confucius statue
• Bronze tureen

SHINTO

• Founder: No founder
• Date Founded: 6th century

SHINTO: KNOWN WRITINGS

• Shinto shrine
• Shinto meditations

SHINTO: BELIEFS

• God- Believe in one true God.
• Jesus- Used Him as their translator.
• Holy Spirit- Dont believe in one Holy Spirit.
• Salvation- Believe all living things have a Kami.
• After- life- Become one with the spirits.

SHINTO: RELICS

• Shinto buildings
• Shinto shrine

TAOISM

• Founder: Lao Tze
• Date Founded: c. 550 B.C

TAOISM: KNOWN WRITINGS

• Tao Te Ching
• Chuang- Tzu

TAOISM: BELIEFS

• God- They don't believe in one certain God.
• Jesus- Believed him to be a Taoist.
• Holy Spirit- They don't believe.
• Salvation- To become one with the Tao.
• After- life- Revert back to the state of non-being.

TAOISM: RELICS

• Wudang mountains
• Nirvana Gold Tower

JEHOVAS WITNESSES

• Founder: Charles Taze Russell
• Date Founded: 1872

JEHOVAS WITNESSES: KNOWN WRITINGS

• New World Translation
• Jehovas witnesses

JEHOVAS WITNESSES: BELIEFS

• God- They believe in one God.
• Jesus- He was Gods first creation.
• Holy Spirit- "Gods Active Force."
• Salvation- To be in Gods kingdom.
• Death- Deny the existence of hell.

JEHOVAS WITNESSES: RELICS

• The cross and crown
• Jehovas pyramid

MORMONISM

• Founder: Joseph Smith
• Date Founded: April 6, 1830

MORMONISM: KNOWN WRITINGS

• Mormon America
• How Wide Divide

MORMONISM: BELIEFS

• God- He has a physical body.
• Jesus- Gods only begotten son.
• Holy Spirit- Part of the Trinity.
• Salvation- Returning back to God.
• Death- One will live eternally.

MORMONISM: RELICS

• Certain type of knife or weapon
• Star with a moon

UNITARIANISM

• Founder: No founder
• Date Founder: 1961

UNITARIANISM: KNOWN WRITINGS

• "The A to Z Unitarian Universalism"
• "A Chosen Faith"

UNITARIANISM: BELIEFS

• God- Believe God exist in one person.
• Jesus- Is the Son of God.
• Holy Spirit- Was not a person.
• Salvation- Is by grace,not by works.
• Death- Life does not continue after death.

UNITARIANISM: RELICS

• Flaming chalice
• Dharmachakra

SCIENTOLOGY

• Founder: L. Ron Hubbard
• Date Founded: December 1953

SCIENTOLOGY: KNOWN WRITINGS

• Dianetics
• The Publication of Dianetics

SCIENTOLOGY: BELIEFS

• God- Believe in God, eighth dynamic.
• Jesus- Does not have Jesus as its author.
• Holy Spirit- Part of the Trinity.
• Salvation- To achieve a state of "clear."
• Death- Believe in reincarnation.

SCIENTOLOGY: RELICS

• Scientology cross
• Scientological "S"

SATANISM

• Founder: Anton Lavey
• Date Founded: April, 1966

SATANISM: KNOWN WRITINGS

• Satanic bible

SATANISM: BELIEFS

• God- Believe satan is God.
• Jesus- Don't believe in Jesus Christ.
• Holy Spirit- Don't believe in the Holy Spirit.
• Salvation- No clear plan.
• Death- No after life.

SATANISM: RELICS

• Pentagram
• Pagan