Download - Daniel G, Cody D, Darryn R
$1.00
World religions
What religions rule our world
Look inside and find out (pg 6-
10)
Table of Contents
Pg 6 = Buddhism
Pg 7 = Christianity
Pg 8 = Islam
Pg 9 = Hinduism
Pg 10 = Judaism
Ddc teen religion was created by:
Daniel Ginter Darryen Reed and
Cody Dufresne
Buddhism is not
that much of a religion as it
is a way of life. Buddhism
is following an enlighten
path of life. The person
who made the Buddhism
way was Siddhartha a no-
ble that never left his home
until his high 20s and then
realized all the pain in the
world he then lived an
enlighten life which was
the start of Buddhism.
Buddhism doesn’t believe
in god but the right path in
life. Buddhist do not have a
churches instead they have
temples in which they go to
and pray or meditate so
they can always be on the
right path of life.
Siddhartha the
maker of Buddhism and
also known as the Buddha
was born in 500BCE in a
land named Nepal. He
lived in his palace for his
entire life without knowing
the outside world. He
started the Buddhism when
he saw all the pain in the
world when for the first
time he left his house in his
late 20s and saw all the
pain and evil in the world.
He decided to find spiritual
enlightenment in life so he
can counter all the evil in
Buddhism
the world. This once shel-
tered man became the icon
leader of a religion.
Buddhist is to live
a non-corrupt life Buddhist
must live with the right
view, right mind, and the
right intentions and a num-
ber of other good things.
Buddhist also meditate to
help find enlightenment
and to help walk the right
path in life. To Buddhist
finding enlightenment is
there one of their biggest
goals in life. Buddhist sees
death a reincarnation. Re-
birth to them is to be re-
born as in a way you acted
in your last life. If you
were bad then you will be
reborn in a bad life if you
were good you would be
reborn in a fulfilling life.
All of the Buddhist belief is
way to enlightenment and
a good life.
Buddhism is a
very unique religion be-
cause Buddhist can do
their worshiping at home
or a temple. Their why of
worship is by meditation,
chanting, and playing mu-
sic because they are trying
to reach enlightenment.
Buddhism has a very im-
portant festival called We-
sak. This festival is on the
first full moon of May and
that festival marks the Bud-
dha’s birthday. Buddhist
practice lots of things but
all they do is just to find
enlightenment like the
Buddha.
Buddhism was all
made in Nepal a mountain-
ous country with more
than 300million Buddhist.
Nepal was the land where
Siddhartha was born and
raised within his own pal-
ace. Nepal is in southeast
of china. Most Buddhist
lives in or around Nepal.
In conclu-
sion Buddhism is a religion
that helps seek enlighten-
ment away from evil and
pain in the world. The Bud-
dha the man who found
enlightenment now has
many worshipers that also
seek enlightenment. Bud-
dhism is a religion that can
help be a better person and
live a happy life though all
kinds of practices.
buddhism
Page 6 Ddc
This is a picture of
buddah
Buddhism is not
that much of a
religion as it
is a way of
life.
Christianity is
the world’s largest
religion with the
most worshipers.
This religion has a
wide range of a his-
tory behind it. They
worship 1 God in
churches; the
leader of the church
is the pastor.
Christianity follows
the teaching of Naz-
areth from Jesus.
Jesus is known as
the messiah that
was promised in the
Old Testament.
Christi-
anity was made
back in 80CE about
2000years ago, and
the creator was Je-
sus, Jesus was
known as gods son
brought to earth to
save us from our
sins. So he spoke
of the word of god
to everyone and
everywhere he
went. Until he was
crucified on a cross
for an unrighteous
Christianity reason, Jesus was
killing because he
spoke the word and
authority of god.
Everything Jesus
spoke of became
the Old Testament
in the bible and af-
ter he did a couple
years’ later people
started to write
more of what he
said and that be-
came the New Tes-
tament.
Christianity
worshiper worship
God and Jesus in
churches they visit
every Sunday and
Wednesday. When
they go to church
the pastor of the
church preaches of
the word of God
though the bible.
Christianity
Page 7 Volume 1, Issue 1
This is a picture of a cross
Christianity is the
world’s largest
religion with the
most worshipers.
Islam began in the
Middle East about 1400
years ago. Islam was
started by the prophet Mu-
hammad. The Middle East
is just one big desert and
mountainous. Islam be-
lieves in only one god
which they call Allah. Is-
lam is a huge religion tak-
ing part in the worlds’
community.
Muhammad
started Islam about 1400
years ago. When Muham-
mad was forty the angel
Gabriel came to him and
told him to preach his be-
liefs. Muhammad founded
Islam in Mecca, Saudi Ara-
bia about 1400 years ago.
Muhammad preached the
word of god as told by
Gabriel. These beliefs were
later written down to be-
come the Qur’an. Islam is
a strong religion created by
the prophet Muhammad.
The geography of
the Middle East is moun-
tainous and has a lot of
deserts. Islam is has the
second most followers with
about 1 billion. The follow-
ers of Islam live mostly in
the Middle East but they
are in a lot of other places
too. The Middle East is
mostly deserts and moun-
tains.
The Islam religion
Islam has a lot of different beliefs.
They believe that Allah is
the creator of the universe.
The followers’ main goal in
life is to memorize the
Qur’an. They believe that
they must preach Muslim
way of life to others. The
followers of Islam have
many beliefs in their relig-
ion.
The Islamic faith
has plenty of great prac-
tices. One of the practices
is that every Muslim must
perform a certain worship,
some personal practices
and five prayers a day.
They also fast during the
month of Ramadan. Each
Muslim is required to make
a pilgrimage to Mecca
once in their life time to be
where their religion began.
The Muslims have few
practices but each and
every one of them are very
important.
Islam
Page 8 Ddc
This is the symbol
for Islam
Islam began in
the Middle East
about 1400
years ago.
Hinduism is the
world’s oldest religion dat-
ing back to 3000 BCE. It is
also the world’s 3rd largest
religion with 837 million
followers. There are over
1.1 million Hindus in the
U.S. alone. Hinduism is
the dominate religion in
India. They believe in one
over all god.
The Hindus wor-
ship their god which they
call Brahman. The Hindus
also refer to their priests as
Brahma indicating that
they are one with Brah-
man. People think that
Hindus worship more than
one god but they only wor-
ship one eternal god and
the rest are just different
aspects of Brahman. The
different aspects of Brah-
man are Brahma (the crea-
tor god), Vishnu (the god
that preserves the universe)
and Shiva (the destroyer of
the universe).
The Indus Valley
is located in what is now
Pakistan. There are almost
340 million followers of
Hinduism. Most Hindus
live in India but that is not
the only place they are
found. Hinduism is also
found in Nepal, Sri Lanka,
Fiji, Bali and the U.S.A.
Hinduism largely influ-
enced other religions like
Buddhism, Jainism, and
Hinduism Sikhism.
We do
not know who founded
Hinduism but the history is
magnificent. It was
founded in about 3000
BCE making it the oldest
religion in the Indus Valley
near the Indus River. The
Hindus religious writing is
called the Vedas. The word
Vedas means knowledge.
It was written around 1500
BCE. The Vedas was split
into four parts; the Samhi-
tas is the oldest part of the
Vedas. Then there is the
Brahmanas is telling
them the different prac-
tices and rituals. There is
also the Aranyakas which
has the different ways of
worship and meditation.
Finally there is the Upani-
shads which tells of the
teachings of hiduism.
Hinduism
Page 9 Volume 1, Issue 1
This is a Hindu statue
Hinduism is the
world’s oldest
religion dating
back to 3000
BCE.
Judaism is a
4000 year of tradition
on how to be human
and also how to make
the world a holy place.
Judaism is having a
covenant relationship
with God. Abraham,
Jacob, and Isaac, the
origin of Hebrew peo-
ple. The ancient writ-
ing for Judaism is the
torah the first 5 books
in the bible. Judaism
has many holidays
that last for many
days.
Moses led the
Hebrew slaves to the
“promised land” after
the fall of the Egyp-
tians. The Hebrew
monarchy that ended
the 6th century BCE.
Moses is the man who
foretold the fall of the
Egyptians and then he
spoke of how it would
come to be. He fore-
told the 10 plagues
such as Death of First-
born, Darkness, Lo-
custs, Hail mixed with
fire, Incurable boils,
Pestilence, Wild ani-
Judaism mals, Gnats, Frogs,
water turned into
Blood. They all came
true and helped all the
slaves to escape.
Judaism only
believes in only one
God and they read
from the Old Testa-
ment or as they call it
the Torah. The Torah
is the Judaism bible.
They pray at temples
and celebrate many
holidays. A holiday
they celebrate is Ha-
nukkah, Hanukkah is
an eight day holiday
and for each day they
light a candle on each
day of the holiday.
Judaism is a
religion that shows its
great belief in god in
any way possible.
Though there of show-
ing it is very different.
They still proudly wor-
ship god the best way
they can. That is Juda-
ism.
Judaism
Page 10 Ddc
Here is a picture of
a star of David and
a menorah
Judaism is a
4000 year of
tradition on
how to be human
and also how to
make the world
a holy place