CLASSIFICATION ESSAY
ON RELIGION
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RELIGION:
Religion is a set of beliefs, cultural system and worldviews that establish symbols that relate humanity to spirituality and to moral values. It defines who you are, what you are and your views about the world. It gives its followers guidelines which frames their actions, attitudes, cultures and belief.
TYPES OF RELIGIONS:
There are more than four thousand religions in this world, however, most of them are not commonly known to world. Famous religions have been divided into three types:
1. Abrahamic Religions 2. Indian Religions 3. Iranian Religions
1) ABRAHAMIC RELIGIONS:
Abrahamic religions are the religions that originate from one source i.e. Abraham (A.S). These are monotheism religions i.e. belief in the existence of one and only one GOD. The main three Abrahamic religions are: * Judaism * Christianity * Islam
JUDISM
Judaism is among the world's oldest monotheistic religions and the first of the three Abraham religions. Around 12 million people in the world believe in Judaism. They are mostly in the United States and Israel. The Torah, or Hebrew Bible, is the most important holy book of Judaism. The primary custom of Judaism is practicing prayer, preferably communal prayer. Jews attend synagogues for praying and religious events. Jews also follow Dietary Laws which require believers to avoid certain foods. Belief of Judaism is belief in one GOD and must obey the Laws of GOD. The Torah and the Oral Laws are important aspects of Judaism that must be studied. Jews believe in Halakha, which is the Jewish way of life.
CHRISTANITY
Christianity is founded on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth (1st century) as offered in the New Testament. The Christian belief is vitally belief in Jesus as the Christ, the Son of GOD, and as Savior and Lord. Almost all Christians accept as factual in the Trinity, which educates the harmony of