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A 5 page paper. There are more than 4,000 different faith groups in the world, 20 of which are typically identified as 'the major world religions.' This paper discusses the largest five plus Judaism. The names and purposes of the primary religious texts for each religion is identified. The literary techniques for teaching lessons are also identified. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
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paganism (Adherents.com, 2005). Beginning in the 1800s, however, five world religions were identified by comparative religion scholars: "Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, and Buddhism" (Adherents.com, 2005). Today, more than 4,300 different
faith groups have been identified in the world (Adherents.com, 2005). The largest five groups of world religions by number of adherents are: 1. Christianity: 2.1 billion (Adherents.com, 2005). 2. Islam:
1.3 billion (Adherents.com, 2005). 3. Hinduism: 900 million (Adherents.com, 2005). 4. Chinese traditional religion: 394 million (Adherents.com, 2005). 5. Buddhism: 376 million (Adherents.com, 2005). There are 1.1 billion individuals identified
as Secular/Nonreligious/Agnostic/Atheist but this is such a diverse group following so many different beliefs, it will not be discussed in this paper. Atheists represent only one-half of one percent of
the worlds population but this category also includes those who believe in a Higher Being but not necessarily God (Adherents.com, 2005). Certain major world religions incorporate significant diversity in the
denominations, such as Roman Catholic, Eastern/Orthodox Christian, Protestant in Christianity and even then, we find numerous sub-doctrines within the Protestant group (Adherents.com, 2005). Chinese traditional religion includes Confucianism, Taoism and
Buddhism and even some other non-Scriptural religions, thus, this paper will discuss Confucianism, which has about 350 million practitioners (Adherents.com, 2005). Although Judaism has only 14 million adherents (Adherents.com, 2005),
it would be remiss not to include it in an essay such as this. All Christians follow the Holy Bible, the Old Testament and the New Testament (Wenner, 2001). Buddhism
is based on the teachings of teachings of Siddhartha Gautama (Truth For The World, n.d.). Like Hindus, some Buddhists believe in one god, some in many gods (Truth For The
World, n.d.). There are three Scriptural texts found in Theravada Buddhism - Vinaya Pitaka, which has the rules for "the higher class of Buddhists" (Wenner, 2001), the Sutta Pitaka, which
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