Compare and Contrast the Five Religions

Running head: RELIGION 1
Religion Paper
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RELIGION 2
1. Compare and contrast the Five Religions. Describe, and Give Your Comments
Origin
The disparity between Hinduism and Christianity, is that Christians believe that practices
were revealed to one particular person at a specific time and place by God. The Islam religion
also hold a similar belief. However, in Hinduism, their practices came about as a realization of
truths through different individuals across different periods of time. On the other hand,
Buddhism originated from Hinduism when the beliefs of the founder, Siddhartha Guatama,
became the backbone of the religious practices of Buddhaism (Clarke, 2009).
View of God
Hindu is a polytheistic religion known commonly for wrathful gods centered on a caste
system. They, however, also believe in a supreme being known as Brahma, who is the ultimate
decision maker. Conversely, Buddhism does not believe in gods since its practices attests to the
belief that man alone can transition from good to evil if they simply follow the Eightfold Path of
the Middle Way. Similarly, Taoism does not believe in gods, and, therefore, seek solutions to
any of their problems using inner meditation and outer adherence to their life principles
(Langston, Fehrman, Anderson, D'Archangel, & Hubbart, 2018). Christianity is a monotheistic
religion since it believes, without question, in Jesus as the son of God, and also as part of the
Holy Trinity. Their beliefs suggest that He is equally God, together with God the Father, and
God the Holy Spirit. Additionally, the Hindu believe in a Trinitarian view of God, whereas the
Islam preach that there exists only one supernatural being -- Allah, the maker, creator, the life
giver, and the bringer of death (Billah, 2011).
Salvation