Christianity
Judaism
Hinduism
Buddhism
Confucianism
Islam
# of Followers
(world population
2013-7.1 billion)
2.2 billion
Protestant: 800 million
Catholic: 1.2 billion
Orthodox: 260 million
14 million
1 billion
376 million
6.3 million
1.6 billion
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Founder (date)
Jesus Christ (30 A.D.)-Jew,
Israel
Abraham
None
Buddha
Confucius
Muhammad
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Holy Book(s)
Bible (Old & New Testaments)inspired, infallible, authoritative
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Jesus Christ (God/man)Messiah (Savior)
Trinity: 1 God in 3 personsFather, Son, Holy Spirit
Nature: eternal, sovereign,
holy, omnipotent, loving, selfrevealing, omniscient,
omnipresent, self-existent
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Basic Beliefs
God
Man
Created (image of God),
body/soul/spirit, male &
female, sinful by nature
Sin
Disobedience to God
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Salvation
By God’s grace thru faith in the
substitutionary death and
resurrection of Jesus
Christ…immediately are filled
with the Holy Spirit and begin
living as members of God’s
Kingdom
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Organization
Church (local, universal)
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Eternal Life
Man will live for eternity either
in Heaven or Hell (real places)
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Suffering and pain are
real…and are the result of sin
(both general and personal)
Satan is the leader of a group
of angels that rebelled against
God
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Evil
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Mormonism
# of Followers
(world population
2013-7.1 billion)
Founder (date)
Holy Book(s)
Basic Beliefs
God
Man
Sin
Salvation
Organization
Eternal Life
Evil
Jehovah’s Witness
Scientology
Christian Science
15 million
8 million
25,000
100,000
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Joseph Smith
Charles Taze Russell
L. Ron Hubbard
Mary Baker Eddy
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