Religion: Judaism. Religion: Hinduism. Religion: Buddhism. Religion: Christianity. Buddhism - World Religions for Kids. Buddhism focuses on the teachings of Siddhartha Gautama who was born around 563 BCE.
With as many as 500 million followers, Buddhism is the 4th largest religion in the world. Siddhartha was born a Hindu, but had a difficult time believing the teachings because of all of the suffering he saw in the world. He also rejected the caste system. Siddhartha was born a wealthy prince, but gave up everything to find a true understanding of the world. He tried many different types of Hindu beliefs, but eventually he formed his own belief system and taught many others. Hinduism - World Religions for Kids. Hinduism is considered to be the oldest “living” religion in the world, since it began at least four thousand years ago and people still follow it today.
What we call Hinduism is a huge collection of belief systems that have been influenced and changed over history. Unlike most other major religions, Hinduism has no single founder like Jesus or Mohammad or a central leader like the Pope—because of this, people worship in VERY different ways. Islam - World Religions for Kids. The prophet Muhammad is the founder of Islam, and Muslims believe he was the last prophet of Allah—it is believed the first prophet was Adam (Adam and Eve).
A prophet is someone who is believed to have spoken to a God and then repeats God’s message. There were many prophets before Muhammad including: Adam, Noah, Abraham, Job, Moses, John the Baptist, and Jesus. Islam began in modern-day Saudi Arabia in a town called Mecca where Muhammad was born. Christianity - World Religions for Kids. Christianity Christianity is the world's biggest religion, with about 2.2 billion followers worldwide.
This monotheistic religion is based on the teachings of Jesus of Nazareth who later became known as Jesus Christ because his believers think he is the Son of God. Jesus was crucified around 33 CE in Jerusalem—a very important city to Christians. Old Jewish writings said a leader would die and rise from the dead to lead the people. Judaism - World Religions for Kids. Judaism Judaism is around 3500 years old and is one of the oldest of the world's monotheistic religions—religions with only one god.
It's also the smallest, with only about 12 million followers around the world.