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The Six Major World Religions When? Where? Who? Numbers?
The Six Major
World Religions
When? Where?
Who? Numbers?
Hinduism
When: 3000 BC or earlier
Where: India
Who: Oldest Religion, can’t be linked with one person. They have 33,000,000 God’s but the most important are Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva
Numbers: 900 Million
Judaism
When: 2000 BC
Where: Israel
Who: Abraham
Could be said to go back
to Adam and Eve
Numbers: 14 Million
Buddhism
When: 563 BC
Where: India
Who: Siddhartha Gautama
later known as “Buddha”
Numbers: 376 Million
Christianity
When: AD30
Where: Israel
Who: Jesus Christ
The Son of God or
Messiah
Numbers: 2.1 Billion
Islam
When: AD 570
Where: Mecca (Saudi Arabia)
Who: Muhammad
Numbers: 1.3 Billion
Sikhism
When: AD1469
Where: Pakistan
Who: Guru Nanak Dev Ji
Numbers: 23 Million
