Christianity, Islam, And Buddhism - 1474 Words

religion is an organized collection of beliefs, cultural systems, and world views that relate humanity to an order of existence. Many religions worship one God. A God is a superhuman being or spirit worshiped as having power over nature or human fortunes. Like many religions, it has to be founded by someone who has had a revelation. Every great religion acknowledges revelation in the wide sense that its followers are dependent on the privileged insights of its founder or of the original group or individuals with which the faith began. In the essay I will explain how Christianity, Islam, and Buddhism were founded. Christianity is the world s largest religion, with over 2.4 billion adherents. Christians believe that Jesus is the Son of God†¦show more content†¦He brought the family back afterward and settled in the town of Nazareth, in Galilee. Jesus began his ministry at age 30 when he was baptized by John the Baptist, who declared him the Son of God. After baptism, Jesus went to the Judean desert to fast and meditate for 40 days and nights. The Devil tempted Jesus three times, once to turn stone to bread, another to cast himself off a mountain where angels would save him, and last to offer him all the kingdoms of the world. All three times, Jesus rejected the Devil s temptation and sent him off. Jesus returned to Galilee and made trips to other villages. During this time, several people became his disciples. Mary Magdalene became a disciple. He and his disciples traveled to a wedding at Cana in Galilee. The wedding host ran out of wine and Jesus s mother came to him for help. Jesus refused to intervene, but then he relented and asked a servant to bring him large jars filled with water. He turned the water into a wine of higher quality than any served during the wedding. Jesus continued preaching about the kingdom of God, the crowds grew larger and began to proclaim him as the son of David and as the Messiah. The Pharisees heard this and publicly challenged Jesus, accusing him of having the power of Satan. He defended his actions with a parable, then questioned their logic and told them such thinking denied the power of God, which only further hardened their resolve to work against him. Jesus