What are the differences between the three major religions? (list description)

The three major religions in the world are Christianity, Islam and Buddhism, while other religions are mainly ethnic or regional religions. China people used to say that there are five major religions in China, namely Catholicism, Protestantism, Islam, Buddhism and Taoism, but in fact they just added Taoism, the traditional religion of China, to the three major religions in the world. Catholicism and Protestantism (commonly known as Christianity in China) are two of the three major schools of Christianity, and the other is Orthodox Church. Although these three schools are independent and self-contained, they are still regarded as belonging to the same religion. Of course, there are seven or ten major religions in the world, but they are classified into different categories, including Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, Taoism, Judaism, Hinduism (and its predecessor Brahmanism), Shintoism, Manichaeism (based on Zoroastrianism) and Sikhism. West Renye Fang regards Confucianism, the traditional belief of China people, as the main religion. These religions are all evolved from national religions or ancient Zongdun, which are closely related to their respective cultural processes and historical destiny. The purpose of religion is to seek harmony between man and nature. Therefore, there are ways to eliminate disasters such as praying for rain and drought resistance and earthquakes, and at the same time, they also worship rivers, mountains and rivers and stone forests. For example, for Hindus, the most sacred is the Ganges; The Jordan River is of special significance to Christians. Shintoism in Japan worships Mount Fuji, while Mexicans worship volcanoes. Muslims in Mecca regard "Blackstone" as sacred and believe that it was given to people by God from heaven. In Christian ceremonies, evergreen trees are usually planted in cemeteries as a symbol of eternal life. Buddhism is to lotus and bodhi trees; Japanese Shintoism has an economic influence on conifers. People's worship of cattle may be related to the moon, especially Hinduism. Some people infer that this is because the angle is quite crescent-shaped. The worship of cattle led to the domestication of cattle by human ancestors. Disasters in nature often make religions have different forms of prayer. Churches on the Great Plains of the United States have a ceremony to pray for rain during drought to get fresh rain. North China in China is often harmed by locusts, so there are many temples of fierce kings built there, and there are as many as 900 in some areas, in order to let the locusts leave and bless a bumper harvest. Three important religions: Christianity, Islam and Judaism are monotheistic. Some geographers want to explain the reasons from the natural environment: all three religions originated in the desert areas of the Middle East. Among the branches of Buddhism, Lamaism, which is closest to monotheism, also originated in desert areas of China, Tibet and Mongolia. These Hebrews, Arabs, Tibetans in China and Mongolians graze in a monotonous natural environment all the year round. The desert is vast and silent, and the moon stars are rare. All kinds of solemnity can easily convince herders that everything is dominated by one person. American geographers investigated Christians' views on nature in the southwestern United States. Generally speaking, most (72%) Hispanic Catholics believe that human beings should submit to nature; Mormonism (55%) believes that human beings should seek harmony with nature through normal life, no drinking or smoking, and hard work; And half of the Protestants of Anglo descent in Texas (48%) think that people's ability to control nature can avoid natural disasters. Two thirds of Indians believe that human beings should seek harmony with nature. Religious belief has a far-reaching influence on human activities. In international politics, the separation of India and Ireland, the establishment of Israel, and the differences among French-speaking minorities in Germany, the Netherlands and Canada are all closely related to religion. 1947, Britain allowed India to be independent, and India immediately split into two parts, one of which was Hindu India; One is Muslim Pakistan, because believers of both religions can't tolerate each other's teachings. Israel and Ireland became independent countries entirely because of religion. In Israel, only Jews who believe in Judaism can become citizens. In Norway, the constitution stipulates that Lutheranism is the state religion, so Lutheran priests are both government employees and officials. In some countries, the church actually rules state affairs, and the Pope is the ruler. This kind of government can be called a theocracy, just as the Vatican occupies a part of Rome, but it is an independent country ruled by the Pope. Greek Orthodox bishops actually control the government of Cyprus. Apart from politics, other laws and regulations of human beings are influenced by religion. Islam practices polygamy, while Christianity only allows monogamy, and most Indians forbid widows to remarry. In this way, religious views on people's marriage affect the size of families and indirectly affect the growth and decline of population. Religious worship is particularly closely related to human economic life. For example, in Christian gatherings in Europe and America, there are often drinking ceremonies, which symbolize that wine is the blood of Jesus and grapes are the main raw materials for wine making, which makes grapes spread all over the Mediterranean coast, not just the southern foothills of the Alps. From the 6th century to the 9th century, it moved to the Rhine River in Germany. Similarly, Catholics in North America transplanted grapes to California on the west coast. In fact, before the rise of Christianity, the relationship between alcohol and religion was very obvious. The cultivation of vineyards and the brewing of wine in prehistoric times were closely related to the worship of gods. The relationship between religion and animal husbandry can be seen from Spain and Morocco separated by the Strait of Gibraltar. In Roman Catholic areas of Spain, raising pigs is very common, but in Morocco, where Islam prevails on this side of Africa, pigs can't be seen because Islam forbids eating pork. Hindus worship cows so much that they can't be slaughtered as food, so the existence of a large number of cows hinders more rational land use. At the same time, religious ceremonies are usually held on the day of planting crops or fishing. This religious festival or banning certain foods will naturally affect the economic development of a place. Roman Catholics banned meat on Fridays, which greatly promoted the production of fisheries. Christianity attaches great importance to fish and traditionally worships fishermen. Therefore, in Catholic countries, fisheries are extremely developed, which also promotes the transportation of fish from the coast to the mainland. On the contrary, Hindus don't eat fish. Although India often lacks food and its coastal areas are rich in fish, this cannot promote the development of Indian fisheries. Alcohol is not allowed in Islam, but all Christian parties have their own views on alcohol prohibition, and some of them can be flexible. In the United States, the Anglican Church, the United States, Israel and the United States, Mormonism and Rest all agree to ban alcohol, but Roman Catholicism, Lutheranism and other tribes allow drinking. This different attitude towards wine has a very obvious impact on the sales of wine. Texas in the United States provides an interesting example. In the north of Texas, most residents are Catholics and Lutherans, and the wine sales are very large, which is called "wet" area. In the south of Texas, most of them are believers of the Anglican Church and the American-Israeli-American Association, and the wine sales drop sharply, which is called "dry" area. This relationship between religion and economy is very interesting under the contrast of regional distribution. Religion has a close influence on tourism, transportation and trade. The birthplace of religion is often a holy place for worshippers to worship and pilgrimage, so it has become a tourist center. Mecca and Medina in Arabian Peninsula are holy places for Muslims to worship. Mecca is only a small town with a population of less than 200,000, but in 1968, 375,000 people from all over the world came to worship. It is conceivable that this large number of pilgrims will naturally promote the development of transportation and the prosperity of trade. In medieval Europe, many roads and bridges were built for pilgrimage, and monks often helped build them and built hotels. There are still many hotel ruins in the St. Gotha Passage in the Swiss Alps. Laurent is a small town in the south of France with a population of only 1.6 million. However, more than 20,000 Roman Catholics make pilgrimages every year, and the number of hotels is second only to Paris. Varanasi, located along the Ganges River, is a sacred place for Hindu worship. Yi Shi is a sacred place of Shinto. Bopuli, Canada, is a holy place worshipped by the Romans. Religion has also influenced the form of rural settlements. In the United States and Canada, rural areas are mostly scattered villages, influenced by Puritans in New England. However, in areas where religious groups are concentrated, villages gather and live because it is convenient for religious festivals and other activities to gather and live. Most of the villages in the Great Plains in the western United States are scattered villages, and the places where Mormons gather are collective villages. The most prominent manifestation of religion in ground buildings is its church. All kinds of churches have different areas, functions, styles and materials. The Roman Catholic Church is considered as the residence of God. Generally speaking, they are spacious, tall, beautifully decorated and eye-catching. Similarly, in Catholic and Orthodox areas, there are many images of Jesus being crucified, crosses and shrines, and various religious symbols, but there are no such symbols and halls in the new parish. Islam and Judaism are not exquisite churches like Christianity. Judaism and Christianity have coexisted for a long time, and church buildings are also influenced by it, which are relatively tall and eye-catching. Different religions have different ways of coming back from the dead. Hinduism, Buddhism and Shintoism practice cremation without graves, leaving no trace on the ground after death. But Egypt buried their heroes with pyramids, and most of them were built on uncultivated land. Both Christianity and Islam adopt burial and erect tombstones. Lamaism in China and Tibet practices "celestial burial". Chopping up the body and letting the eagle eat the flour and fly to the sky is considered to be the best destination. References:

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