Human being is religious / mystical per se. From the very first moment of our existence, we have belived in something: the sun, the moon, the volcanoes and mountains, the lightning and storms... Those primitive beliefs evolutioned to more complex religious frames. Today we are going to talk about the 5 more important religions in the world, in accordance with number of believers.
It's a religion from India, created in the 15th century (from 1400 to 1500 B.C) About 30 million people practice this religion. It was founded by Guru Nanak. This religion says that there is only one God, benevolent and present in everything. They use meditation as a tool to find God.
It's a religion also created India, 2.500 years ago. About 320 million people practice it. It was founded by Shiddarta, the first Buda. Budhissim points that we have to be good people in order to get the internal peace. It also uses meditation as a tool for achieving this goal. In Budhisisim there is not God.
3.- Hinduism:
Another religion which appeared in India. It is considered one of the oldest religions in the world (scholastics think that it is 3.500 years old, even more). Hinduism is polytheistic: there are many gods and goddesses. about 1.200.000.000 people (1.2 billion) follow this religion. Every god or goddess is different: some are benevolent, other mischievous, some even evil...About 2.000.000.000 people (2 billion) are muslims (this is how we name islam followers). Islam was founded by Muhammad in 622 BC (that is, 1403 years ago) It is a religion very simmilar to Cristianism: they say that we must be good people, and that there is one only God, named Allah. If you are a good person, you go to heaven.
About 2.400.000.000 people (2.4 billion) are cristians. We all know about Cristianism, because is the most spreaded religion in our country. It was created by Jesus, and it defends that there is one only God, but with some complications (the trinity, the saints and virgins, etc). Cristianism says that we must be good people. As the majority of religions.