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14648905167When was Buddhism founded?6th century BCE0
14648906693When was Christianity founded?1st century AD1
14648912599When was Confucianism founded?6th-5th century BCE2
14648915497When was Daoism founded?500 BC - 3rd- 4th century BCE3
14648923986When was Hinduism founded?1500 BC4
14648925965When was Islam founded?7th century5
14648929137When was Judaism founded?2000 BCE6
14648931432When was Shinto founded?late 6th century AD7
14648937216How many Buddhists are in the world?448 million representing 7% of the world's population8
14648941492How many Christians are in the world?2 billion9
14648947509How many Confucians are in the world?5-6 million10
14648955871How many Taoisms are in the world?12 million11
14648961706How many Hinduisms are in the world?1.15 million12
14648965492How many Islams are in the world?1.8 billion13
14648970700How many Jews are in the world?14 million14
14648972446How many Shintos are in the world?4 million15
14648975245Who founded Buddhism?Siddhartha Gautama (Buddha)16
14648976754Who founded Christianity?Jesus17
14648978258Who founded Confucianism?Confucius18
14648980651Who founded Daoism?Lao Tzu19
14648984859Who founded Hinduism?No founder20
14648985868Who founded Islam?Muhammad21
14648987813Who founded Judaism?Abraham22
14648988758Who founded Shinto?no one23
14649011241What are the sacred texts of Hinduism?Vedas and Upanishads24
14649014123What are the sacred texts of Buddhism?Tripitaka, Mahayana Sutras, Tibetan Book of the Dead25
14649017024What are the sacred texts of Christianity?Bible26
14649019518What are the sacred texts of Confucianism?Analects27
14649020578What are the sacred texts of Taoism?Tao-Te Ching28
14649025644What are the sacred texts of Islam?Quran29
14649027960What are the sacred texts of Judaism?Torah and Talmud30
14649032994What are the sacred texts of Shinto?the Kojiki , the Nihon-Gi31
14670651866Where and how was Buddhism spread?Nepal to India, Ceylon, Burma, Tibet, Central Asia, China, Japan. Sent monks to surrounding territories to spread the teachings of Buddha.32
14670671714Where and how was Christianity spread?Israel to the rest of the world. The faith spread through many ordinary believers. It was also widely spread by Paul.33
14670691175Where and how was Confucianism spread?China to Vietnam, Korea, and Japan. It spread because of the Chinese empire's influence on political, social, and religious development in surrounding countries.34
14670708193Where and how was Taoism spread?China to neighboring areas to Korea and Japan. Laozi's journey to the west and his followers spreading the religion.35
14670720826Where and how was Hinduism spread?India to Southeast Asia, Burma, Siam, Java. Believers spread it to other parts of India.36
14670740498Where and how was Islam spread?Mecca to Southeast Asia, the Middle East, and Sub-Saharan Africa. It spread by Muslim traders down the main trade-route between Asia and the far east.37
14670757018Where and how was Judaism spread?Israel. It was spread throughout all of Israel when the Babylons spread the Jewish people around Israel and it was also spread during the Diaspora when the Jewish were wondering the deserts and making communities.38
14670786187Where and how was Shinto spread?Japan into two parts of China. It was spread by people and heritage on where they lived though Japan and into China.39
14670815400What are some beliefs of Buddhism?The four noble truths: the truth of suffering, the truth of cause and suffering, the truth of the end of suffering, the truth of the path that frees us from suffering.40
14670835426What are some beliefs of Christianity?Their is only one god, that God created the heavens and the earth, they believe this Godhead consists of three parts: the father, the son, and the holy spirit.41
14670856687What are some beliefs of Confucianism?Believes that people should express such virtues as wisdom, propriety, mercy, honesty, and compassion in all of their relationships. States that everyone should know their place in society and perfect that place.42
14670870530What are some beliefs of Taoism?The primary focus is their humanity, they believe in the yin-yang, they believe there is nothing that one should be saved from, and they believe that there is nothing after death.43
14670890206What are some beliefs of Hinduism?polytheistic-many gods, reincarnation, karma, cows are sacred, vegetarian, worship in a temple or have a shrine in their home.44
14670898523What are some beliefs of Islam?One God, Angels, all the prophets sent by God, and life after death.45
14670908372What are some beliefs of Judaism?One God, life after death, the Torah, and they must follow Gods laws which govern daily life.46
14670919926What are some beliefs of Shinto?Spiritual powers exist in the natural world, that spirits called "Kami" live in natural places, in purity, and more than one God.47

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