Monday, March 31, 2008

Religion can be thought of as many things. Many people have different definitions for it. Some think of it as a way of life, or a belief in something or someone. A very popular definition for it comes to us from the Microsoft Encarta Online Dictionary, which defines religion as “people’s beliefs and opinions concerning the existence, nature, and worship of a deity or deities, and divine involvement in the universe and human life.”Religion is meant to save people, and the great number of people believes in their religions. Christianity is mostly followed by the western people from Europe and America. Islam is more likely in the western Asia and Egypt. Buddhism is mostly in East Asia such as India, Korea, China, and Japan. However, like Christianity, the belief of Buddhism has arranged in each country.

I am an Hindu and Hinduism is the oldest known religion and is very rich with literally hundreds of gods, rituals and beliefs. It is believed to have been established around 1500 B.C. but no one person founded Hinduism as it evolved over a long period of time. Hindus have many gods governing different aspects of Hindu life. The three main gods in Hinduism are Vishnu who is the sustainer; Brahma is the creator and Shiva the destroyer these three are referred to as Trimuti.

As an individual i do not believe there is a specific god, but i believe in a form of supernatural power above us. We are here for a reason.

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