Since ancient times, people believed in the existence of a higher mind and worshiped it, looking for the meaning of life and spiritually improving. However, since each nation saw the higher mind in its own way, a wide variety of religions appeared in the world, which have many similarities, despite their differences from each other.
Religion of many faces
Today, most people follow popular religions such as Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, Taoism, Sikhism and Confucianism. Christianity, based on faith in the Holy Trinity, is one of the main world religions, which calls people to do good, humility, fight against sins and love the Triune God. This type of religion is divided into Catholicism, Orthodoxy and Protestantism, which converge on faith in Jesus Christ, but differ in interpretations of Tradition and Holy Scripture.
The head of the church in Catholicism is the Pope, not Jesus Christ, while Protestants tend to interpret the Bible according to their personal convictions.
Another global religion - Islam - is considered partially identical with Christianity, since it has its own God - Allah, who judges all human actions. But, unlike the Christian religion, where the emphasis is on freedom of choice and humility, Islam requires from its followers serious obedience and compliance with a number of strict rules. However, both Islam and Christianity prescribe people to treat other people justly and compassionately.
Buddhism, on the other hand, sets as its highest goal the attainment of nirvana. At the same time, he teaches that a person's salvation does not depend on Buddha, who only points the way to salvation, but on himself. Followers of Judaism consider themselves God's chosen people and wait for their Messiah, rejecting Christian Christ. Sikhism and Hindaism combine the features inherent in the Muslim religion, but do not have a single integral system.
Commonality between existing religions
In general, all religions are united by belief in higher spiritual forces and the continuation of the existence of the spirit after death. The concept of spirituality and morality in world religions can vary greatly, but they are all similar to ancient idolatry, when people worshiped higher powers in the hope of any help from them.
The Roman writer and orator Cicero interpreted the meaning of the word "religion" as "reverence for the higher reason."
There are a huge number of churches in the world belonging to different religions - Orthodox churches, Islamic mosques, Lutheran churches, Catholic churches, Jewish synagogues, Buddhist temples and so on. Less developed peoples go to worship their gods in the sacred groves of Kyusoto, the Udmur kuala, the Saami Seydu and sacred storerooms. There they strive to get in touch with a higher mind and find out their destiny on this earth.
