World Religion and their Deities

While I was working on my website paper, I discovered this site where many major religions were showed with their deities and creation stories. I found it interesting how different they were but yet the striking similarities between them as well. The first discussed was Christianity grouped with Judaism. These two religions have the most similarities, both being monotheistic and using the Bible for the majority of their faith. Since I knew most of these two religions, I was most interested on what the rest of the site had to offer. The next religion discussed was Islam. Abraham was discussed into detail and how Islam had many continuities of the Bible. The five obligations to being a Muslim were also discussed which I found the most interesting. The Five Pillars were explored in detail due to being the most important aspect of Islam. The next religion addressed was Zoroastrianism. I had never heard of this religion but it was most popular in ancient Persia and had considerable influence on Christianity. Zoroastrianism is a diminishing religion but still exists with major alterations. Hinduism is a diverse religion that follows three distinct principles. You can worship Krishna, Shiva, or follow a Brahman and the sacred texts and try to find Ultimate Reality. Hinduism revolves around a set of four sacred texts known as the Vedas. Sikhism is a relatively small religion with about 20 million followers in northern India. The religion was meant to bridge the gap between Hindu's and Muslims and cut out social caste and standing and look inward for enlightenment. All of these religions have very different deities yet worship and find identity through their certain communities. I found the similarities and differences very interesting.