Religion is the expression of man's belief in and reverence for a higher power. Each religion consists of a basic, common structure with unique beliefs and ideas. These differences constitute the evolution of a variety of religions in modern society. Contrasts in belief range in every aspect of spirituality from daily values to life after death. The following main types of religion are divergent and parallel in many ways: Christianity, Hinduism, Islam and Buddhism.

The Christian religion is one of the largest religions in the world maintaining it's strong image with its vast number of followers across the globe. Right now approximately thirty-three percent of the world, almost 2015 million people, believe in Christianity. Grouped by their distinct and individual beliefs there are many branches of Christianity. In North America alone there are hundreds of Christian groups each with their own set of beliefs and practices. Within each faith group there also exists a large element of individual opinion. These differences are present in matters of religion in the historical Jesus, how they should interpret the Bible and on controversial social debates on topics such as equal rights. Some

Buddhism is one of the most widely practiced and highly respected religions in the world today. Conceived in the 5th or 6th century it is based on the life and teaching's of prince Siddhartha Guatama who later in life would be known as "the Buddha". Buddha's approach is set out in three sections, these are meditation, morality and wisdom. Much like Christianity, Buddhism has diverged into three different forms or churches, Mahayana, Theravada, and Vajrayana, they all follow the same principles but Mahayana and Vagrayana are the more colourful containing more dancing, movement, art and singing.

examples of Christian religion branches are Catholics, Orthodox Christians, Protestants and Anglicans.

A unique belief that distinguishes Hinduism from Christianity is that Hindu's believe there is no eternal Hell or intrinsic evil. This is a large contrast with Western faiths that postulate a living evil force, embodied in Satan, that directly opposes the will of God.

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