11/20/19- first 3 of 5 religions

In todays class we learned about three of the five most popular religions.  We learned about Christianity, Islam, and Hinduism.  Christianity has about 2.2 billion adherents.  Adherents is another word for a follower, it comes from the word adhesive which means to stick to, so it's like sticking to your religion.  Islam has 1.5 billion adherents and Hinduism has 1.1 billion adherents.  Christianity has many different denominations, Islam has two denominations and Hinduism has no denominations.  Denominations are different branches off of a religion.  Christianity is geographically located in Europe, North America and South America, and Southern Africa.  Islam is geographically mainly in Indonesia, the Middle East, and North Africa.  Hinduism is geographically located in India and Nepal.  Each religion has certain beliefs they have to believe in.  Some religions are more strict and have more rules than other religions.  On Friday we will learn about the other two most popular world religions.