Christianity
Like in Islam, Christianity has prophets, one of those
being Muhammad (as in Islam) but most important in the Christianity is the
Prophet Jesus. Jesus was a child of Virgin Mary (Originally Maria) and God
himself.
Jesus was born in a stable in Bethlehem, Israel. Bethlehem
is located approximately 8 km South from Jerusalem. Joseph and a pregnant Mary
had to travel those kilometers on a donkey. Because the king of Judea (at the
time Herod the Great) wanted to count all people in his kingdom so they would
not do tax fraud. Every house was fully booked by the time the couple got to
Bethlehem, so they had to sleep in a stable. In this is where baby Jesus was
born.
Bethlehem has a Mediterranean
climate, so they have warm and dry summers, and cold winters.
In the 1600
century 60% of the population in Bethlehem was Christians, but this number has
been variating a lot, and some years the city had more Muslims than Christians.
Christianity has spread to all around the world, and
it is now the biggest (The religion with most followers) religion in the world.
There are all sorts of Christianity, two of the big ones are: The Roman Catholics,
and the Protestants. Ireland is a good example of the collision between those
two sorts of Christianity. In Northern Ireland the main part of the population are
Protestants, and in the Republic of Ireland the main part are Catholics. There have
been quite a few collisions between those two in Ireland. And it makes you wonder, without
religions, would we have as many wars as we have today? Or would there maybe
be more because we wouldn’t have a “guide-book” on have to behave?
Anyway,
In total Christianity represents 33.4% of the world’s
religion and that makes it the biggest religion in the world.
Area
|
Adherents
|
Population Percentage
|
Africa
|
327,204,000
|
48.0%
|
Asia
|
285,385,000
|
8.8%
|
Europe
|
413,756,000
|
82.6%
|
Latin
America
|
435,811,000
|
93.5%
|
Northern
America
|
239,004,000
|
85.4%
|
Oceania
|
22,628,000
|
83.1%
|
Eurasia
|
109,254,000
|
37.3%
|
World
|
1,833,022,000
|
33.4%
|
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