The world is a vast place, with many people. Those people make up different groups, they call those groups religions. A religion is a particular system of faith and worship. Throughout time people have come together to create their own unique religion. Most religions include a supreme being that plays the role of “creator” of the religion, a being to look up to, respect, and follow. They will also include holidays, times of worship or prayer, and rituals.
Supreme Beings The role of a supreme being is majorly important in a religion. A supreme being gives people a sense of meaning; They feel as though their life “goal” is to live to the highest standard set by that supreme being. There are two different types of religions. Monotheistic religions (religions that only worship one god), and polytheistic religions (religions that worship multiple gods). There are very few nontheistic religions (religions that do not worship a god or supreme being). This paper will be limited to monotheistic and polytheistic religions and their supreme beings.
Judaism
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Jews believe that their god created the world 5,778 years ago. They believe that it happened in a six day span, and god commanded that on the seventh day people would rest resolving in a sabbath. Jews, in honor of the commandment from god, will turn off all flames, electronics, cars etc. Jews believe that god gave 613 commandments. There are 365 positive commandments and 248 negative commandments. Positive commandments include things you have to do i.e. you must keep the sabbath and you must honor your mother and father etc. Negative commandments include things that you mustn't do i.e. do not murder or do not cook a child in its mother's milk