Religions, religions, religions?

http://www.religioustolerance.org/var_rel.htm This site has a good listing and explanation of numerous religions, it's a pretty good resource.

Religion:- Religion is a system of beliefs and worships which includes a code of ethics and a philosophy of life. There are many religions in the world today. Some of these religions are of recent origin but most of them are very old. In fact we know from history that man has always had a religion. Even the primitive men living in caves or jungles had some sort of religion. The concepts and rituals in man's religion have CONTINUALLY evolved and become more rational and sophisticated as time went on. The primitive religions of the Cave Man and the Bush Man gave rise to the modern religions of the past three thousand years. Today, the major religions of the world include: World Religion ----- Originated in Zoroastrianism ----- Iran Confucianism ----- China Hinduism ------ India Taoism ------ China Jainism ------ India Judaism ------ Neat East Christianity ------ Near East Islam ------ Near East Buddhism ------- India Shinto ------- Japan These are the great religions of the world which are not only responsible for all our accumulated wealth of wisdom, philosophy, ethics, and social and moral codes, but have influenced the culture, the language and the moral attitudes of almost every PERSON living today. Difference between Religious and Non Religious Peoples. 1. The religious people believe in something while the others do not. 2. The religious people perform certain acts of worship while the others do not. 3. The religious people seem to follow a certain code for their social and moral behaviour while the others do not. 4. The religious people find a purpose of life and have a definite philosophy towards it, while the others do not.

Study Islam if you love studying religions because it is the most misunderstood, but fastest growing religion there is.

Don't look at wiki Islam though, because it is not authentic. just read Qur'an (there is only one version of it and it has never change, never will) and look for Hadiths (sayings of the Prophet (saw))

The prophet's (saw) life is truly a great story as a whole. some parts can be terrifying, but if you know his whole life story it is truly heart-melting.

All prophets' stories are heart-melting, but Muhammad (saw) gives me shivers everytime I think of him (saw) no lies!

Google something like World Religions.

I don't think there is enough room to put them all down. Actually you start with the big three. If you are westernized then that's the best way to start. Buddhism, Hinduism and others fall under Eastern Religions, they are quite different in their beliefs. But enjoy the study, its well worth the time.

There are lots of general websites on religion, from an "outside" point of view. But, as you suggest, it's always informative to listen in on practicing members of any religion speaking for themselves. Believers in any faith can explain their own beliefs in a way an outsider can't. I'm Catholic, and I have often wished that I had more skill with explanations, so as to be able to gently correct mistaken or over-simplified ideas about my faith.

For information on Catholicism as explained on a reputable Catholic website, try the US Conference of Catholic Bishops site. They have a complete Catholic catechism which answers any question you might have about Catholic doctrine and teaching. Also, they have a section of departments with discussions of various topics of modern society from a Catholic perspective.

For the catechism, go to --

http://www.usccb.org/catechism/text/index.htm

For a Catholic viewpoint on a wide variety of subjects, go to --

http://www.usccb.org/depts.shtml

if you think about all the types of religion its a good thing you are doing. people who think about religions deeply will usually end up in the right path. and most of them will think about science also. so if you wanna know just google what you like most to know. a lot of answers to your question will be there. it will be a good thing to compare different type of religions like islam, christianity, jews, buddism...etc.

i like studying religions too!

type in world religions in google

and go to the bbc's website on all religions from google

it was a lot of unbiased good info

good luck

For Catholicism:

Catholic Answer's tract Pillar of Fire, Pillar of Truth does a great job giving a general overview of Catholicism:

http://catholic.com/library/pillar.asp

Well, if you're looking to find out about pagan religions/paths...

http://www.witchvox.com/

And here is a good one for religions of all kinds in general:

http://www.beliefnet.com/