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What are the similarities between the religions Hinduism Buddhism Judaism Islam and Christianity?

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Islam and Christianity, were both formed from Judaism. Whereas Buddhism derived from Hinduism (the most ancient of these religions). So the you can find many common similarities in all of these religions, but only at a few at a time.

every religion is created by humans and that to teach good, so a common thing is humanism
They all believe in 'good people' and 'bad people' and that being 'good' will benefit either oneself and/or the outer community
They all have an idol, 'being' or idols of their worship: Buddha (Buddhism, Allah (Islam), God (Judaism, Christianity), Saints (Christianity), deities or Brahma (Hinduism), Mohammed (Islam), Moses (Judaism, Christianity), Jesus (Christianity) etc.
They all have teachings common to the earliest of the group - Hinduism
They all have a say in life after death
They all have 'holy men' ex. priests, monks, etc.
They all have sacred places

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