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Major Beliefs
Different Christian groups place different weights on three certain aspects, but they always involve all three. All three aspects are based on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth, who is also known as the Christ, Holy spirit, and God. Christianity believes that one and only one God created the universe and all in it. The BIBLE is like the rule book for the Christians, it’s the main thing God wanted his disciples to write for him so people could understand the concepts of Christianity is. They believe that Christ died on the cross for all of the true believers sins so that one day, when judgement day comes they will join him in heaven. Christians believe that god created the earth in 7 days. On the first day God created day and night. On the second day he created an expansion of air and water below which he called heaven. On the third day God created the earth and on the earth he created seas, grass, herbs and fruit trees On the fourth day God created the sun, the moon and the stars. On the fifth day God created all living creatures n the seas and the air. On the sixth day God created all animals on the earth that live on the and such as cattle, and finally on the seventh day God created human beings, he made them in his image and named the first man Adam and he first woman Eve, and such began the creation of the world.

Lifestyle norms
To put others before yourself Support your church Pray regularly (no set amount of times during the day) Be thankful for the things and family you have  Think of death as a new experience not as a dreadful event They follow the Ten commandments,


 * 1) **You shall have no other gods before me.**
 * 2) **You shall not make for yourself any carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth; you shall not bow down to them nor serve them. For I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate me, but showing mercy to thousands, to those who love Me and keep My commandments.**
 * 3) **You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain, for the Lord will not hold him guiltless who takes His name in vain.**
 * 4) **Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord your God. In it you shall do no work: you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your manservant, nor your maidservant, nor your cattle, nor your stranger who is** **within your gates. For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and hallowed it.**
 * 5) **Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long upon the land which the Lord your God is giving you.**
 * 6) **You shall not murder.**
 * 7) **You shall not commit adultery.**
 * 8) **You shall not steal.**
 * 9) **You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.**
 * 10) **You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that is your neighbor’s.”**

**Discrimination**

 the patriarch of the Russian orthodox church is discriminating against Christians by using terms such as Christianophobia, and saying that the crusifix’ in Italian schools offended children of different faiths or atheists. Also a graduate of a university in Georgia was denied graduation because of her faith. These examples show how a Christian’s beliefs (even if they can oppose standards of others) are still today frowned upon on occasion.

Population
 about 33% of the worlds population is christian in faith. 85% of the United States population is christian but many other countries have higher concentration, for example 99% of Mexico's population is Christian which is obviously much higher than the United States' and 93% of Brazil's population is christian.

Terrorism
There is one case that I have seen a lot on this subject is the Eric Rudolph case which is when Eric Rudolph bombed an abortion clinic in 1988 and other bombings like at the 1996 summer Olympics.

Impact
 The United States is based on some of the basic christian beliefs like every man is equal, And the saying in god we trust.  Out of the U.S. Constitution 50 of the 55 signers were orthodox Christians.  This religion also affected European history and politics, for example Constantine the great was the first emperor of Rome to legalize the Christian faith and lay the frame for the famous Christianity of Rome. Also Pope Gregory the great for causing the massive spirituality of the  medieval time.

===**Human right violations** ===

 The concept of universal human rights and equality comes exclusively from the biblical idea that all people are created in the image of God.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Nigeria...Christians are not allowed to establish places of worship such as churches. They have discrimination in employment and educational opportunities and the government approves of these violations.

Conflicts
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> In the early years of Christianity, the Hebrews and the Hellenists in the church of Jerusalem insisted to have separate synagogues and worship. The Christians were worshiping separately from the Jews. Since Nigeria’s two main religions are Muslim and Christianity, conflicts are huge. Riots based on religious affiliation and religious policies have occurred in Nigeria between the Christianity faith and the Muslims. Other conflicts between Christianity and Muslims are still occurring. An average of 171,000 Christians worldwide willingly suffer instead of renounce their religion every year.

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