They held a similarity in having a hierarchy system.
All of those religions are extremely different from each other. Finding similarities will be difficult. Here are some: They are all religions They have all been around for more than a thousand years They all have ethical standards They all have followers They all have traditions They all believe in spiritual powers beyond the mere physicality of the world.
George Lucas was raised as a Methodist. Many of the influences during the writings of the 'Jedi lore' were based on Eastern religious practices and philosophies, such as Taoism, Buddhism, and Shintoism. George himself claims to be a Buddhist/Methodist.
If you wish to define religion as: a belief in, and worship of, supernatural entities, then almost every culture in the world has religious beliefs of some description.Here are some examples sourced from Wikipedia:Celtic polytheism, commonly known as Celtic paganism,[1][2][3] refers to the religious beliefs and practices adhered to by the Iron Age peoples of Western Europe now known as the Celts,Hinduism is the predominant and indigenous religious tradition[1] of South Asia. Hinduism is often referred to as Sanātana Dharma (a Sanskrit phrase meaning "the eternal law") by its adherentsEast Asian religions (also known as Far Eastern religions, Chinese religions, or Taoic religions) form a subset of the Eastern religions. This group includes Caodaism, Chen Tao, Chondogyo, Confucianism, Jeungism, Shinto, Taoism, I-Kuan Tao and elements of Mahayana Buddhism.There are many many more, the Incas, Aztecs, Native Americans, Mayans, Polynesians, Africans all held there own religious beliefs. Of course most religions denounce other people's beliefs as mumbo jumbo even though worshipping the 'Crocodile God of the Limpopo' is no more ridiculous (or his existence less probable) than the Christian or Muslim ideas of God.
China and Japan
The main religions are Buddhism, Shintoism, and Confucianism.
Confucianism and Shintoism, with a touch of Zen Buddhism
Shintoism, Buddhism,and Confucianism are the three main religions in Japan.
NO. Shintoism is an indigenous Japanese faith. All other major faiths and philosophies in Japan, such as Confucianism and Buddhism, however, did come from China.
* Buddhism * Confucianism * Hinduism * Islam * Janism * Judaism * Paganism * Sikhism * Shintoism * Taoism * Zoroastrianism
The native religion of Japan and once the state religion.A religion based in Japan, they worship many gods in shrines
Buddhism and Shintoism, but it is also influenced by Taoism and Confucianism. Other, religions are Mormonism, Jehovah witness and Christianity, however there are fewer of population in them.
There is no founder for Shintoism
Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, Taoism and Shintoism.
There is know founder for shintoism.
Shintoism, Shinto