No religion in existence today or in the days past has come into existence at the blink of an eye. All religions have had creators, portrayers, and distributors that have started the certain religious movement, lived by that movement, and spread that movement across the land. Three spectacular examples of makers and shapers of religion are the Buddha, Joseph Smith, and Confucius. While Buddha began and spread Buddhism, and Joseph Smith created Mormonism and spreads …
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