Teens and Christ

Compare beliefs

What everyone else believes — described fairly

You can't honestly disagree with something you can't describe, so while researching these we tried to state each position the way its own followers would recognise before saying where Christianity differs and why we think that matters. We're teens reading up on this, not experts on anyone's religion — the sources we used are listed on every page.

The kinds of theism

9 views

Monotheism, polytheism, pantheism, panentheism, deism, atheism and more — what each claims and where Christianity stands.

Christianity and other religions

7 faiths

Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism and modern secular faiths, described fairly — then the real points of difference.

Christian denominations

11 traditions

Catholic, Orthodox, Anglican, Lutheran, Reformed, Baptist, Methodist, Pentecostal and more — distinctives, authority and what they all share.

Groups that deny the Trinity

6 groups

Jehovah's Witnesses, Mormonism, Oneness Pentecostalism, Unitarianism and others — what they teach, and why it falls outside historic Christianity.

Views of communion

5 views

Transubstantiation, sacramental union, spiritual presence, memorial and holy mystery — the four-and-a-half ways Christians read one meal.

A rule for everything on these pages: argue with the claim, never with the person. Plenty of people who hold these views are kinder than we are.

Where this came from

We're not experts — these are the sources we used while researching this page. Read them yourself, keep digging, and hold us to them.

  1. [1]Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy — Concepts of God

    Peer-reviewed philosophical descriptions of the positions compared on these pages.

  2. [2]Pew Research Center — Religious Landscape and Global Religious Futures

    Population figures and demographic claims about world religions and denominations.

  3. [3]Britannica — world religions and denominations index

    Editorially reviewed summaries of history, founders and practices.