Religion has been a very important part of cultures here on Earth. Since the formation of human civilizations religion has affected world events. While most civilizations have different religions, many of them have several things in common. Many of the religions have some of the basic beliefs while the religions were created at many different times in history and many of them had no contact with the others. While the basic beliefs are similar, many of the more advanced beliefs are different giving Earth a great diversity. The diversity in religions has brought about many events in history such as: wars, peace and revolutions. Religion on Earth has existed since the beginning of record history and will most likely exist until the human race no longer exists. While religions have come and go with their civilizations there has always been a new religion to take it place. Diversity of religions on Earth is mostly due to the fact that most religions were built to help control the overall public and keep the current ruling body in control. Some religions are setup so that the average person would see the ruler as either the son of a god or a god themselves. Others were setup that the gods would give out blessings to those who deserved it and punish those who deserved to be punished. But each civilization had it own god or gods so that it was separated from the other religions and with different gods the religion had its own character and the people could say that it was all theirs. Also time played a role in the diversity of religions because the current time plays a role in how the religion deals with the surroundings and the current events in time. Time also effects religion because the religion changes and updates as time goes on. Diversity in religions is also due to the different locations where the religions were formed. The local land plays a role in where important events occurred in the history of the religion which helped to shape ...