Category:Founders of religions

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This category is for the founder or the spiritual inspiration of major religions or spiritual belief systems. The purpose of this category is to catalog those great spiritual teachers that inspired many others to follow them. Religions and spiritual belief systems are usually founded by, or based upon the teachings of, one person. That person may or may not call himself, or be termed by others, a messiah, prophet, guru, etc. This category is only for the founder or primary source of a major religion or spiritual belief system; not for notable leaders, teachers, or followers. This category is also for actual historical figures, irrespective of whether their existence is disputed or whether the historical figure has been deified by believers; it is not for non-human deities that believers may credit with founding a particular religion.

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