Today in class we discussed the Top 10 most populated religions in the world.
This link has information from 1998, it also has information on the religions, some of which I was not aware of, and the numbers of those who claim to belong are kind of mind boggling.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_religious_groups
In class our teacher gave us the following information, I tried to find the website he called out but cannot find it. I will comment with it later. But notice the increase from 1998 to 2006,
Worlds top 10 religions: from website majorreligions
1. Christianity- (Catholics is included) 2.1 Billion claim to be part
2. Islam-1.3 Billion
There is a controversy that the Islam count is under reported or over counting Christians.
3. Agnostic- (Religion of non-religion) 1.1 Billion
4. Hinduism 900 million. Mostly geographically located in India. There are a few in other places.
5. Chinese Traditional (worship of ancestors, heritage) 394 million
6. Buddhism 376 million
7. Primal (indigenous religion) tribal worshipping-300 million
8. African Traditional-100 million
9. Sikhism (some in India) -23 million
10. Juche- 19 million
Other Top populated religions:
11. Spiritism- believe in mediums-15 million
12. Judaism-14 million (9 million were exterminated in the Hitler wars)
21. Rostefarium (regae music, marijuana was a gift from God) 600 thousand
22. Scientology 500 thousand
All these different religions, beliefs, prophets, and gods; it is amazing. Through out history there have been different religious beliefs and different Gods. And then on top of that there are hundreds of denominations or branches of Christianity.
So many answers but only one real question, Do you believe in Jesus Christ, who was crucified on the cross for your sins, died, burried and then rose again on the 3 rd day and returned to Heaven and is seated at the right side of God the Father?
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