Help - Search - Members - Calendar
Full Version: How Many?
Unexplained Mysteries Discussion Forums > Unexplained Mysteries > Spirituality, Religion and Beliefs
canwe
I hope this is not too weird of a topic but i have just finished taking a religion personality test and saw that I am part % percentage speaking of course, of religions I have never heard of, So I was wondering if anyone with a rare or unique religion would like to discuss it with me and give me information on it. I am very openminded and enjoy learning of others religous choices. Particularily, forgive me if I misspell it Wiccans? i would very much like to know what constitutes the religion. Any feedback is appreciated thanks thumbsup.gif
Kaknelson
Canwe: you have asked a pretty good question. I am not at liberty to discuss all different religions, although, i got a site for you to do this yourself thumbsup.gif .

CHEK DI LINK

grin2.gif
canwe
Thank you for the link kaknelson. I will look into this as it seems a pretty long read. In the mean time I would still like Additional feedback thanks. happy.gif
Avinash_Tyagi
Depends on what you're asking, if you're asking how many different beliefs there are out there then you might get a few billion different beliefs, if you are asking what denominations people would define thmselves as the number is probably much, much smaller.
Falco Rex
Well; without going into sub-sects and random street corner lunatics; here's how it usually breaks down:

# Christianity: 2.1 billion
# Islam: 1.3 billion
# Secular/Nonreligious/Agnostic/Atheist: 1.1 billion
# Hinduism: 900 million
# Chinese traditional religion: 394 million
# Buddhism: 376 million
# primal-indigenous: 300 million
# African Traditional & Diasporic: 100 million
# Sikhism: 23 million
# Juche: 19 million
# Spiritism: 15 million
# Judaism: 14 million
# Baha'i: 7 million
# Jainism: 4.2 million
# Shinto: 4 million
# Cao Dai: 4 million
# Zoroastrianism: 2.6 million
# Tenrikyo: 2 million
# Neo-Paganism: 1 million
# Unitarian-Universalism: 800 thousand
# Rastafarianism: 600 thousand
# Scientology: 500 thousand
canwe
Wow, that's a long list it's too bad that more people cannot access this forum I am always interested in learning new things about any religion. Thanks for the breakdown Falco Rex
Beckys_Mom
QUOTE(canwe @ Apr 15 2006, 11:35 AM) [snapback]1148425[/snapback]

Wow, that's a long list it's too bad that more people cannot access this forum I am always interested in learning new things about any religion. Thanks for the breakdown Falco Rex

He forgot the BM faith LOL w00t.gif
Paranoid Android
If we break it down to individual beliefs as compared to large broad categories, there are approximately 6 billion different religions, one for each person on this planet. THough some are fairly similar to each other wink2.gif happy.gif
Imaginary Friend
No list is complete without including "The Matrix Religion and Philosophy". (*no, I'm not kidding! tongue.gif blink.gif )
zandore
QUOTE(canwe @ Apr 15 2006, 05:32 AM) [snapback]1148359[/snapback]

Thank you for the link kaknelson. I will look into this as it seems a pretty long read. In the mean time I would still like Additional feedback thanks. happy.gif

From the same web site but a shorter page:

Adherents.com is a growing collection of over 43,870 adherent statistics and religious geography citations: references to published membership/adherent statistics and congregation statistics for over 4,200 religions, churches, denominations, religious bodies, faith groups, tribes, cultures, movements, ultimate concerns, etc. The religions of the world are enumerated here.

SOURCE

This link has a list.
Paranoid Android
QUOTE(Imaginary Friend @ Apr 16 2006, 12:03 AM) [snapback]1148549[/snapback]

No list is complete without including "The Matrix Religion and Philosophy". (*no, I'm not kidding! tongue.gif blink.gif )
It can't be worse than following "the Force" a la Star Wars. Indeed, many of the concepts are similar between the two films......
This is a "lo-fi" version of our main content. To view the full version with more information, formatting and images, please click here.
Invision Power Board © 2001-2008 Invision Power Services, Inc.