Like do more people believe in God or do they prefer not to believe in him and think there is no god?
2006-09-10 07:37:01 · 17 answers · asked by Ashley G 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Worldwide, more people definitely do.
2006-09-10 07:38:57 · answer #1 · answered by Hopeful Poster 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, if you're talking about "God" as defined in the bible, I would say that more people do NOT believe in him... when you look at all the people of all the other religions in the world combined with non-religious people, there are a lot more who do not believe in God than those who do.
2006-09-10 08:10:42 · answer #2 · answered by pceej 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sixteen percent of the world's population is atheist, agnostic, secular humanist, or "other."
Eight-four percent practice a religion.
Some of those religions do not believe in a deity.
The breakdown is (roughly) 33% Christian, 21% Muslim, 6% Buddhist, 14% Hindu, 6% Chinese traditional, 0.22% Jewish, 0.36% Sikh, 6% primal/indigenous.
OR, in numbers of people:
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
2006-09-10 07:45:26 · answer #3 · answered by Gestalt 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
More people feel empty, because they don't believe in God.
2006-09-10 11:06:21 · answer #4 · answered by R.C.P. 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Probably more do...but not the same God.
Each believer has their own God they follow.
2006-09-10 07:42:45 · answer #5 · answered by powhound 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
beleiving in God means almost nothing. Mr. Bin Laden believes in a deity......i an assure you there is no paradise waiting for him.
now if the question is "how many people have genuine faith in God"?? the answer is not nearly enough.
2006-09-10 07:42:18 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
i think more people believe because i hear people say thank god a lot in stressful situations
2006-09-10 07:42:38 · answer #7 · answered by bernadette d 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rather depends on what kind of god you mean, but I suspect if you include the Chinese, then there would be more non-believers. But I haven't counted.
2006-09-10 07:43:03 · answer #8 · answered by bonzo the tap dancing chimp 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't believe in the Christian God. I believe in Netjer and the Names of Netjer. Netjer is my God and the names are my Gods.
Senebty
2006-09-10 07:42:55 · answer #9 · answered by Mawyemsekhmet 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I honestly don't know.Only God knows the answer to that.Maybe there are not enough people who excepted Him so that may be why Jesus has not come back yet.
2006-09-10 08:40:17 · answer #10 · answered by Brianna 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think more do. I also think that more wish they did when they are dying and asking for God in the end.
2006-09-10 07:41:01 · answer #11 · answered by yeppers 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋