I'm talking about throughout the entire world....not just America. And please don't answer if you don't really know. Thanks
2006-09-27 21:02:11 · 13 answers · asked by ? 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Yes, it is true that the chart is roughly:
Christianity: 2.1 billion
Islam: 1.3 billion
However, Christianity isn't united like it should be. Those statistics include Eastern Orthodox, Catholics, and Protestants all into the Christianity category, mainly because they all have the same fundamental beliefs. (FYI: Catholicism is the largest Christian religion, followed by Protestantism.)
However, if we were to seperate Catholics and Protestants, Islam would be the greatest population religion.
Another thing to remember is that Muslims families tend to be much larger than Christian families (save for the Camdon family (that was a joke)), so I foresee Islam eventually in the lead.
Just remember: it's not a race; the religion with the largest population doesn't mean that it's the "truer" religion. Lol.
2006-09-27 21:29:19 · answer #1 · answered by Derek 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
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
Blessings )O(
2006-09-28 04:05:43 · answer #2 · answered by Epona Willow 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
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
2006-09-28 04:10:10 · answer #3 · answered by Amber B 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Christianity right now has the largest "religion" but it is nowhere near makes up a majority of the entire world. However, technically it is hardly the largest religion as it has the smallest amount of practicing faithfuls of any of the major religions....hence when you ask someone in the west what religion they are and they say Catholic etc they are probably not really and probably don't practice or truly believe but it is just what the were chrisened etc....but it is not really who they are or has any effect on their lives.
2006-09-28 04:27:17 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
no it is not. it has about 1 billion practitioners, as does islam. there are five other major religions which have about six billion practitioners all together, plus several hundred minor ones with about a billion more. christianity may be present in most countries, but so is islam and judaism fairly well known throughout the majority of countries world-wide. and some countries even ban certain religions so as to keep their own religion the major one in those countries, or not have any religion at all, except as an underground practice as occurs in china.
2006-09-28 04:12:08 · answer #5 · answered by de bossy one 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
NO, Christianity has only 30% followers and practising Christians are not even 10%.
Islam with 19% and Hinduism with 14% are other two major religions...and practising Hindus and practising Muslims are most probably greater than practising Christians which we can see from Hindu festival of Kumbha mela where 70 MILLION HINDUS gather at one place from around the world and Islamic Hajj festival where 2.5 MILLION MUSLIMS gather at one place from around the world ...Hindu temples and Mosques are always crowded. On the other hand Christian churchs are almost empty.
2006-09-28 04:08:35 · answer #6 · answered by Kwel 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
yes. But actually, those counted as Christians are not actually Christians. Some nvr pray, they dont believe in Christianity.
If you see the concept of Christianity, there are lots of groups.. means the people dont work and agree with each other. That is why they seperate into groups and have their own christian beliefs.
So, Christians are not united.
2006-09-28 04:29:35 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
It used to be but now a days, many people are switching to Islam.
Islam is on the rise as the majority religion.
Because in the end, all religions are based on the same beliefs but just taught in a different way to their followers.
2006-09-28 04:06:26 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
look at this way.... 6 billion people on earth and only 2 billion believe in chritianity. 4 billion believe in something else. so in short ... no is the answer.
2006-09-28 04:10:27 · answer #9 · answered by bgdadyp 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I thought it was Islam...but christians talk louder...and are more abbrasive I feel...(sorry to the ones that aren't but it's just my experience)
2006-09-28 06:43:37 · answer #10 · answered by vinyl_mad 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋