With 33% of the world being Christian, why are people bashing any question in the political section that involves war or other unpleasantries. For the other 67% of the world it is just another day. Some Christians dont seem to take a holiday from bashing others on Ramadan or Hanukkah. So why should we expect it to be different for our holiday.
2006-12-25 00:46:37 · 9 answers · asked by Cherry_Blossom 5 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
Here yoo go Swim you do the Math
anity: 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
2006-12-25 01:02:14 · update #1
http://www.adherents.com/Religions_By_Adherents.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religions
2006-12-25 01:22:10 · update #2
It is unfortunately the nature of man to impose his will on those around him .
The structure of the very society we live in is tailored towards exploitation of the minority and as you mentioned that 33% or so is the majority simply by being united .
AS religion tends to separate it self into many beliefs those that are different never seem to mesh with the rest .
It is like we all live under our own misguided set of beliefs that others have chosen to follow the wrong path to the after life .
We seem to condemn those who are not on the same path .
2006-12-25 01:56:36 · answer #1 · answered by -----JAFO---- 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Very Interesting question Chez , no I don't think that we should expect anything different today even though it is Christmas, unfortunately many Christians have the mindset that they are right and that's the end of discussion (I don't mean to paint the whole religion with the same brush), I also want to add that I don't think swimma really knows what he is talking about.
It is a known fact that Buddhism is estimated to around the fifth largest religion in the world although its the second largest "Dharmic"(from India) religion .
2006-12-25 01:50:17 · answer #2 · answered by matrix 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
properly..definite a pair of million/3 of the international are Christians (around 2 billion human beings). And a pair of million billion of those human beings are Roman Catholics, and the different a thousand million are Protestants or Orthodox Christians. yet presently, there seems to be very few "energetic" Christians--I observed a survey as quickly as that pronounced that basically approximately 20% surely flow to church on a known foundation...
2016-10-28 08:14:49 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I dont know where you got 33%
>500 million out of over 6 billion is >10%
2006-12-25 02:58:58 · answer #4 · answered by Anarchy99 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Quite logical .....
People named Dan dont like to be Ram-med
and Hanukkah , sound more like Ha-ving a Nookie
which I am missing out on at the moment....
Inconsiderate cultural differences.....
2006-12-25 01:29:21 · answer #5 · answered by Moonlite gambler 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Hello!
I seriously doubt the statistics that you have laid out here! The most popular religion in the World is Buddhism, followed closely by Hinduism & then Christianity; in terms of the number of believers.
Thank you.
2006-12-25 00:58:47 · answer #6 · answered by swimmaholik 3 · 2⤊ 3⤋
We do not expect it to be different, except there are some, not saying all conservatives that live a padded life, thinking the world revolves only around their beliefs.
2006-12-25 00:57:40 · answer #7 · answered by AD 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
What the heck is "Chinese traditional religion"?
How about just giving us your source?
2006-12-25 01:12:42 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
I am not sure why you should.
Good Luck!!!
2006-12-25 00:49:32 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋