2007-02-07 11:42:51 · 18 answers · asked by randy_rivet 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
The religion with the most adherents is Christianity and most of these are Roman and Orthodox and Anglican Catholics. But you use the word "believed" and that is a hint that you may be a Protestant. Real Christian religion is not about belief; it is about practice, a matter of what you do, beginning with the sacraments of Baptism and the Eucharist, and your walk in life. What Jesus asked of his followers was simple but too demanding for most of them. He said "Follow me." Darn few people are capable of doing that.
2007-02-07 11:51:26 · answer #1 · answered by fra59e 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Major Religions of the World
Ranked by Number of Adherents:
Christianity: 2 billion
Islam: 1.3 billion
Hinduism: 900 million
Secular/Nonreligious/Agnostic/Atheist: 850 million
Buddhism: 360 million
Chinese traditional religion: 225 million
primal-indigenous: 150 million
African Traditional & Diasporic: 95 million
Sikhism: 23 million
Juche: 19 million
Spiritism: 14 million
Judaism: 14 million
Baha'i: 6 million
Jainism: 4 million
Shinto: 4 million
Cao Dai: 3 million
Tenrikyo: 2.4 million
Neo-Paganism: 1 million
Unitarian-Universalism: 800 thousand
Rastafarianism: 700 thousand
Scientology: 600 thousand
Zoroastrianism: 150 thousand
Based on this, it would point to Christianity.
2007-02-07 19:55:06 · answer #2 · answered by Plato 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Christians are 33% of the world. However, there are huge differences in Christians, with some Christians saying that other Christians are not real Christians. Fundamentalists, for example, say that Mormons are not Christians. Some of them even say that Catholics are not Christians. Still, the 33% figure for Christians includes Catholics, Mormons, Jehovahs Witnesses, Eastern Orthodox, and numerous other Christian denominations.
Islam is currently about 20%, but is the fastest growing religion in the world. Hindus are about 13%, Buddhists about 6%. The rest are all smaller than that.
So, for the Christians, yes, you are 33%, higher than any other group. But this also means that 66% are not Christians. And, if you throw out the ones that the fundamentalists say are not real Christians, then the Christian percentage goes much below 33%.
2007-02-07 19:59:18 · answer #3 · answered by tychobrahe 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Catholics then Islam both with over a billion members.
Hinduism has hundreds of millions but most live in India.
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"It must be Buddhism. The Chinese and most Asian countries are Buddhist"
China is an atheist country yea a lot of people still practice there religion but there not suppose to.A lot of other Asian countries practice Christianity and shaman style religions or in Japans case there natural religion is Shintoism. There's also Taoism and Confucianism.
2007-02-07 19:47:06 · answer #4 · answered by Joel C 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The largest/most believed religion in the world is Christianity (and all its denominations), but Islam is growing very rapidly.
2007-02-07 19:47:12 · answer #5 · answered by Andy K 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Christianity is the biggest world religion. Over 2 billion people. Sad but true.
2007-02-07 19:46:35 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Christianity.
2007-02-07 20:10:02 · answer #7 · answered by Mikan 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It must be Buddhism. The Chinese and most Asian countries are Buddhist so I guess it would have the most number of followers. Buddhism is also not as controversial as the other religions like Christianity, Islam, and Hinduism.
2007-02-07 19:50:19 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Do you mean the religion with the most followers worldwide? I recently read that Christianity/Catholicism has a slight edge, followed by Islam, Judaism, and then Buddhism.
2007-02-07 19:47:23 · answer #9 · answered by teresathegreat 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Catholicism and Muslim are the 2 largest religions in the world
2007-02-07 19:47:21 · answer #10 · answered by M A D 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋