Christians , Which of all this sects is more practiced ??

Question

and which one is considered out there ??
Catholicism- Orthodox - Methodists - Jehovah's witness - Mormens- Evangelicals - Baptists

Answer 1

they are all cool --except the Evangelicals ---Oh boy !!!!!!

Answer 2

It depends what part of the world you are referring to. Some sects have a greater following than others in given parts of the world. In the US, there are more Catholics than any toher sect you list, followed by Baptists and then probably Methodists and Evangelical. Orthodox Christianity ( which is similiar to Catholicism but doesn't recognize the authority of the Pope) is mostly practiced in Eastern/southern Europe and Asia. Varieties of Orthodox Christianity include Greek, Russian, and Ukranian Orthodox. By "out there" I assume you mean sects that are considered on the fringes as their traditions, scriptures and beliefs differ widely from those of other traditions. Jehovah's Witnesses and Mormons could be placed in this category. These two sects also have far fewer members (both in the US and in the world at large) than the other traditions.

Answer 3

Well, once a Catholic, always a Catholic, regardless of what religion you go to, they flatly refuse to remove you from the rolls. My mother is still listed and she's been a JW for over 40 years. She gave up in 1968 asking to be removed from the Catholic Rolls.

I have a friend whose a Mormon who have been repeatedly baptized in the names of deceased individuals whose relatives added their names while using the genealogy search services. So, there's also a lot of them.

Officially, JWs only count active publishers when they release their number. The only way to get anything close to an actual number, you have to look at the attendance for the Memorial on Niacin 14. My mother is not an active publisher, due to her age and health. My stepfather still gets out in the field work, on occasion, but the stroke has slowed him down. Both are starting to see the end of their path in life.

Practiced is a rather lose term. People can be holiday Christians, Sunday Christians, or full time Christians. When you ask about being more practiced, does that mean that they display the Bible in the home, or that every member has their own copy, wearing it out from use every few years? Does it mean that a fellow has to ask you what your religion is, or would they already know by seeing your daily choices in life? Is a Methodist, a Methodist because they say they are, or because they live it every day?

Answer 4

Man, achtung, you are all over the place!!!

This guy uses the same answer to every question out there! It's almost scary to see people so firmly indoctrinated... Ask a question about JW's, and you'll get 15 answers, each saying the same thing and taking up 9 paragraphs!

Anyway, to answer your question...

In terms of total numbers, Catholicism is the most 'claimed' religion in the world, but Orthodoxy is the most 'practiced' religion. Catholics have the largest (and richest) organization in the world, religious or otherwise... but very few of them practice (go to Church more than 3 times/year, participate in all 7 sacraments, etc.) Orthodox Christians have more 'practicing' members than Catholics.

In terms of percentages, the Mormons (LDS) actually have the highest percentage of 'active/practicing' members compared to their totals. They are the 4th-largest religious body in the United States, much larger than any evangelical Church. Some of their beliefs are slightly different, but I wouldn't go so far to say that they are "out there". They're every bit as Christian as you or me. They get a bad rap from other religions, which is unfortunate because I never see them bash anyone else.

Anyway, baptists, evangelists, and methodists have a pretty good percentage of practicing members as well.

Finally, *** stated above, the JW's are pretty indoctrinated, so those who are 'brought up' in the sect are generally very practicing and then a great percentage of them leave the organization in their 20's and 30's.

Answer 5

Catholicism - ritualistic and legalistic
Orthodox - about the same as the Catholics
Methodists - not into the rules, doesn't make religion a part of everyday life
Jehovah's witness - misled mostly, sort of out there in theology
Mormons - Have a strict culture, theology is rather weak at times
Evangelicals - on fire and frequently burned out from all the effort - extremely way out there
Baptists - heavy on hell and brimstone, strict followers of both Christ and old testament teachings.

Answer 6

Jehovah's Witnesses have the true religion. They are Christian (of course), but they are unique for their rejection of paganisms, use of God's personal name, and global preaching by every active adherent. No other religious organization can claim such purity of worship.

These facts about Jehovah's Witnesses are perhaps relevant to this question. The more one compares this Christian religion with others, the more remarkable it is shown to be.

1. Jehovah's Witnesses have no paid clergy. Yet they remain tightly organized with more than 6.5 million active Jehovah's Witness preachers (about 16 million associate themselves with the religion). Even fulltime preachers and workers at their branch offices are unpaid volunteers.

2. There is no elite class among Jehovah's Witnesses. Even the few 'anointed' among them enjoy no special privileges in their congregations on earth. An anointed person (one of those relative few with a heavenly hope) is not elevated above his fellow congregants in any way, and he may not even qualify for appointment as a simple 'deacon' or elder. There are no titles; EVERYONE is addressed as 'brother' or 'sister'.

3. No person benefits economically from the Christian Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses. Even the 8 to 20 men who serve on their Governing Body receive simply room, board, medical care, and reimbursement for certain personal expenses according to the exact same provision as every other branch volunteer.

4. About a hundred men have served on Jehovah's Witnesses' Governing Body committee during the past 125 years or so. The vast majority of them have spent the vast majority of their adult lives volunteering for their organization's purposes, and the vast majority have died faithfully and near-pennilessly while still under their legal 'vow of poverty'.

5. Amazingly, Jehovah's Witnesses did not splinter as a sect from some other religion. Instead, a truly tiny but sincere group of bible students studied only the Scriptures to determine the will of God. Thus their religion remains absolutely independent of and not carrying the sins of Christendom's history, yet carries the authority of Christ's teachings.

6. Despite the distortions of anti-Witnesses, throughout their modern history Jehovah's Witnesses have refused to claim divine inspiration or infallibility for their teachings. They have pointed to the bible (and not any particular translation) as the only inspired infallible means of knowing God's thoughts. For over 125 years, their teachings have been presented as merely the results of sincere bible research by imperfect but godly humans.


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http://jw-media.org/people/who.htm
http://jw-media.org/people/statistics.htm

Answer 7

Out of the whole world, I think it's Catholicism since all the major Spanish speaking countries have a majority of Catholics, plus Italy, plus tons of other European countries.

Answer 8

Catholicism. Dominating in Canada, South America, most countries in Western Europe, and Central (poland), the phillipines, and some african countries.

I don't think I'd consider JW's and Mormons christian..

Answer 9

exciting question. i think of the region to seek for sects that don't prepare communion would be those that have dogmas approximately representation of the divine, those sects that forbid photos, as those are 2 of them, the flesh and the blood represented interior this manner of bread and wine.

Answer 10

I'm not sure of the statistics of denominations,but Mormons and Jehovah's Witnesses are not considered Christians.
http://www.carm.org/witnesses.htm
http://www.carm.org/mormon.htm

Answer 11

Catholics are most numerous world-wide, and Mormons are considered to be heretical by most Christian denominations, due to their acceptance of a non-canonical bible addition called The Book of Mormon.