How many religions are their?

Answer 1

I would estimate that would fall into the range of the tens of thousands, considering different tribal religions throughout history.

These are the most populous of the religions in descending order:

# 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

Answer 2

Quite a few. I'll see how many I can name. I'll try to get them in rough order of number of followers.

Christianity
Islam
Hinduism
Buddhism
Judaism
Zoroastrianism
Jainism
Sihkism
the Bahai Faith
Animist religions, which would include the Native American religions such as the religion of the Lakota, the Navaho, etc.
Wicca
Druids
New Age religions-followers of Seth and other channeled beings
Goddess religions-includes Goddess worship from neolithic times to modern feminist based religions
Shintoism
Taoism
Confucianism

There are more minor religions, but I don't know their names.

Note: Some people put Mormonism as a seperate religion, while others say it is a branch of Christianity.

Many of these religions have different sects and branches--Judasim, for example, has Orthodox, Conservative, and Reform; Islam has Sunni, Shia, and Sufi

Answer 3

Too many to count :( Ever noticed how on the SAT's and tests like that there's about 50 religions on the list that you can mark by? And those are just the top ones. There's always that bubble that says "Other"

Answer 4

There are three major religions: Judaism, Christianity and Islam. Each are listed as Orthodox, liberal or conservative. Each of them having various denominations, especially in Christianity. Catholic, divisions are Orthodox and Greek Orthodox. Protestants are divided in to Angelican, Baptist, Lutheran, Methodist and Pentecostal....

There are hundreds of other New Age and eastern religions and deities, that are not part of any of the major three, they are described as philosophical...

See Religions of the World Made Easy by Barbour Press

Answer 5

The scriptures say broadway and spacious.
However, only one true one!
Identifying marks of true religion

The true religion advocates worship of only the one true God, Jehovah. (Deuteronomy 4:35; John 17:3
An important part of worship that is pleasing to God is faith in his Son, Jesus Christ. (John 3:36; Acts 4:12) This does not mean simply believing that he lived or that he was an outstanding person. It includes appreciation of what the Bible teaches regarding the value of the sacrifice of Jesus’ perfect human life and recognition of his position today as heavenly King. (Psalm 2:6-8; John 3:16; Revelation 12:10
True worship is not tainted by involvement in politics and worldly conflicts. (James 1:27) Why not? Because Jesus said regarding his followers: “They are no part of the world, just as I am no part of the world.” (John 17:16) Jesus did not meddle in politics, and he restrained his followers from resorting to carnal weapons. (Matthew 26:52
The true religion teaches and practices unselfish love. (John 13:35; 1 John 3:10-12) Such love is not just spoken about in sermons. It actually draws together in genuine brotherhood people of all races, all economic groups, all languages, all nations. (Revelation 7:9, 10) It sets true Christians apart from the world around them
The true religion advocates God’s Kingdom as the lasting solution to the problems of humankind. (Daniel 2:44; 7:13, 14; 2 Peter 3:13; Revelation 21:4, 5) Do any of Christendom’s churches do that? When is the last time that you heard a clergyman explain God’s Kingdom and what the Scriptures show that it will accomplish? Does the organization to which you belong encourage you to talk to others about God’s Kingdom, and if so, does the membership as a whole share in doing it? Jesus did such witnessing; his early disciples did. You too can have the privilege of sharing in this activity. It is the most important work being done on the face of the earth today.—Matthew 24:14.
Though there are thousands of religions, the Bible quickly helps us to cut through the confusion in order to identify the true one. But we need to do more than identify it. It is vital that we practice it. What this involves will be considered at greater length in our next article.

Answer 6

Hundreds. Major ones include Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, Shinto, Hinduism, and many many many variants and schools of the above.

Answer 7

If u r talking about God, The service and worship of God or the supernatural?
as of last year the worls has an aproximation of 6,525,170,264 people. Aprox Christians 33.03% (of which Roman Catholics 17.33%, Protestants 5.8%, Orthodox 3.42%, Anglicans 1.23%), Muslims 20.12%, Hindus 13.34%, Buddhists 5.89%, Sikhs 0.39%, Jews 0.23%, other religions 12.61%, non-religious 12.03%, atheists 2.36% (2004 est.)
If u r talking about true religion read the bible James 1:5-7

Answer 8

Can't remember exactly but it seems like I read this somewhere better google it. But think it is like 6000 if you count the different Christian faiths and different Islamic religions. I know it was alot.

Answer 9

Thousands of them, which believe in different gods, heavens, hells.


If one of them is right about the One True God, then all other adherents of other religions will directly go to hell.

Answer 10

This is like asking how many forms of insanity exist.