2007-02-23 08:52:10 · 29 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
approx. as many as there are languages
2007-02-23 08:54:44 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Major Religions of the World
Ranked by Number of Adherents
(Sizes shown are approximate estimates, and are here mainly for the purpose of ordering the groups, not providing a definitive number. This list is sociological/statistical in perspective.)
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
2007-02-23 08:58:43 · answer #2 · answered by luknbill13 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
There are so many religions that there is no exact way to know for sure how many there actually are. Especially since new ones come out all of the time.
2007-02-23 08:55:21 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Only One Divine Religion renewed by successive Messengers of God to gradually improve the condition of man. We cannot learn all the mysteries of the universe in a short period of time.
In order to understand the Divine Religion of the One True God, we better read directly the Holy Books revealed by these Divine Messengers.
2007-02-23 09:03:25 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Major Religions:
>The holy(heavenly) religions:
Islam
Judaism
Christianity
>Other like:
Hinduism
Buddhism
------>>> But there are still many minors that are uncountable!
2007-02-23 09:05:43 · answer #5 · answered by Fanano 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ًWell there are about 5 main religions. Three of them believe in God: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.
Of course, Islam is the only religion that remains unchanged. It's the only religion that God accepts.
2007-02-23 09:04:51 · answer #6 · answered by ??? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
GO TO:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_religions
2007-02-23 08:57:24 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
There are 7 basic types of religion. Within each of those groups there are sometimes thousands of variations. I will list them for you in order of appearance.
Zoastrianism-encompassing all worship of monsensical things, exept to those who worship them. Mythology and the likes.
Budhism
Shintuism
Hinduism
Judiasm
Christianity
Islam
2007-02-23 08:59:12 · answer #8 · answered by dolphinparty13 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There's one for everything. EVERYTHING.
There are so many that no one knows for sure, not only because new ones are created each day, but because some of them are secret or only used among a small group of people.
2007-02-23 08:58:49 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I remember once reading that there were around 44,000 religions in the world.
Take a look at this list of religions from Wikipedia... and this isn't all of them...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_religions
Hope this helps...
T.
2007-02-23 09:02:53 · answer #10 · answered by Theophania 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As many as the people who walk the Earth.
All people are different and all think differently, even slightly. 7 billion people, 7 billion different ideas, 7 billion different beliefs/religions.
2007-02-23 08:55:15 · answer #11 · answered by Mandi 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋