Or... is it Jewish/Christian propaganda? Consider this, how many Jewish nations are there? Just one, Israel? How many Jews have you actually met in your life? In contrast my own opinion is Buddhism or Hinduism must be third, there are roughly 700 - 800mil Hindus in India, China, HK, Taiwan, Korea, Japan, Thai, Viet, Fiji, Nepal, Cambodia, India etc... All have very strong Buddhist traits and unofficial figures show there are at least 200 - 300 mil Buddhists in China alone! When you look at these facts can you really say it is the worlds 3rd biggest religion? I think not, what do you say?
2007-06-29 01:38:48 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
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
2007-06-29 02:27:03 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Where did you read that? Christianity, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Islam are all bigger than Judaism. That said, you do miss an important point. Israel is NOT the only country that has a lot of Jews. In fact, there are more Jews in the United States than in Israel. Many other countries have large populations of Jews, too. Doesn't matter, though, because you are ultimately right. Check this out:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_religious_groups
2007-06-29 08:43:24 · answer #2 · answered by Mr. Taco 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
No and never a Jewish religion became dominant in the world. The Jews are confined only in the small area of Jerusalem. And until now they are still scattered and many are in America. Christianity is not a Jewish religion although they use the same Bible. Christianity started in Antioch (Acts 11:26). The real true Christians interprete literally the Bible for they believed that God is not a God of confusion. If God did not mean what He said in the Bible, then why did He said it? Spiritualizing passages in the Bible makes one tells about spritual lies. I am not an optimist or a pessimist, I am just a hard boiled realist.
2007-06-29 09:20:38 · answer #3 · answered by periclesundag 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Whoever told you that was an idiot and leaving out and important word. Judaism is the world's 3rd Biggest Monotheistic Religion, those that believe in one God, with Christianity and Islam, the three are referred to as the Abrahamic religions.
Judaism is small mainly because it is very hereditary and not spread by missionaries or the like. There are very few conversions in comparison to the other two Abrahamic religions.
2007-06-29 08:55:11 · answer #4 · answered by eorpach_agus_eireannach 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Christianity holds around 33%, with Islam coming in at 21%, non-religious at 16%, Hinduism at 14%, etc.
See the link below.
Judaism comes in at 0.22% (that's 22% of 1%, or about 1/5 of 1%). Where did you get this information? Mine is posted below.
2007-06-29 08:43:39 · answer #5 · answered by mckenziecalhoun 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I have never heard of anyone,Jew or Christian,claim this,so it seems like your fears about propaganda are misplaced.
The world's three most popular religions are Christianity,followed by Islam and then Hinduism.
2007-06-29 08:48:08 · answer #6 · answered by Serena 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I don't know where Judaism ranks for members. I have met some of the Jewish faith. Jews are all over the world. I'm not into numbers as much as I am in the truth.
2007-06-29 08:46:13 · answer #7 · answered by RB 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The count for the Budhist is extremely unreliable as in China the maximum population believe in Budhaism but due to government's anti religious attitude people tend to pose as atheists.
2007-06-29 08:45:54 · answer #8 · answered by shahinsaifullah2006 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Who says it is? Nobody claims Judaism is the third biggest religion, you would have to be an idiot to. The Falun Gong cult in Chona is bigger than Judaism!
Us jews, we don;t seek to be the biggest, we aren't insecure and need validation of being the "biggest" to make us feel good. we a re happy being who we are, with the adherents we have.
2007-06-29 09:28:53 · answer #9 · answered by allonyoav 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
First of all, it's Judaism.
Second of all, obviously no Judaism is not one of the world's three biggest religions. There are only 14-15 million of us out there period.
However, it is given the title of a world religion because it is one of three Abrahamic religions.
2007-06-29 09:13:31 · answer #10 · answered by LadySuri 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋