2007-12-01 09:27:46 · 3 answers · asked by Nancy E 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
If any person in the People's Republic is caught believing in anything other than Communism, they are likely to get executed. Thus statistics on other belief systems there are unlikely to be available.
2007-12-01 11:17:08 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Religion in China has varied widely since the beginning of Chinese history. Temples of many different religions dot China's landscape, including Heaven worship, Daoism, Buddhism, Islam, and Chinese folk religion. Mahayana Buddhism remains the largest organized religion in China since its introduction in the 1st century.
The majority of Chinese people follow Buddhism (1 billion, 80%) and/or Taoism (400 million, 30% ). Common people usually worship also in joss houses of the Chinese folk religion. Minority religions are Christianity (between 40 million, 3%, and 54 million, 4% ), Islam (20 million, 1.5%), and a number of new religions and sects (particularly Xiantianism).
2007-12-01 17:37:49 · answer #2 · answered by ndmagicman 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Most people in China are forced to be evolutionists, so people are atheists, however there are a few underground Christians and Buddists, i would suppose
2007-12-01 17:32:27 · answer #3 · answered by Jesse D 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋