statistics on the five major world religions

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according to one source i have read recently (chapter 13 of the book *cultural anthropology *12th edition by haviland, prins, walrath, and mcbride), the factual statistics on the five major world religions of christianity, islam, hinduism, buddhism, and judaism (which is included in the list not because of the number of jews around today, but because of the importance judaism has played in the history and development of several religious traditions, including christianity obviously) are as follows:

. christian (catholic or protestant) 33% of earth’s population, or 1 in 3
. muslim (sunni or shia) 21%, or about 1 in 5
. hindu 14%, or about 1 in 7
. buddhist 6%, or about 1 in 17
. jewish 0.2%, or 1 in 500

i just wanted to post this in order to show how powerful belief in christ has become on earth. one human with divine grace is still believed in by 1 out of every 3 humans on earth today. how amazing! his messages will always shine on earth, in my humble opinion.
 
whitecrayon said:
according to one source i have read recently (chapter 13 of the book *cultural anthropology *12th edition by haviland, prins, walrath, and mcbride), the factual statistics on the five major world religions of christianity, islam, hinduism, buddhism, and judaism (which is included in the list not because of the number of jews around today, but because of the importance judaism has played in the history and development of several religious traditions, including christianity obviously) are as follows:

. christian (catholic or protestant) 33% of earth’s population, or 1 in 3
. muslim (sunni or shia) 21%, or about 1 in 5
. hindu 14%, or about 1 in 7
. buddhist 6%, or about 1 in 17
. jewish 0.2%, or 1 in 500

i just wanted to post this in order to show how powerful belief in christ has become on earth. one human with divine grace is still believed in by 1 out of every 3 humans on earth today. how amazing! his messages will always shine on earth, in my humble opinion.
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Belief in Christ is also found among Muslims, and many Hindus and Buddhists as well.
 
whitecrayon said:
according to one source i have read recently (chapter 13 of the book *cultural anthropology *12th edition by haviland, prins, walrath, and mcbride), the factual statistics on the five major world religions of christianity, islam, hinduism, buddhism, and judaism (which is included in the list not because of the number of jews around today, but because of the importance judaism has played in the history and development of several religious traditions, including christianity obviously) are as follows:

. christian (catholic or protestant) 33% of earth’s population, or 1 in 3
. muslim (sunni or shia) 21%, or about 1 in 5
. hindu 14%, or about 1 in 7
. buddhist 6%, or about 1 in 17
. jewish 0.2%, or 1 in 500

i just wanted to post this in order to show how powerful belief in christ has become on earth. one human with divine grace is still believed in by 1 out of every 3 humans on earth today. how amazing! his messages will always shine on earth, in my humble opinion.
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I’m well aware of the low percentage of Jews in the world today, relative to the followers of the other major religions. Nonetheless, thanks for the statistics. However, these data can probably be compared to the number of aficionados of classical music, who pale alongside those who prefer other types of music. In my view, popular consensus is not the only measure of taste or truth. I also wonder what the percentage of agnostics and atheists is.
 
Ahimsa said:
Belief in Christ is also found among Muslims, and many Hindus and Buddhists as well.
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I’ve noticed many Hindus will pray to Christ and honor him along with traditional Hindu gods (I guess it’s a attempt to blend Christianity with Hinduism?). But I would hardly call that belief in Christ in the true Christian sense.
I also wonder what the percentage of agnostics and atheists is.
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If you add up all the percentages it comes up to 74.2%, once you allow for other religions like Shinto, Taoism, Indigenous beliefs, etc I reckon it would probably be about 10%-5% of the worlds population is Atheist/Agnostic
 
jakasaki said:
The muslim Isa/Essa is not Our Lord Jesus Christ -
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Hey, do Christians believe that Isa and Jesus are not the same person? I never heard it before. Do you know that exactly?If they are not the same then who is Isa? can you explain please?
 
meltzerboy;8397018]I’m well aware of the low percentage of Jews in the world today, relative to the followers of the other major religions. Nonetheless, thanks for the statistics. However, these data can probably be compared to the number of aficionados of classical music, who pale alongside those who prefer other types of music. In my view, popular consensus is not the only measure of taste or truth.** I also wonder what the percentage of agnostics and atheists is.**
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I’m guessing, maybe 50% each of the remainder of all of the others.

Protector.
 
Ahimsa said:
Belief in Christ is also found among Muslims, and many Hindus and Buddhists as well.
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I have a muslim friend who believes that Jesus existed as a man and that he was a great prophet. He does not believe that Jesus was divine, born of a virgin, or that he rose from the dead. As other’s said, it is not the same thing.
Ahimsa said:
There are many ways of being a “follower”.😉
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No. There is one way. The man himself told us what it would take to follow him - a willingness to give up everthing, including our own life, for him.

You can be a fan of Jesus. You can be a student of Jesus. You can be a constituent of Jesus. You can be many things in relationship to Jesus, but you cannot be a follower - a disciple - unless you submit yourself to him to the point of being willing to shed your own blood if called upon to do so.

That is the radical requirement of those who wish to follow Christ, taught to us by Christ himself.

-Tim-
 
Ahimsa said:
Belief in Christ is also found among Muslims, and many Hindus and Buddhists as well.
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Would Jews for Jesus count? 🤷

But anyway, that just goes to show, Jesus is such a cool guy, even the other religions want Him 😃

God bless :byzsoc:

David
 
i have read parts of the muslim holy koran, and it specifically states that jesus is not the son of god as well, which runs in absolute contradiction of biblical doctrine. thus, efforts to be ecumenical towards muslims run “adrift” in my humble opinion.

also, of course, the holy koran teaches that jews and christians do not practice what they preach, and parts of the koran teach some pretty anti-jewish things as well, so there is no way i’ll ever become muslim. i love christ!

jonathan “whitecrayon”
 
interesting statistics. i am glad that Christianity is still at the top of the list and i pray it will continue to be the dominant religion around the world in spite of efforts of some to
ridicule and persecute those who are followers of Christianity. I hope the peace and love of Jesus will prevail. :gopray2:
 
whitecrayon said:
according to one source i have read recently (chapter 13 of the book *cultural anthropology *12th edition by haviland, prins, walrath, and mcbride), the factual statistics on the five major world religions of christianity, islam, hinduism, buddhism, and judaism (which is included in the list not because of the number of jews around today, but because of the importance judaism has played in the history and development of several religious traditions, including christianity obviously) are as follows:

. christian (catholic or protestant) 33% of earth’s population, or 1 in 3
. muslim (sunni or shia) 21%, or about 1 in 5
. hindu 14%, or about 1 in 7
. buddhist 6%, or about 1 in 17
. jewish 0.2%, or 1 in 500

i just wanted to post this in order to show how powerful belief in christ has become on earth. one human with divine grace is still believed in by 1 out of every 3 humans on earth today. how amazing! his messages will always shine on earth, in my humble opinion.
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It would make sense that religions that proselytize (whether peacefully or forcefully) would have the most adherents. I don’t think Hinduism, Buddhism, or Judaism proselytize at all.

Xuan
 
rain_bow said:
Hey, do Christians believe that Isa and Jesus are not the same person? I never heard it before. Do you know that exactly?If they are not the same then who is Isa? can you explain please?
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If you ask any Christian from Arabia & the Middle East what they call Jesus, they’ll tell you his name is “Jasu”

Don’t know why the koran, since it is in Arabic, would call Jesus Isa.

Not even the Jews of Arabia called Jesus Isa…
 
whitecrayon said:
according to one source i have read recently (chapter 13 of the book *cultural anthropology *12th edition by haviland, prins, walrath, and mcbride), the factual statistics on the five major world religions of christianity, islam, hinduism, buddhism, and judaism (which is included in the list not because of the number of jews around today, but because of the importance judaism has played in the history and development of several religious traditions, including christianity obviously) are as follows:

. christian (catholic or protestant) 33% of earth’s population, or 1 in 3
. muslim (sunni or shia) 21%, or about 1 in 5
. hindu 14%, or about 1 in 7
. buddhist 6%, or about 1 in 17
. jewish 0.2%, or 1 in 500

i just wanted to post this in order to show how powerful belief in christ has become on earth. one human with divine grace is still believed in by 1 out of every 3 humans on earth today. how amazing! his messages will always shine on earth, in my humble opinion.
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Christianity is the biggest religion in this world. It is growing at a rate of 1.3% per annum. While world population growth is only1.1% per annum. It grown from 22% in the begining of the 20th century to 33.33% at the end of 20th century.

At the begining of the 20th century 85% of the world christians was Europeans. Now 70% of christians in this world are non Europeans (Living in third world countries of Latin america, Asia and Africa). About 40% of world christians lives in Africa and Asia. Ie what is happening in Europe (Faith loss) will not affect christianity. It will affect the future of christianity among Europeans only. Africa will over take Europe in christian population by 2025 and Asia will over take Europe by 2035.

Europeans where 25% of the world population in the begining of the 20th century. But now they are only 11.5% of the world population and by the end of 21’st century they will become less than 5% of the world population.

Also you can see that the Economies of Europe and America is declining and Latin American, African and Asian Ecnomies is growing. World will be always christian centric. It will focus on the nations where christianity is strong.
 
whitecrayon said:
one human with divine grace is still believed in by 1 out of every 3 humans on earth today. how amazing! his messages will always shine on earth.
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What you are missing is that several states automatically ascribe all residents to the official religion of the state, regardless of the beliefs and practices of the individual. Furthermore, several religions retain as members, people who no longer subscribe to the beliefs of the religion.

Amber
 
Xuan said:
I don’t think Hinduism, Buddhism, or Judaism proselytize at all.
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The word “proselytize” is from Judaism. It isn’t nearly as active in recruiting converts as in days of yore.

Most sects of Hinduism don’t proselytize, but those that do, are extremely aggressive in their proselytizing.

Amber
 
amber_lux said:
The word “proselytize” is from Judaism. It isn’t nearly as active in recruiting converts as in days of yore.

Most sects of Hinduism don’t proselytize, but those that do, are extremely aggressive in their proselytizing.

Amber
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It is mainly the Jews for Jesus group that maintains Jews were once proselytizers–beginning with Abraham and Sarah–and they reveal the Biblical verses to “prove” it. However, this depends on how one defines “proselytize.” It is true the Jews are commanded to be a Priest-like people who bring G-d’s Torah to the world. This is not regarded though by most rabbinical scholars as active proselytizing, but rather teaching by example. IOW, Jews are required to set a moral example for the other nations, so that the latter may willingly choose to convert to Judaism. If they don’t choose to convert, that’s all right as well since neither morality nor salvation depends on one’s being Jewish. There is no direct pressure exerted in the form of what one generally associates with missionary work. With regard to modern times, only a minuscule fringe element of Jews state that we should actively attempt to win over non-Jews to Judaism. The vast majority of Jews say this is forbidden. In fact, Gentiles are discouraged three times from converting to Judaism in order to impress upon them the challenges this process demands, as well as to find out whether they are sincere in their desire to convert.
 
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