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To: marshmallow

Factually falls in the beginning so I lost interest

there are estimated to be 1.6 billion Muslims in the world and only 1.3 billion Roman Catholics.....Hence the Roman Catholic church is not the largest religion on the planet


2 posted on 07/25/2014 10:35:40 PM PDT by Nifster
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Nifster:

Are there not several divergent sects among the Mohammedans. For example, the Shia and the Sunni are clearly different sects. Syria is led by the Assad who is from a sect that is an offshoot of Shia Mohammedans, etc. So, if you divide the Mohammedan sects, I think the Catholic Church might be the largest Religion on the planet.


5 posted on 07/26/2014 9:55:04 AM PDT by CTrent1564
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Hence the Roman Catholic church is not the largest religion on the planet

Your post factually falls as the article never says that Catholicism is the "largest religion on the planet." It references it as "the planet's largest religious body" which is accurate. You are treating Muslims as all being members of one body, which is not so. They are divided into many specific sects and camps.

6 posted on 07/26/2014 12:36:55 PM PDT by cothrige
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