[moog]

"Should have specified "200 in the US". Yes, there's probably more, plus blends of Christianity with other religions, like Santeria and Mandeism."

Somewhere I heard around 11,000. I imagine there are a lot of branches of Islam too. There were a lot of different Bhuddist sects that I saw while I was in Korea.

[A Ruckus of Dogs]

Somewhere I heard around 11,000.

Out of curiosity, I did a search and came up with this link:

http://www.bringyou.to/apologetics/a120.htm

Quote: “Also, according to the United Nations statistics there were over 23,000 competing and often contradictory denominations”

Read through the article. Numbers vary somewhat between sources but it really boggles the mind.