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THE LIST - World Religions (Top 10)
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| June 15, 2007
| ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA
Posted on 06/15/2007 9:00:06 AM PDT by DogByte6RER
THE LIST - World Religions (Top 10)
June 15, 2007
These are the 10 largest religions in the world, by the estimated number of followers:
1. Christianity 2.1 billion
2. Islam 1.3 billion
3. Hinduism 851 million
4. Buddhism 375 million
5. Sikhism 25 million
6. Judaism 15 million
7. Baha'ism 7.5 million
8. Confucianism 6.4 million
9. Jainism 4.5 million
10. Shintoism 2.8 million
SOURCE: ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: china; christianity; india; islam; israel; japan; judaism; religions
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2. Islam 1.3 billion
#2? The Islamists must be p-ssed...
Islam only ranks in second place.
Get ready for more riots in the streets...
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posted on
06/15/2007 9:01:09 AM PDT
by
DogByte6RER
("Loose lips sink ships")
To: DogByte6RER
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posted on
06/15/2007 9:02:09 AM PDT
by
Redcloak
(The 2nd Amendment isn't about sporting goods.)
To: DogByte6RER
More Christians should be reproducing so the ragheads never catch up. I’ve only had two daughters but my brother has 2 kids and my sister has 3.
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posted on
06/15/2007 9:02:47 AM PDT
by
bicyclerepair
(Ft. Lauderdale Florida)
To: DogByte6RER
I always though Judaism was second, Islam third.
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posted on
06/15/2007 9:04:09 AM PDT
by
wastedyears
(Check my profile for links to anti-illegal immigration T-shirts.)
To: Redcloak
It’s listed under “Gaiist” or Earth-Mother religions.
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posted on
06/15/2007 9:04:26 AM PDT
by
MeanWestTexan
(Kol Hakavod Fred Thompson)
To: DogByte6RER
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posted on
06/15/2007 9:04:34 AM PDT
by
xcamel
("It's Thompson Time!")
To: wastedyears
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posted on
06/15/2007 9:05:25 AM PDT
by
MeanWestTexan
(Kol Hakavod Fred Thompson)
To: bicyclerepair
More Christians should be reproducing so the ragheads never catch up.
Huh? Religion is genetic? Or is it that religious people only need to indoctrinate their kids in order for a religion's numbers to increase? I don't like either one of these alternatives. Religious truth should be independent of the religion that your parents happen to have.
To: DogByte6RER
#2? The Islamists must be p-ssed...I always knew Islam was #2.
To: DogByte6RER
This “statistic” is meaningless. Islam? There are many flavours of the poison. Shia? Sunni? Ahmadi? Besides, each of them hate the other to their deaths.
Besides, Europe is mostly secular.
I hope taxpayer money wasn’t involved in compiling this wasteful nonsense.
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posted on
06/15/2007 9:09:50 AM PDT
by
CarrotAndStick
(The articles posted by me needn't necessarily reflect my opinion.)
To: MeanWestTexan
Driving Islam down to about number 25 would be a good thing.
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posted on
06/15/2007 9:10:00 AM PDT
by
wastedyears
(Check my profile for links to anti-illegal immigration T-shirts.)
To: DogByte6RER
And let’s make no mistake — polls indicate that Islamists outnumber pro-freedom Muslims around the world.
Most support Hamas over Fatah, for instance.
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posted on
06/15/2007 9:11:33 AM PDT
by
unspun
(What do you think? Please think, before you answer.)
To: DogByte6RER
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posted on
06/15/2007 9:12:37 AM PDT
by
fish hawk
(The religion of Darwinism = Monkey Intellect)
To: DogByte6RER
Judiasm 15 million, Bahi’s 7.5 mill. Judiasm only twice the popularity as Bahi? I can see who has the better public relations people working for them. Then when you compare Islam to either, off the chart. No wonder the Islamists feel they get no respect. But they do have a cool meteorite to dance around, so I guess it’s even.
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posted on
06/15/2007 9:12:37 AM PDT
by
KingLiberty
(As 12th Imam I declare 'Give me liberty or give me. . .twins would be nice.')
To: bicyclerepair
Religion is determined by who the parents are?
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posted on
06/15/2007 9:13:23 AM PDT
by
stuartcr
(Everything happens as God wants it to.....otherwise, things would be different.)
To: CarrotAndStick
This “statistic” is meaningless. Islam? There are many flavoursThat's just as true regarding “Christianity” as well.
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posted on
06/15/2007 9:18:52 AM PDT
by
newgeezer
(Just my opinion, of course. Your mileage may vary.)
To: DogByte6RER
#2? The Islamists must be p-ssed...That's okay, there will be plenty of Protestants upset being lumped in with all the other Protestants ... not to mention the Catholics.
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posted on
06/15/2007 9:19:12 AM PDT
by
Tanniker Smith
(I didn't know she was a Liberal when I married her.)
To: wastedyears
I always though Judaism was second, Islam third. There are more Muslims in the metro area of Cairo (Egypt) than there are Jews in the entire world.
More people have crossed illegally into the U.S. across the Mexican border since 9/11/01 than the total number of Jews in the world.
Jews are scarce.
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posted on
06/15/2007 9:19:18 AM PDT
by
Mr. Mojo
To: Mr. Mojo
I have to question the number of Jews. 15 million just seems too low.
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posted on
06/15/2007 9:24:28 AM PDT
by
CdMGuy
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