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Religious Bodies of the World with at Least 1 Million Adherents
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Posted on 06/11/2003 7:00:34 AM PDT by Onelifetogive
| Catholic Church |
1,050,000,000 |
| Sunni Islam |
900,000,000 |
| Eastern Orthodox Church |
225,000,000 |
| Jinja Honcho |
83,000,000 |
| Anglican Communion |
73,000,000 |
| Ethiopian Orthodox Church |
35,000,000 |
| Assemblies of God |
32,000,000 |
| Evangelische Kirche in Deutschland (EKD) |
27,400,000 |
| Sikhism |
23,000,000 |
| Juche (North Korea) |
19,000,000 |
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TOPICS: General Discusssion
KEYWORDS: adherents; religions
Interesting list. There is much explanation of what constitutes a "religious body" at the link. Two or three that have a significant presence in the US.
To: Onelifetogive
**It should be noted that the formation of distinct religious organizations known as religious bodies (denominations) is very characteristic of the Western world and of Christianity. Many eastern religionists and many non-Christian religions do not necessarily follow this pattern.**
Very interesting, indeed.
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posted on
06/11/2003 7:15:07 AM PDT
by
Salvation
(†With God all things are possible.†)
To: Onelifetogive
Assemblies of God--seventh?!! The Holy Ghost is rising in popularity these days...
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posted on
06/11/2003 9:13:58 AM PDT
by
Ff--150
(100-Fold Return)
To: Ff--150
Assemblies of God--seventh?!! The Holy Ghost is rising in popularity these days...He has been on a run, lately!
To: Onelifetogive
Matthew 7:14 -- "Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it."
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posted on
06/11/2003 9:27:04 AM PDT
by
Dr. Eckleburg
(There are very few shades of gray.)
To: Onelifetogive
He has been on a run, lately! Yes, but He's such a Sneaky Little Dude, sneaking the Holy Rollers up to seventh :-)
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posted on
06/11/2003 9:30:07 AM PDT
by
Ff--150
(100-Fold Return)
To: Onelifetogive
SITREP
To: Onelifetogive
What percent of the 1 Billion Catholics in the world actually know that they are Catholic?
Anyone who was ever baptised Catholic is in that count.
To: Onelifetogive
each archdiocese takes a census each year
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posted on
06/11/2003 2:15:44 PM PDT
by
big'ol_freeper
("When do I get to lift my leg on the liberal?")
To: big'ol_freeper
each archdiocese takes a census each year A census of what? Attendees? That would make nominal Catholics about 4,000,000,000. (25% attend Mass.) Seems unlikely.
To: Onelifetogive
Who in their right mind would consider Juche a religion? It is nothing but a theory of dictatorship used to support a socialist dictator and imprison millions.
Hwang Jang-yop, the architecture of Juche Ideology, who defected from North Korea in February, 1997, and came to Korea to seek political asylum, confessed that Juche Ideology is the "weapon of dictatorship" and that it has been used as a propaganda machine to deceive some leftist groups in the Republic of Korea.
If the Juche Ideology of the Workers' Party of Republic of Korea is a religion then so is the Democratic Party!
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