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There are said to be 19 major religions in the world today of which Christianity is the largest group.
These 19 religions are further sub-divided into around 270 sub-groups.
With Christianity approximately 34,000 sub groups are listed.
Christianity has around 2 billion followers. this figure includes the major groups of Roman Catholics, Protestants in all sub-divisions, Orthodox Christians from the Russian and Greek Orthodox Churches and Free Church members.
The major world religions are then Christianity, Islam (over 1 billion followers), Jews (approx. 14 .5 million followers), Hindus (over 800 million), Chinese traditional religions, Buddhists.
There's a lot of information on the web about the major religions and their geographical distribution.
These 19 religions are further sub-divided into around 270 sub-groups.
With Christianity approximately 34,000 sub groups are listed.
Christianity has around 2 billion followers. this figure includes the major groups of Roman Catholics, Protestants in all sub-divisions, Orthodox Christians from the Russian and Greek Orthodox Churches and Free Church members.
The major world religions are then Christianity, Islam (over 1 billion followers), Jews (approx. 14 .5 million followers), Hindus (over 800 million), Chinese traditional religions, Buddhists.
There's a lot of information on the web about the major religions and their geographical distribution.
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Info can easily be found online, but I may add that there is alot of info that can be "presumed" and alot of info that has to be categorized. For instance, depending on how accurate you want to state the statistics, Christianity is not the LARGEST religion, since Catholics were previously the largest religion. Christianity encompasses many religions and religious beliefs. Islam is currently the largest religion in the world, with ALL muslims being followers of the single religion of ISLAM.
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The above info was released by the Vatican, the Pope, recently, as in within the last few years. The stats are ROUGHLY- 1.5 billion Muslims, 1 billion Catholics, 1 billion scattered amongst the other Christian faiths (including mormons, and "non-traditionals"), etc. A few other perceptable points are said to be included, but they are just heresay, however, they are definately valid points, such as- there are ~1 billion people who classify themselves as non-denomination.
The above info was released by the Vatican, the Pope, recently, as in within the last few years. The stats are ROUGHLY- 1.5 billion Muslims, 1 billion Catholics, 1 billion scattered amongst the other Christian faiths (including mormons, and "non-traditionals"), etc. A few other perceptable points are said to be included, but they are just heresay, however, they are definately valid points, such as- there are ~1 billion people who classify themselves as non-denomination.
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Of the people who classify themselves as "not believing in a specific religion", many are monotheistic (one god believers). Many anthropologists and religious knowledgables state that there are many followers of the religion of Islam who categorize themselves into this particular category, possibly due to ethical/cultural pressures or issues (for instance being Americans, Europeans, etc, who do not want to openly state that they are Muslims or they have personal issues with Islam)
Of the people who classify themselves as "not believing in a specific religion", many are monotheistic (one god believers). Many anthropologists and religious knowledgables state that there are many followers of the religion of Islam who categorize themselves into this particular category, possibly due to ethical/cultural pressures or issues (for instance being Americans, Europeans, etc, who do not want to openly state that they are Muslims or they have personal issues with Islam)
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The largest religion in the world is...RELIGION! People are too religious and do not have their feet on the firm Foundation of Jesus Christ! Jesus said "I am the way, the truth and the Life; no man comes to the Father but by me." We need to stop focusing on religion and start following Jesus Christ, Gods only Son who takes away the sins of the World!
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