Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor / It's OK to rape your neighbors wife and daughters as they will be blamed
for your sexual aggression
In some religions and cultures, children and women are treated as slaves
of the man or the community while others strive to protect and care for them.
In some religions, children have been sacrificed to appease the Gods. In old
religions and some cultures such as ancient Egypt
I use these two religions as examples as they jointly have more than 50% of all religious followers. The top 5 religions in the world are listed as:
Christianity (31.5%)
Islam (23.2%)
Hinduism (15.0%)
Buddhism (7.1%)
Folk religions (5.9%)
There are some 4,300 religions of the world. These are generally catagorized into churches, denominations, congregations, religious bodies, faith groups, tribes, cultures, and movements. All are of varying size and influence.
Nearly 75 per cent of the world's population practices one of the five most influential religions of the world: Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, and Judaism, with Christianity and Islam as the two religions most widely spread across the world.
One of the most widely-held myths among those in English-speaking countries is that Islamic believers are Arabs. In fact, most Islamic people do not live in the Arabic nations of the Middle East.
The world's 20 largest religions and their number of believers are:
1.Christianity (2.1 billion)
2.Islam (1.3 billion)
3.Nonreligious (Secular/Agnostic/Atheist) (1.1 billion)
4.Hinduism (900 million)
5.Chinese traditional religion (394 million)
6.Buddhism 376 million
7.Primal-indigenous (300 million)
8.African traditional and Diasporic (100 million)
9.Sikhism (23 million)
10.Juche (19 million)
11.Spiritism (15 million)
12.Judaism (14 million)
13.Bahai (7 million)
14.Jainism (4.2 million)
15.Shinto (4 million)
16.Cao Dai (4 million)
17.Zoroastrianism (2.6 million)
18.Tenrikyo (2 million)
19.Neo-Paganism (1 million)
20.Unitarian-Universalism (800,000)
An interesting fact is that there are approximately 6,800 living languages spoken in the world today and there are some 4,300 religions
Stephen Juan, Ph.D. is an anthropologist at the University of Sydney.
Islam (23.2%)
Hinduism (15.0%)
Buddhism (7.1%)
Folk religions (5.9%)
There are some 4,300 religions of the world. These are generally catagorized into churches, denominations, congregations, religious bodies, faith groups, tribes, cultures, and movements. All are of varying size and influence.
Nearly 75 per cent of the world's population practices one of the five most influential religions of the world: Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, and Judaism, with Christianity and Islam as the two religions most widely spread across the world.
One of the most widely-held myths among those in English-speaking countries is that Islamic believers are Arabs. In fact, most Islamic people do not live in the Arabic nations of the Middle East.
The world's 20 largest religions and their number of believers are:
1.Christianity (2.1 billion)
2.Islam (1.3 billion)
3.Nonreligious (Secular/Agnostic/Atheist) (1.1 billion)
4.Hinduism (900 million)
5.Chinese traditional religion (394 million)
6.Buddhism 376 million
7.Primal-indigenous (300 million)
8.African traditional and Diasporic (100 million)
9.Sikhism (23 million)
10.Juche (19 million)
11.Spiritism (15 million)
12.Judaism (14 million)
13.Bahai (7 million)
14.Jainism (4.2 million)
15.Shinto (4 million)
16.Cao Dai (4 million)
17.Zoroastrianism (2.6 million)
18.Tenrikyo (2 million)
19.Neo-Paganism (1 million)
20.Unitarian-Universalism (800,000)
An interesting fact is that there are approximately 6,800 living languages spoken in the world today and there are some 4,300 religions
Stephen Juan, Ph.D. is an anthropologist at the University of Sydney.