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“The religion that is afraid of science dishonors God and commits suicide.”
Emerson

Religion Class

The English word "religion" is derived from the Middle English "religioun" which came from the Old French "religion." It may have been originally derived from the Latin word "religo" which means "good faith," "ritual," and other similar meanings. Or it may have come from the Latin "religăre" which means "to tie fast." Defining the word "religion" is fraught with difficulty. Many attempts have been made. Most seem to focus on too narrowly only a few aspects of religion; they tend to exclude those religions that do not fit well. As Kile Jones wrote in his essay on defining religion... Source: Religious Tolerance

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Major Religions Map

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Purple Christianity, Green Islam, Blue Judaism, Red Hinduism,

Gold Buddhism, Brown Chinese Religion (Confucianism, Tao etc)

Black Tribalism, Gray Non-Religion  Source: Wikipedia

Statistics of Religion

World Population: 6.671 billion

Religion

Membership*

% of World Pop

Wikipedia Pages

Christianity

1.923 billion

24.54% - 28.82%

Countries

Islam

1.559 billion

22.752% - 23.312%

Countries

Buddhism

1.512 billion

7.33% - 22.67%

Countries

Hinduism

971 million

14.47% - 14.55%

Countries

* Numbers are estimates in the upper range Source: Wikipedia
Religion Adherents
Christianity 2.1 billion
Islam 1.5 billion
Secularism/irreligious/agnostic/atheism 1.1 billion
Hinduism 900 million
Chinese traditional religion 394 million
Buddhism 376 million
Primal-indigenous 300 million
African traditional/diasporic 100 million
Sikhism 23 million
Juche 19 million
Spiritism 15 million
Judaism 14 million
Bahá'í Faith 7 million
Jainism 4.2 million
Cao Dai 4 million
Zoroastrianism 2.6 million
Tenrikyo 2 million
Neo-Paganism 1 million
Unitarian-Universalism 800,000
Rastafari Movement 600,000
Scientology 500,000
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