Spirituality
12 Jan 10
12 Jan 10
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_religious_populations
Wikipedia lists Christianity as having 2.1 billion members. Islam is second, with 1.5 billion. Do you know who's third? Go on, guess. It's the burgeoning 'Secularist/Irreligious/Agnostic/Atheist' group, with 1.1 billion people worldwide. Woo hoo!
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
Animist religions 300 million
African traditional/diasporic religions 100 million
Sikhism 23 million
Juche 19 million
Spiritism 15 million
Judaism 14 million
Bahá'í Faith 7 million
Jainism 4.2 million
Shinto 4 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 25,000 to 55,000
12 Jan 10
Originally posted by rwingett1.1 billion people can't be wrong.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_religious_populations
Wikipedia lists Christianity as having 2.1 billion members. Islam is second, with 1.5 billion. Do you know who's third? Go on, guess. It's the burgeoning 'Secularist/Irreligious/Agnostic/Atheist' group, with 1.1 billion people worldwide. Woo hoo!
Christianity 2.1 billion
Islam 1.5 billion ...[text shortened]... Unitarian Universalism 800,000
Rastafari Movement 600,000
Scientology 25,000 to 55,000
13 Jan 10
Originally posted by rwingettI'm lazy and didn't add it up, so can you tell me if those figures account for everyone on the planet?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_religious_populations
Wikipedia lists Christianity as having 2.1 billion members. Islam is second, with 1.5 billion. Do you know who's third? Go on, guess. It's the burgeoning 'Secularist/Irreligious/Agnostic/Atheist' group, with 1.1 billion people worldwide. Woo hoo!
Christianity 2.1 billion
Islam 1.5 billion ...[text shortened]... Unitarian Universalism 800,000
Rastafari Movement 600,000
Scientology 25,000 to 55,000
13 Jan 10
Originally posted by rwingettwell if wikipedia says so it must be true.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_religious_populations
Wikipedia lists Christianity as having 2.1 billion members. Islam is second, with 1.5 billion. Do you know who's third? Go on, guess. It's the burgeoning 'Secularist/Irreligious/Agnostic/Atheist' group, with 1.1 billion people worldwide. Woo hoo!
Christianity 2.1 billion
Islam 1.5 billion ...[text shortened]... Unitarian Universalism 800,000
Rastafari Movement 600,000
Scientology 25,000 to 55,000
do you know who enters the "Secularist/Irreligious/Agnostic/Atheist"? people unregistered in any religion. i might be considered in that group too because i haven't gone to church in a zilion years. and even then i haven't signed any guest book. that if they really base their statistic on something. more likely they simply get a statistic together which is really hard to do worldwide and put forth some numbers.
so first you would have to get a better source than wikipedia. then you would have to post how the study was made. and then you would have to draw some worthwile conclusion. "atheism is third" has what value exactly? that you lose to islam and christianity? that there are a lot of you? or it's simply spam?
13 Jan 10
Originally posted by wolfgang59bad to see even 55k scientologists. i am a glass half empty kind of guy. well not really but in this case i am
Good to see less than 55,000 Scientollogists!! 😀
Dont belive the Christianity figure. My parents always put down CofE but were non-belivers. I remember putting CofE on my first job application (atheist was not an option)
13 Jan 10
Originally posted by ZahlanziIt has value because it wasn't that long ago persons could be executed for blasphemy. Take the case of poor old Thomas Aikenhead from 1697, a 19yr old student from Edinburgh who claimed amongst friends -
well if wikipedia says so it must be true.
do you know who enters the "Secularist/Irreligious/Agnostic/Atheist"? people unregistered in any religion. i might be considered in that group too because i haven't gone to church in a zilion years. and even then i haven't signed any guest book. that if they really base their statistic on something. more likely ...[text shortened]... hat you lose to islam and christianity? that there are a lot of you? or it's simply spam?
that theology was a rhapsody of ill-invented nonsense, patched up partly of the moral doctrines of philosophers, and partly of poetical fictions and extravagant chimeras
He was hung. The Church of Scotlands General Assembly who could have spared his life urged vigorous execution to curb the abounding of impiety and profanity in this land.[/i]
Thankfully this doesn't happen anymore in the UK.
13 Jan 10
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Originally posted by Proper Knobi dont think that he was particularly irreligious Noobster, although i could be wrong, was he not specifically anti trinitarian? there is a monument to him at Dumbarton castle, which i have visited.
It has value because it wasn't that long ago persons could be executed for blasphemy. Take the case of poor old Thomas Aikenhead from 1697, a 19yr old student from Edinburgh who claimed amongst friends -
that theology was a rhapsody of ill-invented nonsense, patched up partly of the moral doctrines of philosophers, and partly of poetical fictions ...[text shortened]... f impiety and profanity in this land.
Thankfully this doesn't happen anymore in the UK.
13 Jan 10
Originally posted by ZahlanziThe point is that atheists are among the fastest growing segments of the world population and that they will continue to grow. The various sundry religions of the world are losing the battle for the hearts and minds of its populace. It is only a matter of time before their superstitious and supernatural falderal becomes increasingly less common. The Dark Ages are finally coming to an end.
well if wikipedia says so it must be true.
do you know who enters the "Secularist/Irreligious/Agnostic/Atheist"? people unregistered in any religion. i might be considered in that group too because i haven't gone to church in a zilion years. and even then i haven't signed any guest book. that if they really base their statistic on something. more likely ...[text shortened]... hat you lose to islam and christianity? that there are a lot of you? or it's simply spam?
13 Jan 10
Originally posted by robbie carrobieSorry i forget to post the website.
i dont think that he was particularly irreligious Noobster, although i could be wrong, was he not specifically anti trinitarian? there is a monument to him at Dumbarton castle, which i have visited.
http://www25.uua.org/uuhs/duub/articles/thomasaikenhead.html
13 Jan 10
Originally posted by Proper Knobso the fact that people don't get hung anymore because they are atheist has what to do with there being so many atheists? (ignoring the fact he still hasn't produced some info on how the study was made)
It has value because it wasn't that long ago persons could be executed for blasphemy. Take the case of poor old Thomas Aikenhead from 1697, a 19yr old student from Edinburgh who claimed amongst friends -
that theology was a rhapsody of ill-invented nonsense, patched up partly of the moral doctrines of philosophers, and partly of poetical fictions ...[text shortened]... f impiety and profanity in this land.
Thankfully this doesn't happen anymore in the UK.
by your argument, scientologists should and will get hung until they number a billion or so. it has nothing to do that we in general are more tolerant of different ideas.