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Quote by: RealRockingham  Am I the only one slightly.... irritated that they went up to top 6, not top 5 religions, just so they could include Judaism? Seriously, if Judaism had been no 5, they wouldn't have bothered going up to 6 to include Sikhism. Really, a logical number to go up to was 10, but no, they only wanted to include the "biggies" which Judaism is ironically part of while Sikhism isn't. In any case, their is a FAR more detailed analysis of world adherance then that, at THIS SITE: Major Religions Ranked by Size
Ha, besides that, the site Techno mentioned mentions neither Juche or Chinese traditional religion, both of which are larger then Judaism. |
You are right, I think the webpage you found is a better one, with more details.
However I acturally doubt if they know the numbers for some religions.
For example the New Age religion is made up of many of the other religions mentioned.
Some of the fastest growing ones are the nature based religions such as Wiccan, Native American, New Age, Shamanism, which religions also embrace Taosim (book of nature) into their fold. And Ufology is one of the last new religions and it is getting more popular.
However these do not fall under the same class as "organized religion" and so they do not have "memberships" that can be counted by such collectors of data. Being more for the sake of being spiritual rather then for promoting moral codes.
I find the diversity not only interesting but useful but I guess most people in this forum find it disturbing and cause for resentment.