There are over 4,200 religions in the world today among which we are listing the 5 Most
Powerful Religions in the world.
Not ranked in order
Question: What is your religion?
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5.
Buddhism World estimates for Buddhism total at 488
million.
Buddhists do not worship any gods or God.
People outside of Buddhism often think that Buddhists worship the Buddha.
However, the Buddha (Siddhartha Gautama) never claimed to be divine, but rather he is viewed
by Buddhists as having attained what they are also striving to attain, which is spiritual
enlightenment and, with it, freedom from the continuous cycle of life and death.
Buddhism was founded in India about 2,500 years ago and has around 500 million followers
today.
1.
Islam Islam began about 1400 years ago in what is
now Saudi Arabia by Prophet Muhammad and has become a powerful world religion.
Islam is the only religion in the world that is growing faster than the entire world’s
population?
It's believed that Islam will be the largest religion in the world by 2070.
The Muslim population is expected to grow by 73% between 2010 and 2050, compared to
35% for Christians, the next fastest growing religion.
Muslims are expected to outnumber Christians by 2070.
In 2010 there were 1.6billion Muslims in the world and by 2050, there will be 2.76billion
Muslims.
2.
Christianity Christianity began about 2000 years ago in
what is now Israel and most of the Western world (North America, Europe and Oceania)
follow this religion which is based on the Bible.
Currently, Christianity is the world’s largest religion with over 2.4 billion followers or
what makes up 33% of the world population.
Christians believe that Jesus is the Son of God and the savior of humanity whose coming
as the Messiah or Christ) was prophesied in the Old Testament.
Another reason why Christianity stands the test of time is because it has played a very
prominent role in shaping the western civilization to what we know it to be today.
3.
Hinduism Hinduism is said to be the world’s oldest
polytheistic religions.
That big word polytheistic refers to having many gods.
Hinduism predates written history and has no single founder.
Just over 1 billion people practice Hinduism, mostly in India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Bhutan,
Nepal, Malaysia and Indonesia.
Hinduism along with Islam is expected to have a spike in the growth rate, especially with
the fascination the religion as sparked in the Western world through Yoga and other practices.
However not as fast as Islam.
The reason why Muslims are expected to grow faster than Hindus is because they have younger
converts which means that women will more likely bring more children with the Islamic
faith into the world.
Muslim women have an average of 3.2 children per woman, compared with 2.5 for Hindus and
2.3 for Christians.
4.
Chinese Traditional Religion Chinese traditional religion or Confucianism
has over 350 million followers all over the world making it one of largest religions in
the world.
You will often find that people refer to this religion as Taoism.
The four major religions and philosophies found in China are: 1.
Confucianism 2) Taoism 3) Buddhism, and 4) folk religion---
And these can be seen as individual religions or components of a broader belief system.
The traditional religions of China are Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism.
However Confucianism in itself is not exactly a religion, although some have tried to attach
rituals and religious qualities to it.
It's more accurately a philosophy and system of ethical conduct that since the fifth century
B.C. has guided China..
Many Chinese switch between Taoism, Buddhism, folk religion and other beliefs and practices,
depending
on
the situation.