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Table of World Religions

Religion Name	Date Started	Sacred Books & Text	No. of Adherents	% of World
Christianity	30 CE	The Bible	2,039 million believers	32% (dropping)
Islam	622 CE	Qur'an & Hadith	1,226 million believers	19% (growing)
Hinduism	1,500 BCE with truly ancient roots	Bhagavad-Gita, Upanishads, & Rig Veda	828 million believers	13% (stable)
Non religious	-	None	775 million believers	12% (dropping)
Buddhism	523 BCE	The Tripitaka & Sutras	364 million believers	6% (stable)
Chinese folk religion	270 BCE	None	390 million believers	6%
Tribal Religions, Shamanism, Animism	Prehistory	Oral tradition	232 million believers	4%
Atheists	No date	None	150 million believers	2%
New religions	Various	Various	103 million believers	2%
Baha'i Faith	1863 CE	Alkitab Alaqdas	7.4 million believers	1%
Confucianism	520 BCE	Lun Yu	6.3 million believers	1%
Jainism	570 BCE	Siddhanta, Pakrit	4.3 million believers	1%
Judaism	Note 3	Torah, Tanach, & Talmud	14.5 million believers	1%
Sikhism	1500 CE	Guru Granth Sahib	23.8 million believers	1%
Shinto	500 CE	Kojiki, Nohon Shoki	2.7 million believers	1%
Spiritism			12.6 million believers	1%
Taoism	550 BCE	Tao-te-Ching	2.7 million believers	1%
Other	Various	Various	1.1 million believers	1%
Wicca	800 BCE, 1940 CE	None	0.5 million believers?	1%
Zoroastrianism	600 to 6000 BCE	Avesta	2.7 million believers	1%

Saturday, July 18, 2009