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Religion

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Religious Tolerance http.religioustolerance.org:
a great objective site with lots of good information

Major Religions of the World
Ranked by Number of Adherents (2002)
more statistics in the statistics section

      1. Christianity: 2 billion
      2. Islam: 1.3 billion
      3. Hinduism: 900 million
      4. Secular/Nonreligious/Agnostic/Atheist: 850 million
      5. Buddhism: 360 million
      6. Chinese traditional religion: 225 million
      7. primal-indigenous: 150 million
      8. African Traditional & Diasporic: 95 million
      9. Sikhism: 23 million
      10. Juche: 19 million
      11. Spiritism: 14 million
      12. Judaism: 14 million
      13. Baha'i: 6 million
      14. Jainism: 4 million
      15. Shinto: 4 million
      16. Cao Dai: 3 million
      17. Tenrikyo: 2.4 million
      18. Neo-Paganism: 1 million
      19. Unitarian-Universalism: 800 thousand
      20. Rastafarianism: 700 thousand
      21. Scientology: 600 thousand
      22. Zoroastrianism: 150 thousand

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CHRISTIANITY

Historical Jesus?: All claims of Jesus derive from hearsay accounts.

The Historical Jesus and non-gospel sources

Saul (Paul) of Tarsus and Christ's Blood: A page worth reading. The Apostle Paul combined Judaic Jesus with Mithraism to create Christianity.

FRONTLINE: From Jesus to Christ -The first Christians
PBS special about Jesus and early christians.

In search of Jesus (ABC NEWS)
A journalist’s exploration of the historical figure of Jesus.

 

 

"I have never seen the slightest scientific proof of the religious ideas of heaven and hell, of future life for individuals, or of a personal God." - Thomas Edison (more in Great Minds)