Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site stcvax.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!cbdkc1!desoto!cord!hudson!ihnp1!ihnp4!zehntel!dual!amd!pesnta!hplabs!hao!stcvax!lat From: lat@stcvax.UUCP (Larry Tepper) Newsgroups: net.religion Subject: Re: Proof by vote? Message-ID: <334@stcvax.UUCP> Date: Wed, 5-Dec-84 15:50:20 EST Article-I.D.: stcvax.334 Posted: Wed Dec 5 15:50:20 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 7-Dec-84 05:40:38 EST References: <674@ames.UUCP> Organization: Storage Technology Corp. Louisville, CO Lines: 50 > From: barry@ames.UUCP (Kenn Barry) > [] >> From Yirmiyahu Ben-David: > > > If the numbers correspond to what is right in your mind then you had better > > convert to the Moslem faith since they FAR outnumber Christians. > Last I heard, Moslems were ~1/5 of the world's population, Christians > ~1/3. Has this changed? The following table is excerpted (and sorted) from the 1983 edition of The World Almanac and Book of Facts. The almanac's source was the 1982 Encyclopedia Britannica Book of the Year. Religion Population Total Christian 997,783,000 Muslim 592,158,000 Roman Catholic 580,062,000 Hindu 481,241,000 Protestant 343,547,000 Buddhist 256,387,000 Confucian 154,080,000 Eastern Orthodox 74,174,000 Shinto 58,154,000 Taoist 30,286,000 Jewish 14,685,000 Zoroastrian 276,000 Total 2,585,050,000 World Population 4,495,000,000 Some notes from the Almanac: Total Christian = Roman Catholic + Protestant + Eastern Orthodox. The Protestant figure (outside of Europe) included "full members" (adults) rather than all baptized persons and are not comparable to those of ethnic religions or churches counting all adherents. According to the Islamic Center, Washington, D. C., there are 1 billion Muslims worldwide. Based on that last value there (i. e. world population) the most popular category would be "don't know or don't care" or perhaps they're uncounted druids. -- One of the survivors... {ihnp4 hao philabs sdcrdcf ucbvax!nbires}!stcvax!lat Larry Tepper Storage Technology, MD-3T, Louisville, CO 80028 303-673-5435