Religion
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Religion is a difficult thing to define precisely, since it is a subjective thing itself.
MacMillian defines it as “a belief in a god or gods, or a particular system of belief in a
god or gods.
” Religions normally offer some explanation...
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Religion
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Religion is a difficult thing to define precisely, since it is a subjective thing itself.
MacMillian defines it as “a belief in a god or gods, or a particular system of belief in a
god or gods.
” Religions normally offer some explanation of how the earth was
created, and by whom.
Although there are literally hundreds of religions in the world today, the top 6 most
practiced religions are, in order of popularity: Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism,
Sikhism, and Judaism.
Although statistics vary, there is said to be approximately
2,100,000,000 Christians, 1.
3 billion Muslims, 850,000,000 Hindus, 381 million
Buddhists, 25 million Sikhs, and 14,800,000 Jews.
There is an estimated population
of 850,000,000 agnostic or atheist people in the world today.
As of March 2010, the
United States Census Bureau estimates the world s population to be about
6,809,000,000.
The rest of the world adheres to minor or regional religions.
As stated
earlier, Chri
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