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[edit] What's "Chinese Religion"? Buddhist numbers flawed
...on the map explanations (see on the right)?
-- megA (talk) 15:03, 27 September 2011 (UTC)
EDIT: Oh, it's Chinese Folk Religions! But what about Buddhism (any vehicle) in China? -- megA (talk) 15:08, 27 September 2011 (UTC)
- It doesn't matter, the whole table is poorly cited nonsense. Shii (tock) 15:23, 27 September 2011 (UTC)
Buddhist numbers are listed here as 400-500 million. I find this rather questionable since there are an estimated 660-1000 million Buddhists in China alone. Also, the references provided do not support the 400-500 stated here. The BBC article states 1.5 billion, the CIA factbook does not provide a total count of followers, and the other source is from 1986 (world population has risen by 2 billion since then). — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.200.32.44 (talk) 23:42, 5 November 2011 (UTC)
[edit] Omg
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[edit] Scientology?
Theres a notable amount of scientologists (I think I read a million at some point), and they seem to believe that they are a religion, why isn't it included here? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Deadagain33 (talk • contribs) 12:45, 2 October 2011 (UTC)
Also to be noted is that Wicca is a Folk religion not "new religious movements" and Universal Unitarians are based in the Abrahamic religions. 207.119.20.171 (talk) 20:42, 22 December 2011 (UTC)C. Loy
[edit] In what sense is this paragraph "neutral"???
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- "Even through the late 19th century, it was common for Christians to view these "pagan" sects as dead traditions which preceded Christianity, "the final, complete word of God". This in no way reflected the reality of religious experience: Christians supposed these traditions to have maintained themselves in an unchanging state since whenever they were "invented", but actually all traditions survived in the words and deeds of people, some of whom could make radical new inventions without needing to create a new sect. The biggest problem in this approach was the existence of Islam, a religion which had been "founded" after Christianity, and which had been experienced by Christians as intellectual and material prosperity. By the 19th century, however, it was possible to dismiss Islam as a revelation of "the letter, which killeth", given to savage desert nomads."
Uh, this is a "point of view" being endorsed here. It's nowhere close to being written "neutrally". Masazawa may be quoted for his hypothesis, but this needs to be rewritten with sources giving other viewpoints as well. Til Eulenspiegel (talk) 18:17, 13 October 2011 (UTC)
- I totally agree, it is definitely a POV paragraph and needs to be rewritten. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Millertime246 (talk • contribs) 23:59, 5 November 2011 (UTC)
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- The paragraph reproduces common sense in religious history. --Saint-Louis (talk) 23:47, 16 November 2011 (UTC)
[edit] Jewish dispora
This line said "the worldwide Jewish diaspora (mostly North America, South America, Europe, and Asia)". Except that 0.2% of the world's population is Jewish, and 0.5% of Australia's population is. Which would leave us naming 5 of the 6 populated continents, so I deleted the parenthetical part.--Prosfilaes (talk) 07:08, 2 December 2011 (UTC)
