Hej Treram!Selv om nogle måske tror, at det er noget jeg har drømt, så bygger jeg selvfølgelig mine tal på en opgørelse/census. Faktisk en fra år 2000.
Som tidligere statistiker i et af verdens store multinationale selskaber gennem 10 år ved jeg selvfølgelig godt, at man skal være forsigtig med statistik. Selv om nogle tror, at det blot er den groveste form for løgn, så er megen statistik da et udmærket værktøj, når man skal at vurdere forskellige parametre, så man bedre kan planlægge for fremtiden.
Tallene på verdensbasis for religiøst tilhørsforholdd ser således ud:
Kristne - 2.039 mia (faldende) 32%
Islam - 1.226 mia (voksende) 19%
Hinduisme - 828 mio (stabil) 13%
Uden religion - 775 mio (faldende) 12%
Kinesiske folkereligioner - 390 mio 6%
Buddhisme - 364 mio (stabil) 6%
Stammerereligioner, Shamanism, Animisme, Prehistory Oral tradition - 232 million 4%
Ateister - 150 mio 2%
Nyreligiøse, diverse - 103 mio. 2%
Sikhism - 23.8 million <1%
Judaisme - 14.5 million <1%
Spiritisme - 12.6 million <1%
Baha'i troen - 7.4 million <1%
Confucianisme - 6.3 million <1%
Jainism 4.3 million - <1%
Zoroastrianism 2.7 - million <1%
Shinto 2.7 million - <1%
Taoism 2.7 million - <1%
Diverse andre - 1.1 million <1%
Wicca - 0.5 million? <1%
Note til tallene: Number of adherents of world religions:
According to David Barrett et al, editors of the "World Christian Encyclopedia: A comparative survey of churches and religions - AD 30 to 2200," there are 19 major world religions which are subdivided into a total of 270 large religious groups, and many smaller ones. 34,000 separate Christian groups have been identified in the world. "Over half of them are independent churches that are not interested in linking with the big denominations." Most people in the world follow one of the religions listed in the table below. Included is the name of the religion, the approximate date of its origin, its main sacred or ethical texts (if any) and its estimated numerical strength (both in absolute numbers and as a percentage of the world's population.)
These data are based on census or public opinion data. Thus, a person is considered to be of a particular religion if they say that they are of that faith. Thus, about 75% of the adults in both the U.S. and Canada are Christians. Many individuals and religious groups have much more strict definitions for membership. Many conservative Christians believe that one has to be "born again" in order to be counted as a Christian. Using this definition, only about 35% of Americans would be counted as Christians. This difference in definitions between conservative Christians and the rest of the population causes much confusion. Some of the approximately 1,000 Christian faith groups in the U.S. and Canada believe themselves to be the only true Christian denomination. Thus, depending on the definition used, the percentage of Christians in the U.S. are between 0.1 and 75% of the total population.
At lade sekter løse definitionsproblemet ud fra deres subjektive synsvinkel er nok at lade ræven vogte høns. Jehovas Vidner regner således sig selv som de eneste sande kristne, mens JV officielt i DK er klassificeret som et
"kristendomsinspireret trossamfund", og netop
IKKE et kristent trossamfund.
Faktisk har jeg baseret baseret mit 90% skøn på den efterfølgende
"lagkage" der opdeler tingene mere simpelt:
Her udgør ateisterne 2,5% mens gruppen
"Ikke-religiøse" udgør 12,7% - Altså
15,2%, der kan betegnes som ikke at dyrke religion.
Det er således muligt, at jeg skyder lidt højt med mine 90%. Det er nok sikrere at sige, at tallet ligger på godt 80%, men nok med stigende tendens, så skal vi sige ca. 85% i dag.
Ingen kan vel sige det med sikkerhed, men her er hvad jeg bygger min vurdering på.
Link:
http://www.religioustolerance.org/worldrel.htmHilsen
Ipso Faccto