Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!mips!dimacs.rutgers.edu!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: JMK5@ns.cc.lehigh.edu (J. Michael Kafes) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: RELIGIOUS STATS (was Re: Christians a dying breed?) Message-ID: Date: 14 May 91 07:33:19 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Lines: 24 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu [In response to J. Michael Kafes' posting of membership figures for various religions, Don Hosek wondered whether Baha'i was being counted as part of Islam, and whether "Christians" included Roman Catholics, etc. --clh] A clarification is necessary here. The Baha'i Faith is not a sect of Islam, but grew out of Islam in much the same way that Christianity out of Judaism. >> Christians 1,711,897,000 251 >> Roman Catholics 971,702,000 242 >> Protestants 351,220,000 230 >> Anglicans 71,209,300 148 Another clarification: By "Christians" is meant all Christians (1,711,897,000), which can be broken down into Roman Catholics (971,702,000), Protestants (351,220,000), Anglicans (71,209,300), Orthodox Christians (163,622,700), and a last category which I did not include in my previous post "Other" Christians (154,143,000). You should notice that the sum of the parts equal the total. I hope this clears things up a bit. Michael Kafes