The Bane of Monotheism
Against Single-God Religions
https://www.vexen.co.uk/religion/index.html
By Vexen Crabtree 2010
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World Population by Religion (2005)
| Islam | |||
| Links: Pages on Islam | |||
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| God(s) | |||
| Adherent | Muslim | ||
| Adherents | Muslims | ||
| Texts | Qur'an and Hadiths | ||
| Afterlife | Heaven or hell | ||
| Founding | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Heritage | Judaism | ||
| Area of Origin | Saudi Arabia | ||
| When | 610 | ||
| Founder | By Muhammad | ||
| Numbers in the UK (Census results) | |||
| 2001 | 1.547 million | 2011 | 2.7 million |
| Muslims Worldwide (Pew & WM) | |||
| World: 20.1%. Mauritania (99%), Tunisia (99%), Yemen (99%), Iran (99%), Iraq (99%), Morocco (99%), Western Sahara (99%), Afghanistan (99%), Somalia (99%), Mayotte (98.6%) 1 | |||
| Christianity | |||
| Links: Pages on Christianity | |||
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| God(s) | |||
| Adherent | Christian | ||
| Adherents | Christians | ||
| Texts | The Bible | ||
| Afterlife | Heaven or hell | ||
| Founding | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Heritage | Judaism2 and paganism3 | ||
| Area of Origin | Roman Empire | ||
| When | 1st-3rd centuryCE | ||
| Founder | By multiple Greek writers, including St Paul | ||
| Numbers in the UK (Census results) | |||
| 2001 | 42.08 million | 2011 | 33.2 million |
| Christians Worldwide (Pew & WM) | |||
| World: 33.2%. Timor-Leste (East Timor) (99%), Papua New Guinea (99%), Romania (99%), Tokelau (99%), Vatican City (99%), Tonga (98.9%), Armenia (98.5%), American Samoa (98.3%), Faroe Islands (98%), Zambia (97.6%) 1 | |||
| Judaism | |||
| Links: Pages on Judaism | |||
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| God(s) | |||
| Adherent | Jew | ||
| Adherents | Jews | ||
| Texts | Tanakh and Talmud | ||
| Afterlife | Yes | ||
| Founding | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Heritage | Prehistoric | ||
| Area of Origin | Babylon (mostly - now Iraq) and Israel | ||
| When | 1st millennium BCE | ||
| Founder | As a combination of prehistoric practices which became organized in Babylon | ||
| Numbers in the UK (Census results) | |||
| 2001 | 259 927 | 2011 | 263 000 |
| Jews Worldwide (Pew & WM) | |||
| World: 0.225%. Israel (75.6%), Gibraltar (2.1%), USA (1.8%), Monaco (1.7%), Belize (1%), Canada (1%), Cayman Islands (0.8%), Bahrain (0.6%), Moldova (0.6%), UK (0.5%), Australia (0.5%), Argentina (0.5%), France (0.5%) 1 | |||