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Unbelief is now the world’s third-largest’religion’
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Contributor | Homegrown Democrat |
Last Edited | Homegrown Democrat Dec 18, 2012 07:05pm |
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Author | Kimberly Winston |
Media | Newspaper - Washington Post |
News Date | Tuesday, December 18, 2012 09:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
Description | A new report on global religious identity shows that while Christians and Muslims make up the two largest groups, those with no religious affiliation — including atheists and agnostics — are now the third-largest “religious” group in the world.
The study, released Tuesday (Dec. 18) by the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life, found that more than eight in 10 (84 percent) of the world’s 7 billion people adheres to some form of religion. Christians make up the largest group, with 2.2 billion adherents, or 23 percent worldwide, followed by Muslims, with 1.6 billion adherents, or 23 percent worldwide.
Close behind are the “nones” — those who say they have no religious affiliation or say they do not believe in God — at 1. 1 billion, or 16 percent. That means that about the same number of people who identify as Catholics worldwide say they have no religion. |
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