Overall world population, there are 85% people who are religious and 15% are non religious.
Worldwide, tremendous diversity exists in religious beliefs and
practices. Overall, about 85 percent of the world's population adheres
to some religion; only about 15 percent is nonreligious. This level of
adherence changes over time, and also varies by country age group. In
the United States today, those by country and age group. In the United
States today, those who are nonreligious account less than 10 percent of
the population; in 1900, however, they constituted a mere 1.3 percent
of all Americans. And in 2004, 25 percent of incoming U.S. college
students said, they either were not interested in spiritual or religious
matters of had significant doubts (Barrett et al. 2005; Higher
Education Research Institute 2005; Sax et al. 2005).
Christianity
is the largest single faith in the world; the second largest is Islam.
Although global news events often suggest an inherent conflict between
Christians and Muslims, the two faiths are similar in many ways. Both
are monotheistic (that is, based on a single deity); both include a
belief in prophets, an afterlife, and a judgment day. In fact, Islam
recognize Jesus as a prophet, thought not the son of God. Both faiths
impose a moral code on believers, which varies from fairly rigid
proscriptions for fundamentalists to relatively relaxed guidelines for
liberals
The followers of Islam, called Muslims, believe that
Islam's holy scriptures were received from Allah (God) by the prophet
Muhammad nearly 1,400 years ago. They see Muhammad as the last long line
of prophets, preceded by Adam, Abraham, Moses, and Jesus. Islam is more
communal in its expression than Christianity, particularly the more
individualistic Protestant denominations. Consequently, in countries
that are predominantly Muslim, the separation of religion and the state
is not considered necessary or even desirable. In fact, Muslim
governments often reinforce Islamic practices through their laws.
Muslims do vary sharply in their interpretation of several traditions,
some of which ---- such as the wearing of veils by women --- are, more
cultural than religious in origin.
Like Christianity and Islam,
Judaism in monotheistic. Jews believe that God's true nature is revealed
in the Torah, which Christians know as the first five books of the Old
Testament. According to these scriptures, God formed a covenant, or
pact, with Abraham and Sarah, the ancestors of the tribes of Israel.
Even Today, Jews believes, this covenant holds them accountable to God's
will. If they follow both the letter and spirit of the Torah , a long -
awaited Messiah will one day bring paradise to earth.
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