In the world, the population count is
6,697,254,041 - 2008Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators and the web site http://www.wholesomewords.org/missions/greatc.html
Major Religions of the World (mid-2007)2
| Christians Total | 2,199,817,400 |
| 1. Roman Catholics | 1,121,516,000 |
| 2. Independents* | 433,096,000 |
| 3. Protestants | 381,811,000 |
| 4. Orthodox | 233,146,000 |
| 5. Anglicans | 82,586,000 |
| Muslims | 1,387,454,500 |
| Hindus | 875,726,000 |
| Chinese universists | 385,621,500 |
| Buddhists | 385,609,000 |
| Sikhs | 22,927,500 |
| Jews | 14,956,000 |
*This term denotes members of Christian churches and networks that regard themselves as postdenominationalist and neo-apostolic and thus independent of historic, mainstream, organized, institutionalized, confessional, denominationalist Christianity.
So looking at above stats, 1,056,309,000 are Christians but not Roman Catholics Christians.... I wonder the trend? over the last 10 years (and if projections can validly be made)? I was surprised by the large number of Muslims in the world.
Interestingly 5,324,449,500 = the number counted populated in the major religions in the world but the world population count is LOL=6,697,254,041 so the number of those not counted in the above religion distribution is 1,372,804,541 (or 20.5%) of the total world population who have their own convictions and spirituality expressed privately and not in the above role call list.
There also seems to be much confusion about the meaning(s) Universalists denotes/connotes, and some are equating it to Unitarian Universalism ... I believe the 2 are not the same.
My view of being a Universalist is the same as Gandhi's and the Hindu with modern China nuances. I also believe any future progress of today's world religions must be downward compatible (meaning must not repudiate or diminish previous history religion's status) and at the same time provide for satisfying the needs of future requirements, facilitating spiritual enlightenment and growth both individually and collectively in the world.
Hindu.... Universalism denotes the ideology that all religions are true and therefore worthy of toleration and respect. Veneration for all other religions was articulated by Gandhi:
Interestingly 5,324,449,500 = the number counted populated in the major religions in the world but the world population count is LOL=6,697,254,041 so the number of those not counted in the above religion distribution is 1,372,804,541 (or 20.5%) of the total world population who have their own convictions and spirituality expressed privately and not in the above role call list.
There also seems to be much confusion about the meaning(s) Universalists denotes/connotes, and some are equating it to Unitarian Universalism ... I believe the 2 are not the same.
My view of being a Universalist is the same as Gandhi's and the Hindu with modern China nuances. I also believe any future progress of today's world religions must be downward compatible (meaning must not repudiate or diminish previous history religion's status) and at the same time provide for satisfying the needs of future requirements, facilitating spiritual enlightenment and growth both individually and collectively in the world.
Hindu.... Universalism denotes the ideology that all religions are true and therefore worthy of toleration and respect. Veneration for all other religions was articulated by Gandhi:
and China....http://www.springerlink.com/content/0u2287x315138673/Universalism can be defined as the belief in the universal application of certain knowledge, world-views and value-views. Universalism has often been confused with Occident-centrism, due to the fact that the latter was used to justify the former, which confused the content of a thought with the social condition that gave rise to the thought.
My definition of Universalist is that it is a global macro and not a local one sustaining and assisting individual spiritual evolvement of self and the society in which they live. It is not possible to have spiritual growth piecemeal.... it necessarily involves the whole person. Today, persons function well in a global context via Google, the Internet, the personal computers, smart phones, and other technology for communication and enterprise.
The Universalist is the only religion all inclusive of other persons' choice to believe (their innate right and not just man made government provisional right), and Universalist includes the 20.5% not affiliated with the listed world religions. The essence of Universalist belief is the individual's right to choose and define their deity/divinity or none for as it is written in the Bible, God said "Thou Mayst".. those are the 2 most important words in the bible. (Deuteronomy Chapter XXX verse 20 .... That thou mayst love the Lord, thy God, and that thou mayst obey his voice, and that thou mayst cleave unto him, (for he is thy life and the length of thy days) bible source website http://books.google.com/books?id=OT9bAAAAQAAJ&pg=RA1-PA61&lpg=RA1-PA61&dq=thou+mayst+choose+good+over+evil&source=bl&ots=xY-rU6785p&sig=U9XB-E3nWLxlI-JyYQU1bVBNnrI&hl=en&ei=IRbgTIGcIIfCsAPE_YzuCg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=7&ved=0CDYQ6AEwBg#v=onepage&q=thou%20mayst%20choose%20good%20over%20evil&f=false
Yoli Poli,
Pudding and Pie,
Maybe Holy,
Telling no lie.
Yoli Poli,
Screaming did Die,
Holy Moli,
Laughing on High....
.....“Souli Yoli,
Laying so Still,
Go Ye Holy,
Knowing you Will”.
(YMM)
Yoli Poli,
Screaming did Die,
Holy Moli,
Laughing on High....
.....“Souli Yoli,
Laying so Still,
Go Ye Holy,
Knowing you Will”.
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