View what happens in one second, each and every second, on the Internet This is a listing of the major religions of the world, ranked
by number of adherents.
^ «Major Religions of the World Ranked
by Number of Adherents».
But can one judge «success»
by numbers of adherents?
Not exact matches
Precise statistics on the
number of adherents within each church are difficult to come
by.
depending on your criteria (if you go
by cultural influence or
numbers of adherents), a case could be made that it's the clearest book in history.
For many groups, these
numbers provide a fairly accurate county -
by - county picture, but to the extent that a group provided sketchy data (lots
of round
numbers always raise questions) or no data at all, these «
adherent»
numbers fail to reflect the actual religious composition
of a given area.
I suspect that a
number of these conclusions are shared
by many middle -
of - the - roaders who have thought
of themselves as just - war
adherents.
Hayek, subsequently, had a long period in the intellectual wilderness, moving from the UK to the US, and was mostly ignored except
by a small
number of adherents.
(2) For the purposes
of this section, a person publishes or utters blasphemous matter if --(a) he or she publishes or utters matter that is grossly abusive or insulting in relation to matters held sacred
by any religion, thereby causing outrage among a substantial
number of the
adherents of that religion, and (b) he or she intends,
by the publication or utterance
of the matter concerned, to cause such outrage.
«Blasphemous matter» is defined as matter «that is grossly abusive or insulting in relation to matters held sacred
by any religion, thereby causing outrage among a substantial
number of the
adherents of that
«Blasphemous matter» is defined as matter «that is grossly abusive or insulting in relation to matters held sacred
by any religion, thereby causing outrage among a substantial
number of the
adherents of that religion; and he or she intends,
by the publication
of the matter concerned, to cause such outrage.»