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    List of How Many Religions in 2016

    You will surprise  when will you know about how many religions around the world in 2016 are believing on same Almighty.


    79 entries are listed here. It is simply impossible to list all varieties of religion1. Items in lower case are classes of religion and not actual religions. For example, "theism" is any religion that contains god(s), and "polytheism" is a form of theism.


    Name
    Description
    God(s)?
    Afterlife?
    Holy Texts?
    agnosticism
    Belief that (1) God, if it exists, is by nature unknowable and will always be unknowable, or, (2) that the individual being asked cannot conclude if god exists or not for lack of evidence one way or the other
    Atheist/monotheist
    Not defined
    None
    Amish
    Peaceful Christian fundamentalist group famous for its rejection of technology and strict adherence to OT and NT laws
    Heaven or hell
    ancestor worship
    Belief that good relations need to be kept with tribal ancestor spirits. Often a form of Shamanism
    Not defined
    Yes
    None
    animism
    The belief that all objects contain spirits. More a traditional form of belief that a "religion" in the Western sense
    Not defined
    Not defined
    None
    Asatrú
    A modern uptake of Nordic religion
    Polytheist
    Other
    None
    Either (1) the active and extrinsic disbelief that God exists, or (2) an intrinsic lack of belief due to lack of knowledge about god(s) in local culture
    Not defined
    None
    Dangerous and violent religious community responsible for the 1995 Sarin gas attack on Tokyo's subway and other crimes. Eventually they apologized, stopped using the Bible, and formed the more prosaic group called Aleph
    Theist
    Yes
    The Bible and other
    Bahá'í Faith
    Belief that a series of prophets have come from God, and that Bahá'í is the latest religion founded by God. A liberal offshoot of Islam, but persecuted in Iran
    Yes
    Writings of founder and leaders
    Brahma Kumari
    This group are preparing to rule the world after a coming apocalypse, and embrace many practices which are now called New Age

    Writings of founder and leaders
    Apocalyptic suicide cult famed for its dramatic armed fight against authorities in the town of Waco, USA, in 1993
    Theist
    Heaven or hell
    The belief that meditation and good living can break the cycle of reincarnation and result in enlightenment
    Reincarnation until escape
    Multifaceted
    Modern reconstructions of Celtic paganism form part of the neo-pagan range of religions
    Not known

    None
    A series of civilisations on Earth have arisen but destroyed themselves in nuclear war. Each time, some faithful believers were rescued by flying saucers and put back on Earth
    Theist
    Yes

    Chinese religion
    A varied cultural religion practiced traditionally on a town-by-town and region-by-region basis
    Reincarnation until escape
    None
    Christadelphians
    Bible-based Christianity
    Heaven or hell
    Fundamentalist Anti-science flat-earth Christian cult, who also predicted the End of the World would occur 4 different times
    Theist
    Heaven or hell
    Belief that a single creator god had a son, Jesus Christ, born to a human mother, and that Jesus' crucifixion by the Romans brings salvation
    Heaven or hell
    Fundamentalist Christians active in USA, Israel and Greece who expected the end of the world in year 2000, starting with a nuclear attack on the USA, which they appeared to be trying to instigate themselves
    Theist
    Heaven or hell
    Confucianism
    A collection of ethical and moral teachings

    None
    A millenarian cult based on the belief that Jesus would return to judge survivors in 1999. Suspected of being on the verge of mass suicide after predictions of the end of the world failed in year 2000
    Theist
    Yes

    Belief in a single creator god who is not "personal" and does not have human emotions, and which many believers say does not interact with the world
    Not defined
    None
    Divine Lightmission
    A self-help religious group involving meditation, with few fixed beliefs
    Hard to tell

    None
    Druidism
    Celtic religion in prehistoric England, famous for building Stonehenge. Modern reconstructed Druidism is part of the neo-pagan range of religions
    Not known
    Not known
    None
    Druze
    A semi-secretive esoteric religion with features of a Mystery Religion

    Qur'an, Rasa'il al-hikma (Epistles of Wisdom)
    dualism
    Belief that either (1) There is a good and evil god of equal, or almost-equal power, or (2) there are two gods, such as a male and female one
    Dualist
    Not defined
    Multifaceted
    1st century Jewish Christians, possibly the earliest form of Christianity to exist

    Early version of the Gospel of Matthew
    New Age religion, a mix of Sant Mat, Theosophy and Scientology
    Reincarnation until escape
    Shariyat-Ki-Sugmad2
    The belief that we must escape from this world, which was created and is ruled by an inferior and unworthy god, and reunite with the true god
    Polytheist

    Multifaceted
    Hare Krishna
    The embracing of Krishna through correct living, honesty, spiritual life and austerity
    Polytheist
    Reincarnation until escape
    Various Indian scriptures
    Modern uptake of Nordic religion. Part of the neo-pagan range of religions
    Polytheist

    None
    Apocalyptic suicide cult who combined Biblical eschatology with New Age and ideas about UFOs. All 39 members committed suicide in San Diego, USA in 1997
    Theist
    Yes

    Cultural religion of India which was historically decentralized and disparate and not a single belief system. Western influence made it into a single religion, an identity which Hindus now accept.
    Polytheist
    Reincarnation until escape
    Multifaceted
    Sexually promiscuous group who fell foul of police suspicion. As is often the case, increasing pressure from outside resulted in the group retreating even further into insanity, and they became The Family, predicting the end of the world
    Theist
    Heaven or hell
    An organized form of atheism where moral and ethical goodness is emphasized
    None
    None
    Strict monotheism taught by Muhammad, the world's 2nd largest religion
    Heaven or hell
    Qur'an and Hadiths
    Jain
    Beliefs include non-violence and equality of all living things
    Reincarnation until escape
    Multifaceted
    A campaign saw many put this down as their religion on the UK census in 2001. Midichlorians exist in all living beings, which create a 'living force' that can be interacted with
    Animist
    Select few
    None
    Jehovah's Witnesses
    A 140-year-old Christian fundamentalist/literalist organisation famous for preaching that the world is about to end (nowadays - because of the existence of the United Nations)
    Other
    Organized Judaism emerged from Babylonian writings. Belief that God has a special contract with a Hebrew tribe, involving many specific rules of behaviour
    Yes
    Mennonite
    A Protestant Christian denomination
    Heaven or hell
    Roman mystery religion that believed that the Son of the Sun was a saviour who was sacrificed for the good of all
    Yes
    Not known
    Belief in a single creator god
    Theist
    Not defined
    Multifaceted
    Mysticism
    The belief that God is unknowable but accessible, and that doctrinal religion hampers spiritual growth
    Not defined
    Not defined
    Multifaceted
    Native American Church
    Beliefs vary from tribe to tribe and are sometimes noticeably Christian

    None
    A disparate and diverse collection of popular beliefs and practices
    Not defined
    Other
    None
    The rise secularisation has seen public and private religion decline throughout the developed world
    Not defined
    Not defined
    None
    occultism
    Normally existing within other belief systems, occult systems concentrate on esoteric meanings in texts, often with magical undertones
    Not defined
    Not defined
    Multifaceted
    Apocalyptic suicide cult, with mass suicides in Switzerland, France and Quebec, in preparation for Jesus' second coming
    Theist
    Yes
    The Bible and other
    Part of the neo-pagan range of religions
    Polytheist
    Yes
    None
    pantheism
    God is everywhere, and everything, but is not transcendent and may have no distinct consciousness

    None
    Apocalyptic suicide cult that imploded, resulting in the deaths of over 600 adults and 276 children
    Theist
    Heaven or hell
    polytheism
    Belief in multiple gods, often in some form of hierarchy
    Theist
    Not defined
    Multifaceted
    Raja Yoga
    An astika school of Hindu philosophy based around mastering and quieting the mind, involving meditation
    Polytheist

    The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali
    Rastafarian
    God (called Jah) fathered a black Jesus; marijuana use in rituals

    The Bible (generally)
    Ravidassia
    Souls are part of the divine and proper living allows us to realize God

    Amritbani Guru Ravidass Ji
    Salvation Army
    Christian organisation of evangelists organised along military lines, famous for charity work
    Heaven or hell
    Santería
    A combination of West African, Caribbean beliefs with some elements of Roman Catholicism

    None
    An atheist religion that uses dark and evil symbology for self-development and anti-religious purposes - Satan itself is not a real being, just a symbol.
    None
    Writings of founder and leaders
    Scientology
    Derived from the writings of science fiction author L. Ron Hubbard, a series of practices called Dianetics is used to clear minds of alien influences and attain a state of mental perfection
    Reincarnation
    Writings of founder and leaders
    Belief that Shamans need to keep good relations with tribal ancestor spirits for the good fortune of the whole tribe
    Not defined
    Yes
    None
    Shinto
    Official collection of practices in Japan, more cultural than religious

    Various
    Sikhism
    Prayer, meditation and self control to become a soldier of God.
    Reincarnation until escape
    Sri Guru Granth Sahib and others
    Spiritualism
    The belief that the souls of the dead communicate with the living, mostly through Mediums, but, suffered serious credibility problems with the original founders admitted to fraudulently inventing the 'rappings' that formed the communications
    Not defined
    Yes
    None
    Taoism
    A relaxed and peaceful religion based on following and accepting the flow of life
    None
    Tao Te Ching
    The belief in god(s)


    Multifaceted
    Thelema
    A magical system of discerning True Will with inspiration from a host of Egyptian gods
    Polytheist

    Book of the Law
    Theosophy
    Mired in fraud arrests and exposés, the Spiritualism scene had soured, so Madame Blavatsky reinvented her routine as a new religion, using an Indian theme.

    Yes

    Traditional African Church
    A range of Churches ranging from mostly Christian, to those mostly encapsulating native African spirituality

    Unification Church
    Sun Myung Moon embodied the Second Coming of Christ, and his commercialist church runs a media empire
    Heaven or hell
    The Bible and The Exposition of the Divine Principle
    Unitarianism
    A liberal and non-Trinitarian Christian church

    Unitarian-Universalism
    A liberal and diverse pluralist religion accepting of believers without needing them to leave their current religions
    Not defined
    Heaven or hell
    Multifaceted
    Unitas Fratrum
    A Protestant Christian denomination
    Heaven or hell
    Belief that all people go to heaven
    Theist
    Heaven or hell
    Multifaceted
    A traditional religion from Haiti with an ethical focus on combating greed and promoting honour

    None
    Neo-pagan organisation based around reconstructed elements of folklore
    Dualist
    Not defined
    None
    Witchcraft
    A description of various cultural practices, which are often part of a parent belief system
    Not defined
    Not defined
    Multifaceted
    An ancient religion. Malek Taus looks after the world with 6 other angels. Heavily persecuted by Muslims and accused of Devil Worship.
    Reincarnation
    Yezidi Book of Revelation & Black Book
    As this group got more and more excited about establishing a Kingdom of God, in the approach to year 2000, its leaders were arrested amid fears that it would turn into a suicide cult
    Theist
    Yes

    Zoroastrianism
    An ancient dualistic religion from Iran with one good god (Ahura Mazda) and one evil one (Ahriman)
    Dualist

    Avesta









     Source : http://www.humanreligions.info