What are the worlds major religions and how do they differ?
Religion in the modern world is dominated by Christianity and Islam, both of which share an ancestry with Middle East Judaism. It is indeed fascinating that these religions, which began in such a small and remote area, could have so quickly and universally spread throughout most of the world Today, there is a consistent geographic pattern in the distribution of the world’s religions which crosses national borders. In terms of the number of believers, Christianity has the most global adherents, followed by Islam. But primarily due to comparative geographic birth rates, the number of Islam adherents is increasing steadily. In numbers of modern day converts, Shiite Islamics have gained the most, followed by Christian Protestants. Among Christians, the number of Protestants is increasing at the expense of Catholics. The U.S. remains overwhelmingly Christian although the percentage of the population indicating this preference has dropped from over 90% to 75% over the last 20 years. The worl
