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I consider the aim of this page to blather irrelevantly, without actually saying anything. Given I have significant experience in this area, at this early stage, I don't envisage significant difficulties.

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In many articles, there is a section on Religious views. There seems to be a strong bias in WP to show the Christian view always, often divided into Roman Catholic and Protestant; followed by the Judaic view and/or Islamic view. This does not reflect world distribution.

Christianity 2,300 million 32% (dropping)
Islam 1,226 million 20% (growing)
Hinduism 828 million 13% (stable)
No religion 775 million 12% (stable)
Chinese folk rel. 390 million 6%
Buddhism 364 million 6% (stable)
Tribal Religions, Shamanism, Animism 232 million 4%

Judaism at 14.5 million is less than 1% of the world population.

Please help with correcting this bias by adding religious views as appropriate. I am not suggesting the view of any religion which is less than 1% should be removed, or not added. I am merely suggesting that the major religions of the world are poorly represented, and the information is usually presented with a bias towards American distribution. At the very least Islam and Hinduism should be presented, and preferably Buddhism also. Chinese folk religion is a group, not a single religion, and as such a single "view" is virtually impossible to find. Tribal religions is also a group.


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