SO, I ASKED THE INTERWEAVE ……

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No, no , no …… I didn’t ask THAT!!! ….. I asked …..

…… What percentage of the world’s population celebrate Christmas? ….. and this is one of the more simple answers it came up with …

33% of the worlds population are Christian so that would be one third celebrate Christmas

Numbers shown are estimates, and are here mainly for the purpose of ordering the groups, not providing a definitive number. This list is sociological/statistical in perspective.)

Christianity: 2.1 billion

Islam: 1.3 billion

Secular/Nonreligious/Agnostic/Atheist: 1.1 billion

Hinduism: 900 million

Chinese traditional religion: 394 million

Buddhism: 376 million

primal-indigenous: 300 million

African Traditional & Diasporic: 100 million

Sikhism: 23 million

Juche: 19 million

Spiritism: 15 million

Judaism: 14 million

Baha’i: 7 million

Jainism: 4.2 million

Shinto: 4 million

Cao Dai: 4 million (??? Lo,TG Ed)

Zoroastrianism: 2.6 million

Tenrikyo: 2 million

Neo-Paganism: 1 million

Unitarian-Universalism: 800 thousand

Rastafarianism: 600 thousand

Scientology: 500 thousand (Would you Adam and Eve it? {boom boom} – that many? Lo,TG Ed)

…….. so don’t worry too much about Father Christmas getting knackered and keeling over with a heart attack …… he wasn’t as busy as you might have supposed.

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4 Comments

  1. archiearchive
    Posted December 29, 2009 at 8:23 am | Permalink

    We atheists may be in third place but we are trying harder :)

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    daddyp replied: December 29th, 2009 at 9:48 am

    I should have added Paperism I suppose – I think there are about 5 …….

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    archiearchive replied: December 29th, 2009 at 10:57 am

    I’m more of a pauperist

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    daddyp replied: December 29th, 2009 at 12:46 pm

    Poor you ……… *sob*

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    archiearchive replied: December 29th, 2009 at 2:59 pm

    I know my place – - -

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  2. 70steen
    Posted December 29, 2009 at 10:58 am | Permalink

    Have you worked out how many who are not Christian celebrate Christmas any how …. That could scupper your stats!!!!

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    daddyp replied: December 29th, 2009 at 12:47 pm

    Why do goddesses always try and complicate things? ……. sheeeeeesh

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    70steen replied: December 29th, 2009 at 10:16 pm

    was just askin’? & also wasn’t Jesus Jewish?? So the 14 million needs to be included in your calculation ….

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    daddyp replied: December 30th, 2009 at 9:17 am

    He was Jewish but I don’t think he was a Christian – it’s very difficult to follow yourself – I should know, I’ve tried it ……..

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    70steen replied: December 30th, 2009 at 11:06 am

    you find it difficult?? lol

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  3. daisyfae
    Posted December 29, 2009 at 1:29 pm | Permalink

    only 2.1 billion? geez, over here on this side of the pond, to listen to them bleat and pound on desks, bibles and the downtrodden, you’d think it was at least 2.2 billion…

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    daisyfae replied: December 29th, 2009 at 1:29 pm

    oops. that might have been an ‘inside my head’ thought.

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    daddyp replied: December 29th, 2009 at 2:03 pm

    Some people are louder than others …….. and thoughts ……. apparently – tee hee

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  4. nursemyra
    Posted December 29, 2009 at 9:51 pm | Permalink

    If I were going to adopt any religion I’d consider Cao Daism – they worship Victor Hugo and Albert Einstein!

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    daddyp replied: December 29th, 2009 at 9:57 pm

    I could be the Sage [wise old man] …… on second thoughts perhaps not ………

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