Talk:Major religious groups
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Should be renamed " (non) Current Major religious groups"
[edit]The article is about religious groups now. Egyptian, Greek, Roman or Babylonian religions where also major in their time.
Semi-protected edit request on 15 September 2024
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Firstly
In the Medium-sized religions table, in the entry for Shinto, change the text for Founded from "Japan, 19th century" to "Japan, prominent by the 9th centurya"
^ Exact origin is a subject of debate. Yama worship dates back to the 300BC-300AD. Shinbutsu-shūgō (Buddhist syncretism) occurred through the 6th century. Shinbutsu bunri (partial separation from Buddhism) and transformation into State Shinto occurred in the 19th century, which ended as Japan transitioned into a secular state after World War Two.
As supported by the following sources:
- https://www.britannica.com/topic/Shinto
- https://spice.fsi.stanford.edu/docs/japanese_religions#1
- Shinto: A History, by Helen Hardacre, 2016, ISBN 9780190621711
Additionally remove the adherents.com source currently used as one of the two sources for Shinto, as it's a defunct personal website with no means to verify it's accuracy or reliability, and is not clear about which sources it gathered its information on Shinto from.
And correct the number of follows of Shinto to 89 million - referencing this source: https://www.state.gov/reports/2020-report-on-international-religious-freedom/japan/ (note: the existing 100 million figure seems to be a misinterpretation of the less explicit and clear figure from the current 2008 Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor source, more explanation given in talk page). 2A02:C7C:C4CD:A500:141:1F1D:A962:640B (talk) 11:39, 15 September 2024 (UTC)
Partly done: Done with the others, though the first request isn't properly sourced by the sources you gave, or maybe I'm just missing something. 🍗TheNuggeteer🍗12:44, 30 October 2024 (UTC)
Extinct world religions
[edit]Is it worth adding a section on extinct world religions? Only one I know of it Manichaeism:https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manichaeism JamRisner (talk) 09:42, 4 November 2024 (UTC)
Christianity Defined
[edit]Christianity is too broad to be just one category. For instance, many Christian scholars would not consider Catholicism as being truly Christian. Other religions that claim to be Christian would be debated as not pure or true Christian e.g. Mormons, Jehova Witness, Seventh Day Adventist, and also some denominations would not be considered pure Christian because of their liberal views. Rpbfinancial (talk) 06:59, 17 February 2025 (UTC)
- We are not the World Authority for Deciding who is a Christian, so if somebody says they are Christian, historically, sociologically, anthropologically and in religion studies it is so. tgeorgescu (talk) 10:37, 17 February 2025 (UTC)
- Can you please provide sources for this?CycoMa2 (talk) 19:07, 17 February 2025 (UTC)
Map is outdated
[edit]In Germany as of July 2024 the majority (52%) of the population is not affilated to a religion. Maybe its the same in other countries where belief is on the decline. If a large country like Germany is not mainly Christian anymore this should be reflected on Wikipedia. 212.95.170.40 (talk) 07:44, 2 May 2025 (UTC)