Frank Goad
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I heard the Baha'i faith is the second biggest faith worldwide.While christianity is the first.Is this true?
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No
Most followers:
1. Christianity 2.5 billion
2. Islam 1.9 billion
3. Hinduism between 900 million and 1 billion
Bahai has only 7.4 million followers
No, that is not true if you are referring to numbers of believers. Islam is the second biggest faith.I heard the Baha'i faith is the second biggest faith worldwide.While christianity is the first.Is this true?
The older religions generally have more followers because they have had more time to gain adherents. Christianity is not as old as Judaism or Hinduism but it has the most followers is because it is a Universalizing religion.No
Most followers:
1. Christianity 2.5 billion
2. Islam 1.9 billion
3. Hinduism between 900 million and 1 billion
Bahai has 7.9 million followers
That is one reason Judaism is relatively small religion, with only about 14 million after over 4000 years. Compare that with Christianity and Islam, who have 2.3 billion and 1.9 billion members, respectively.
It is the second most widespread religion, meaning, there are Bahais among almost all races, nationalities or countries and cities.I heard the Baha'i faith is the second biggest faith worldwide.While christianity is the first.Is this true?
No. It is so small and so weird that it qualifies as a cult.I heard the Baha'i faith is the second biggest faith worldwide.
Meh, every religion started out as a cult then. Who cares.No. It is so small and so weird that it qualifies as a cult.
Sounds dubious. If there is a Bahai practicing in a country it seems equally likely there will be a Muslim and a Hindu, given their relative sizes.However, if you are talking about how 'widespread' the faith is, the Baha'i Faith is the second most widespread religion in the world.
There are only 195 countries.The Baha’i Faith has spread to over 250 countries and territories
Given the nature of travel and movement, it is entirely likely that all the major religions are equally as widespread.and is almost as widespread as Christianity.
Ah, is this something claimed by Bahai propaganda sources?Most of this happened during the “formative age” of the Baha’i Faith (1921-1944) FOURTH PERIOD: THE INCEPTION OF THE FORMATIVE AGE OF THE BAHÁ’Í FAITH 1921–1944
Look at the two most widespread religions. Then look at the two religions followed by history's two biggest expansionist empires.The older religions generally have more followers because they have had more time to gain adherents. Christianity is not as old as Judaism or Hinduism but it has the most followers is because it is a Universalizing religion.
I ran across this website about Ethnic vs. Universalizing Religions several years ago. It explains the difference between these two kinds of religions. A universalizing religion looks for new members and welcomes anyone and everyone who wishes to adopt their belief system. Throughout history, some of these religions such as Christianity and Islam have attempted to convert people to their religion.
By contrast, ethnic religions consist of beliefs that were handed down from generation to generation within an ethnicity and culture and these religions do not try to convert others to their belief system. That is one reason Judaism is relatively small religion, with only about 14 million after over 4000 years. Compare that with Christianity and Islam, who have 2.3 billion and 1.9 billion members, respectively.
Hmm. It is interesting that despite your claim that Bahaism is the second most widely practiced religion, not one source dealing with the issue even mentions Bahaism, let alone cites your claimed position.The Baha’i Faith is not included on this website but it goes without saying that it is universalizing religion. Ethnic vs. Universalizing Religions: AP Human Geography Crash Course
It will never gain anywhere near those numbers because it doesn't have colonising missionaries benefitting from large empires. Notice how Hinduism, despite being a major religion for Millennia, hasn't expanded much beyond the Subcontinent. No expansionist empire, see?However, it has not had the time that Christianity and Islam have had in order to gain a large number of adherents.
Sources?It is the second most widespread religion, meaning, there are Bahais among almost all races, nationalities or countries and cities.
Correct.Meh, every religion started out as a cult then.
Many religionists, when you point this out.Who cares.
There is a ton of controversy concerning true Bahai numbers. A simple example was the Indian census where 4000 were listed, yet Baha'i claims say 2 million. Another example was near where I live, there was a claimed community, but the town that it was claimed for is a non-existent ghost town with no buildings left. Another challenge is the once counted, always counted factor. So it includes lots of ex-Bahais. So the actual answer is nobody knows.Sources?
How many followers the Baha'i Faith has is completely irrelevant, as how many people believe in a religion is no indicator of whether it is a true religion of God or not.Baha'i may not be the biggest or most spread religious path to follow, but it holds value to those who walk it's path.
The Baha'i Faith is the second most widespread religion, to be precise. It is thinly spread out however. I see a figure of 7.9 million in this thread, but really the figure varies according to who's counting. Also, to be frank, once you declare yourself, you have to notify your National Spiritual Assembly that you don't believe if you lose your belief, or you are still officially on the rolls, so the Baha'is don't know either who really still believes in Baha'u'llah. It would be a bad presumption to say someone is not a Baha'i because they haven't been active recently. You can't really know that.I heard the Baha'i faith is the second biggest faith worldwide.While christianity is the first.Is this true?