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Monograph: Where Are They Now ? |
What became of them who founded religions of the world ?
| Religion |
Adherents in 2000 |
Founder(s) |
Founder Status |
Founder Prognosis |
The Way -The One True Church
|
unknown but not nearly enough |
Jesus Christ, Son of God |
Died. Rose again. Seated with God |
Will come again to take me home |
| African traditional religion |
100,000,000 |
Various |
Dead |
Dead |
| Ahl-e Haqq |
1,000,000 |
Sultan Sahak |
Dead |
Dead |
| Bahai |
6,100,000 |
Bahá'u'lláh |
Dead |
Dead |
| Buddhism |
324,000,000 |
Siddhartha Gautama, |
Dead |
Dead |
| Cao Dai |
2,000,000 |
Ngô Van Chiêu & others |
Dead |
Dead |
| Cheondoism |
3,000,000 |
Choe Jeu |
Dead |
Dead |
| Christian Science |
no data |
Mary Baker Eddy |
Dead |
Dead |
| Confucianism |
5,300,000 |
Kong Fuzi aka Confucius |
Dead |
Dead |
| Hinduism |
781,000,000 |
Vishnu & Shiva ? |
Mythological Beings |
Nothing |
| Islam |
1,100,000,000 |
Mohammed |
Dead |
Dead |
| Jainism |
4,900,000 |
Parsva & Mahavira |
Dead |
Dead |
| Jehovah's Witnesses |
14,800,000 |
Charles Taze Russell & Others |
Dead |
Dead |
| Juche |
23,000,000 |
Kim Il-sung |
Dead |
Dead |
| Judaism |
14,000,000 |
Abraham |
Dead |
Dead |
| Modern Christian Denominations |
2,100,000,000 |
Myriad originators |
Dead. All dead |
Dead |
| Mormons [LDS] |
12,500,000 |
Joseph Smith, Jr |
Dead |
Dead |
| Scientology |
no data |
L Ron Hubbard |
Dead |
Dead |
| Seicho-No-Ie |
800,000 |
Masaharu Taniguchi |
Dead |
Dead |
| Shinto |
2,800,000 |
No specific founder |
Nothing |
Nothing |
| Sikhism |
19,000,000 |
Guru Nanak |
Dead |
Dead |
| Sufism |
no data |
Ahmad ibn Ajiba, |
Dead |
Dead |
| Tenrikyo |
2,000,000 |
Oyasama |
Dead |
Dead |
| Unitarian Universalism |
630,000 |
Various |
Dead |
Dead |
| Yazidism |
700,000 |
Sheikh Adi ibn Musafir |
Dead |
Dead |
| Zoroastrianism |
200,000 |
Zoroaster |
Dead |
Dead |
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