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Reasonable on 24 July 2009

Don't you pay your way in Scientology to attain higher 'levels' or whatever?

I guess it might be the most profitable in that case.

Christianity is almost certainly the largest by follower currently, and probably has the most money too.



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Millennium on 24 July 2009

I think the OP might be talking about the income its members make, not the income the religion itself makes.

If it's the religion itself, then there's a problem in that not all religions are easy to track. There's no problem finding the money when there's a central authority that most of the money eventually flows through (Catholicism, Scientology, and so on). But for many religions, including some of the largest (the various Protestant sects, Islam, most forms of Buddhism, etc) there isn't a central authority, and so it's much harder to track the money.



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finalrpgfantasy on 24 July 2009
ManusJustus said:

By lucrative, I thought he meant the best religion to get into financially.  Religion is a good business to get into, you convince a bunch of people that a magical being will bestow them with pleasure and riches beyond imagine, and the only thing they have to do is worship him and follow an ancient moral code.

As far as the most lucrative religion, I'm tempted to say Catholicism since the pope's shoes cost more than many of his follower's annual income. However, I would rather be a pastor in a megachurch. Those guys makes loads of money, and are able to have women and use that money on pleasure.

yeah but pastor of those megachurch are usually crook.



finalrpgfantasy on 24 July 2009
CommunistHater said:
Christianity get a mansion in heaven

or go to hell if you're not a good christian

whatever.



wholikeswood on 24 July 2009

500,000 Scientologists?

That sounds severely overtracked to me!



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finalrpgfantasy on 24 July 2009
tedsteriscool said:
Major Religions of the World
Ranked by Number of Adherents
(Sizes shown are approximate estimates, and are here mainly for the purpose of ordering the groups, not providing a definitive number. This list is sociological/statistical in perspective.)

1. Christianity: 2.1 billion
2. Islam: 1.5 billion
3. Secular/Nonreligious/Agnostic/Atheist: 1.1 billion
4. Hinduism: 900 million
5. Chinese traditional religion: 394 million
6. Buddhism: 376 million
7. primal-indigenous: 300 million
8. African Traditional & Diasporic: 100 million
9. Sikhism: 23 million
10. Juche: 19 million
11. Spiritism: 15 million
12. Judaism: 14 million
13. Baha'i: 7 million
14. Jainism: 4.2 million
15. Shinto: 4 million
16. Cao Dai: 4 million
17. Zoroastrianism: 2.6 million
18. Tenrikyo: 2 million
19. Neo-Paganism: 1 million
20. Unitarian-Universalism: 800 thousand
21. Rastafarianism: 600 thousand
22. Scientology: 500 thousand

http://www.adherents.com/Religions_By_Adherents.html

wow i didn't think that buddhism was so low.



megaman79 on 24 July 2009
wholikeswood said:
500,000 Scientologists?

That sounds severely overtracked to me!

i dk about that. They are "recruiting members" in London, last time i was there. Dk of much in Australia but im sure theyr'e here and there's probably over 500k.

 



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