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The figure for number of Buddhists (100 to 150 million) seems quite low. There are almost 150 million people in Thailand, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, and Cambodia alone, and these countries are almost exclusively Buddhist as far as public religion. Granted, estimates of the number of Buddhists in the world can tend to be exaggerated by the large number of people in East Asia (particularly in China and Japan) who are vaguely associated with Buddhism; however, this article seems to err in the opposite direction.—[[User:Nat Krause|Nat Krause]] 02:34, 25 April 2007 (CDT) | The figure for number of Buddhists (100 to 150 million) seems quite low. There are almost 150 million people in Thailand, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, and Cambodia alone, and these countries are almost exclusively Buddhist as far as public religion. Granted, estimates of the number of Buddhists in the world can tend to be exaggerated by the large number of people in East Asia (particularly in China and Japan) who are vaguely associated with Buddhism; however, this article seems to err in the opposite direction.—[[User:Nat Krause|Nat Krause]] 02:34, 25 April 2007 (CDT) | ||
==possible religions== | |||
I have doubts about some that are not religions by themselves | |||
*meditation | |||
*astrology | |||
and I propose to add to the miscellaneous: | |||
*Atheism (in the dogmatic sense) | |||
and I really thing confucianism should be moved out of the dubious cases--it is in the literal sense a pattern of worship. [[User:DavidGoodman|DavidGoodman]] 04:05, 25 April 2007 (CDT) | |||
Revision as of 04:05, 25 April 2007
May I suggest upgrading the names of each religion to a 4th level header so that they apear in the index which can be scanned by eye quickly to find the item you want to follow. Also, some more links throughout the article such as linking the name of the god/deity, founder's name and geographic locations where relevant. Derek Harkness 00:07, 25 April 2007 (CDT)
- I very much like this idea. It is extremely useful and user-friendly idea. ---Stephen Ewen 01:02, 25 April 2007 (CDT)
Number of Buddhists
The figure for number of Buddhists (100 to 150 million) seems quite low. There are almost 150 million people in Thailand, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, and Cambodia alone, and these countries are almost exclusively Buddhist as far as public religion. Granted, estimates of the number of Buddhists in the world can tend to be exaggerated by the large number of people in East Asia (particularly in China and Japan) who are vaguely associated with Buddhism; however, this article seems to err in the opposite direction.—Nat Krause 02:34, 25 April 2007 (CDT)
possible religions
I have doubts about some that are not religions by themselves
- meditation
- astrology
and I propose to add to the miscellaneous:
- Atheism (in the dogmatic sense)
and I really thing confucianism should be moved out of the dubious cases--it is in the literal sense a pattern of worship. DavidGoodman 04:05, 25 April 2007 (CDT)