INTERFAITH WISDOM

The is week no wisdom - just statistics.  Stats courtesy of  the Pew Research Center website.  Go to pewforum.org  to find immensely interesting information on many subjects..

There are about 7.3 billion people in the world.  Adherents of major religions.

Christians  2.3 billion

Muslims 1.8 billion

Hindus 1.1 billion

Buddhists  0.5 billion

Jews  0.01 billion

Atheists/Agnostics/unaffiliated  1.2 billion

The fastest growing religion is Islam because of the relatively high fertility rate among Muslim families.  The average age of a Muslim is 24 years; a Hindu is 27 years; a Christian is 30 years; a Buddhist is 36 years and a Jew is 37 years.  

Pray for peace!

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