Very few of the ‘’Big Believers” Ever had an “AMERICAN DREAM.

Very few of the ‘’Big Believers” Ever had an “AMERICAN DREAM.

Depending on exactly how far back you wish to go in world evolution; the first peoples to come to that part of the world now known as the "AMERICAS" came from some part of Asia or Mongolia. Of course, if you believe in the BIBLE, then the first had to come from AFRICA. Eventually, as most everyone knows, born were the religions of the world, including the relatively new, JUDAISM, ISLAM, and CHRISTIANITY. Islam and Christianity came into existence about the time the Roman Empire, the birthplace of modern day Capitalist Fascism reach full Power and Control in the then known world.

After that the first people know to have visited the area were the Chinese and then the Ancient Norsemen (it is from a first Norse and then eventually English settlement, located in what is now Newfoundland the name AMERICA or very similar was first heard.

The Norse peoples travelled to Iceland for a variety of reasons including a search for more land and resources to satisfy a growing population and to escape raiders and harsh rulers. One force behind the movement to Iceland in the ninth century was the ruthlessness of Harald Fairhair, a Norwegian King.

Nearly 75 percent

of the world's population practices one of the five most influential religions of the world: Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, and Judaism.

Christianity and Islam are the two religions most widely spread across the world. These two religions together cover the religious affiliation of more than half of the world's population. If all non-religious people formed a single religion, it would be the world's third largest.

One of the most widely-held myths among those in English-speaking countries is that Islamic believers are Arabs. In fact, most Islamic people do not live in the Arabic nations of the Middle East.

The world's 20 largest religions and their number of believers are:

1.       Christianity (2.1 billion)

2.       Islam (1.3 billion)

3.       Nonreligious (Secular/Agnostic/Atheist) (1.1 billion)

4.       Hinduism (900 million)

5.       Chinese traditional religion (394 million)

6.       Buddhism 376 million

7.       Aboriginal/Primal/indigenous (300 million)

8.       African traditional and Diasporic (100 million)

9.       Sikhism (23 million)

10.   Juche (19 million)

11.   SPIRITISM (15 million)

12.   JUDAISM (14 million)

13.   Bahai (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 (800,000)

THERE ARE SOME 4,300 RELIGIONS OF THE WORLD COMPARED WITH 6,800 LIVING LANGUAGES SPOKEN SOMEWHERE IN THE WORLD. Al (Alex-Alexander)D Girvan.