Religion is a way of life that must be taken by human to live straight and orderly in order to achieve prosperity and safety.
Indonesia officially recognizes 6 religions namely, Islam, Protestant, Catholic, Hindu, Buddhist and Confucian. Islam is the majority religion in Indonesia.
In fact there are very many religions in the world. Christianity has the most followers in the world.
Launched from the worldatlas.com (01/01/18), following religion with the most followers in the world:
- Kristen
Christianity has existed since 2000 years ago. Christianity is a religion with the most followers of 2.2 billion followers around the world.
- Islam
Islam came 600 years after the prophet Isa. The religion brought by Prophet Muhammad SAW has 1.6 billion followers around the world. Islam is also the fastest growing religion in the world.
- Hindu
Hinduism is ranked third in religion with the most followers in the world. Many followers of Hinduism originated from the Asian continent, South Asia precisely. Hindu followers around the world reach 1.5 billion people.
- Budha
There are 488 million Buddhist followers around the world. The religion brought by Siddhartha Gautama has two main branches of Theravada Buddhism and Mahayana Buddhism.
Those are some religions with the most followers in the world. Religion is very influential in one's life, although in this modern period has developed Atheist and Agnostic beliefs. All religions teach peace, therefore let us respect each other and respect each other in order to create peace in this world.