Japan Observes both Shinto and Buddhist 84%, other 16% (including Christian 0.7%)
Jersey Anglican, Roman Catholic, Baptist, Congregational New Church, Methodist, Presbyterian
Jordan Sunni Muslim 92%, Christian 6% (majority Greek Orthodox, but some Greek and Roman Catholics, Syrian Orthodox, Coptic Orthodox, Armenian Orthodox, and Protestant denominations), other 2% (several small Shi'a Muslim and Druze populations) (2001 est.)
Kazakhstan Muslim 47%, Russian Orthodox 44%, Protestant 2%, other 7%
Kenya Protestant 45%, Roman Catholic 33%, indigenous beliefs 10%, Muslim 10%, other 2%
Note: a large majority of Kenyans are Christian, but estimates for the percentage of the population that adheres to Islam or indigenous beliefs vary widely
Kiribati Roman Catholic 52%, Protestant (Congregational) 40%, some Seventh-Day Adventist, Muslim, Baha'i, Latter-day Saints, and Church of God (1999)
Korea, North Traditionally Buddhist and Confucianist, some Christian and syncretic Chondogyo (Religion of the Heavenly Way)
Note: autonomous religious activities now almost nonexistent; government-sponsored religious groups exist to provide illusion of religious freedom
Korea, South No affiliation 46%, Christian 26%, Buddhist 26%, Confucianist 1%, other 1%
Kuwait Muslim 85% (Sunni 70%, Shi'a 30%), Christian, Hindu, Parsi, and other 15%
Kyrgyzstan Muslim 75%, Russian Orthodox 20%, other 5%
Laos Buddhist 60%, Animist and other 40% (including various Christian denominations 1.5%)
Latvia Lutheran, Roman Catholic, Russian Orthodox
Lebanon Muslim 59.7% (Shi'a, Sunni, Druze, Isma'ilite, Alawite or Nusayri), Christian 39% (Maronite Catholic, Melkite Catholic, Armenian Orthodox, Syrian Catholic, Armenian Catholic, Roman Catholic, Protestant), other 1.3%
Note: seventeen religious sects recognised
Lesotho Christian 80%, indigenous beliefs 20%
Liberia Indigenous beliefs 40%, Christian 40%, Muslim 20%
Libya Sunni Muslim 97%
Liechtenstein Roman Catholic 76.2%, Protestant 7%, unknown 10.6%, other 6.2% (June 2002)
Lithuania Roman Catholic (primarily), Lutheran, Russian Orthodox, Protestant, Evangelical Christian Baptist, Muslim, Jewish
Luxembourg 87% Roman Catholic, 13% Protestants, Jews, and Muslims
Macau Buddhist 50%, Roman Catholic 15%, none and other 35% (1997 est.)
Macedonia Macedonian Orthodox 70%, Muslim 29%, other 1%
Madagascar Indigenous beliefs 52%, Christian 41%, Muslim 7%
Malawi Protestant 55%, Roman Catholic 20%, Muslim 20%, indigenous beliefs 3%, other 2%
Malaysia Muslim, Buddhist, Daoist, Hindu, Christian, Sikh; note - in addition, Shamanism is practised in East Malaysia
Maldives Sunni Muslim
Mali Muslim 90%, indigenous beliefs 9%, Christian 1%
Malta Roman Catholic 98%
Man, Isle of Anglican, Roman Catholic, Methodist, Baptist, Presbyterian, Society of Friends
Marshall Islands Christian (mostly Protestant)
Martinique Roman Catholic 85%, Protestant 10.5%, Muslim 0.5%, Hindu 0.5%, other 3.5% (1997)
Mauritania Muslim 100%
Mauritius Hindu 52%, Christian 28.3% (Roman Catholic 26%, Protestant 2.3%), Muslim 16.6%, other 3.1%
Mayotte Muslim 97%, Christian (mostly Roman Catholic)
Mexico Nominally Roman Catholic 89%, Protestant 6%, other 5%
Micronesia Roman Catholic 50%, Protestant 47%
Moldova Eastern Orthodox 98%, Jewish 1.5%, Baptist and other 0.5% (2000)
Monaco Roman Catholic 90%
Mongolia Buddhist Lamaist 50%, none 40%, Shamanist and Christian 6%, Muslim 4% (2004)
Montserrat Anglican, Methodist, Roman Catholic, Pentecostal, Seventh-Day Adventist, other Christian denominations
Morocco Muslim 98.7%, Christian 1.1%, Jewish 0.2%
Mozambique Indigenous beliefs 50%, Christian 30%, Muslim 20%
Namibia Christian 80% to 90% (Lutheran 50% at least), indigenous beliefs 10% to 20%
Nauru Christian (two-thirds Protestant, one-third Roman Catholic)
Nepal Hinduism 86.2%, Buddhism 7.8%, Islam 3.8%, other 2.2%
Note: only official Hindu state in the world (1995)
Netherlands Roman Catholic 31%, Protestant 21%, Muslim 4.4%, other 3.6%, unaffiliated 40% (1998)
Netherlands Antilles Roman Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, Seventh-Day Adventist
New Caledonia Roman Catholic 60%, Protestant 30%, other 10%
New Zealand Anglican 24%, Presbyterian 18%, Roman Catholic 15%, Methodist 5%, Baptist 2%, other Protestant 3%, unspecified or none 33% (1986)
Nicaragua Roman Catholic 85%, Protestant
Niger Muslim 80%, remainder indigenous beliefs and Christian
Nigeria Muslim 50%, Christian 40%, indigenous beliefs 10%
Niue Ekalesia Niue (Niuean Church - a Protestant church closely related to the London Missionary Society) 75%, Latter-Day Saints 10%, other 15% (mostly Roman Catholic, Jehovah's Witnesses, Seventh-Day Adventist)
Norfolk Island Anglican 37.4%, Uniting Church in Australia 14.5%, Roman Catholic 11.5%, Seventh-Day Adventist 3.1%, none 12.2%, unknown 17.4%, other 3.9% (1996)
Northern Mariana Islands Christian (Roman Catholic majority, although traditional beliefs and taboos may still be found)
Norway Evangelical Lutheran 86% (state church), other Protestant and Roman Catholic 3%, other 1%, none and unknown 10% (1997)
Oman Ibadhi Muslim 75%, Sunni Muslim, Shi'a Muslim, Hindu
Pakistan Muslim 97% (Sunni 77%, Shi'a 20%), Christian, Hindu, and other 3%
Palau Christian (Roman Catholics 49%, Seventh-Day Adventists, Jehovah's Witnesses, the Assembly of God, the Liebenzell Mission, and Latter-Day Saints), Modekngei religion (one third of the population observes this religion, which is indigenous to Palau)
Panama Roman Catholic 85%, Protestant 15%
Papua New Guinea Roman Catholic 22%, Lutheran 16%,
Presbyterian/Methodist/London Missionary Society 8%, Anglican 5%, Evangelical Alliance 4%, Seventh-Day Adventist 1%, other Protestant 10%, indigenous beliefs 34%
Paraguay Roman Catholic 90%, Mennonite, and other Protestant
Peru Roman Catholic 90%
Philippines Roman Catholic 83%, Protestant 9%, Muslim 5%, Buddhist and other 3%
Pitcairn Islands Seventh-Day Adventist 100%
Poland Roman Catholic 95% (about 75% practising), Eastern Orthodox, Protestant, and other 5%
Portugal Roman Catholic 94%, Protestant (1995)
Puerto Rico Roman Catholic 85%, Protestant and other 15%
Qatar Muslim 95%
Reunion Roman Catholic 86%, Hindu, Muslim, Buddhist (1995)
Romania Eastern Orthodox (including all sub-denominations) 87%, Protestant 6.8%, Catholic 5.6%, other (mostly Muslim) 0.4%, unaffiliated 0.2% (2002)
Russia Russian Orthodox, Muslim, other
Rwanda Roman Catholic 56.5%, Protestant 26%, Adventist 11.1%, Muslim 4.6%, indigenous beliefs 0.1%, none 1.7% (2001)
Saint Helena Anglican (majority), Baptist, Seventh-Day Adventist, Roman Catholic
Saint Kitts and Nevis Anglican, other Protestant, Roman Catholic
Saint Lucia Roman Catholic 90%, Anglican 3%, other Protestant 7%
St Pierre & Miquelon Roman Catholic 99%
St Vincent & the Grenadines Anglican 47%, Methodist 28%, Roman Catholic 13%, Hindu Seventh-Day Adventist, other Protestant
Samoa Christian 99.7% (about one-half of population associated with the London Missionary Society; includes Congregational, Roman Catholic, Methodist, Latter-Day Saints, Seventh-Day Adventist)
San Marino Roman Catholic
Sao Tome & Principe Christian 80% (Roman Catholic, Evangelical Protestant, Seventh-Day Adventist)
Saudi Arabia Muslim 100%
Senegal Muslim 94%, indigenous beliefs 1%, Christian 5% (mostly Roman Catholic)
Serbia & Montenegro Orthodox 65%, Muslim 19%, Roman Catholic 4%,
Protestant 1%, other 11%
Seychelles Roman Catholic 86.6%, Anglican 6.8%, other Christian 2.5%, other 4.1%
Sierra Leone Muslim 60%, indigenous beliefs 30%, Christian 10%
Singapore Buddhist (Chinese), Muslim (Malays), Christian, Hindu, Sikh, Taoist, Confucianist
Slovakia Roman Catholic 60.3%, Atheist 9.7%, Protestant 8.4%,Orthodox 4.1%, other 17.5%
Slovenia Roman Catholic (Uniate 2%) 70.8%, Lutheran 1%, Muslim 1%, atheist 4.3%, other 22.9%
Solomon Islands Anglican 45%, Roman Catholic 18%, United (Methodist/Presbyterian) 12%, Baptist 9%, Seventh-Day Adventist 7%, other Protestant 5%, indigenous beliefs 4%
Somalia Sunni Muslim
South Africa Christian 68% (includes most whites and coloureds, about 60% of blacks and about 40% of Indians), Muslim 2%, Hindu 1.5% (60% of Indians), indigenous beliefs and animist 28.5%
Spain Roman Catholic 94%, other 6%
Sri Lanka Buddhist 70%, Hindu 15%, Christian 8%, Muslim 7% (1999)
Sudan Sunni Muslim 70% (in north), indigenous beliefs 25%, Christian 5% (mostly in south and Khartoum)
Suriname Hindu 27.4%, Muslim 19.6%, Roman Catholic 22.8%, Protestant 25.2% (predominantly Moravian), indigenous beliefs 5%
Swaziland Zionist (a blend of Christianity and indigenous ancestral worship) 40%, Roman Catholic 20%, Muslim 10%, Anglican, Baha'i, Methodist, Mormon, Jewish and other 30%
Sweden Lutheran 87%, Roman Catholic, Orthodox, Baptist, Muslim, Jewish, Buddhist
Switzerland Roman Catholic 46.1%, Protestant 40%, other 5%, none 8.9%
Syria Sunni Muslim 74%, Alawite, Druze, and other Muslim sects 16%, Christian (various sects) 10%, Jewish (tiny communities in Damascus, Al Qamishli, and Aleppo)
Taiwan Mixture of Buddhist, Confucian, and Taoist 93%, Christian 4.5%, other 2.5%
Tajikistan Sunni Muslim 85%, Shi'a Muslim 5%, other 10% (2003 est.)
Tanzania Mainland - Christian 30%, Muslim 35%, indigenous beliefs 35%; Zanzibar - more than 99% Muslim
Thailand Buddhism 95%, Muslim 3.8%, Christianity 0.5%, Hinduism 0.1%, other 0.6% (1991)
Togo Indigenous beliefs 51%, Christian 29%, Muslim 20%
Tokelau Congregational Christian Church 70%, Roman Catholic 28%, other 2%
Tonga Christian (Free Wesleyan Church claims over 30,000 adherents)
Trinidad and Tobago Roman Catholic 29.4%, Hindu 23.8%, Anglican 10.9%, Muslim 5.8%, Presbyterian 3.4%, other 26.7%
Tunisia Muslim 98%, Christian 1%, Jewish and other 1%
Turkey Muslim 99.8% (mostly Sunni), other 0.2% (mostly Christians and Jews)
Turkmenistan Muslim 89%, Eastern Orthodox 9%, unknown 2%
Turks & Caicos Islands Baptist 40%, Methodist 16%, Anglican 18%, Church of God 12%, other 14% (1990)
Tuvalu Church of Tuvalu (Congregationalist) 97%, Seventh-Day Adventist 1.4%, Baha'i 1%, other 0.6%
Uganda Roman Catholic 33%, Protestant 33%, Muslim 16%, indigenous beliefs 18%
Ukraine Ukrainian Orthodox - Kiev Patriarchate 19%, Ukrainian Orthodox - Moscow Patriarchate 9%, Ukrainian Greek Catholic 6%, Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox 1.7%, Protestant, Jewish, none 38% (2004 est.)
United Arab Emirates Muslim 96% (Shi'a 16%), Christian, Hindu, and other 4%
United Kingdom Anglican and Roman Catholic 40 million, Muslim 1.5 million, Presbyterian 800,000, Methodist 760,000, Sikh 500,000,Hindu 500,000, Jewish 350,000
United States Protestant 52%, Roman Catholic 24%, Mormon 2%, Jewish 1%, Muslim 1%, other 10%, none 10% (2002 est.)
Uruguay Roman Catholic 66% (less than half of the adult population attends church regularly), Protestant 2%, Jewish 1%, nonprofessing or other 31%
Uzbekistan Muslim 88% (mostly Sunnis), Eastern Orthodox 9%, other 3%
Vanuatu Presbyterian 36.7%, Anglican 15%, Roman Catholic 15%, indigenous beliefs 7.6%, Seventh-Day Adventist 6.2%, Church of Christ 3.8%, other 15.7% (including Jon Frum Cargo cult)
Venezuela Nominally Roman Catholic 96%, Protestant 2%, other 2%
Vietnam Buddhist, Hoa Hao, Cao Dai, Christian (predominantly Roman Catholic, some Protestant), indigenous beliefs, Muslim
Virgin Islands Baptist 42%, Roman Catholic 34%, Episcopalian 17%, other 7%
Wallis and Futuna Roman Catholic 99%, other 1%
West Bank Muslim 75% (predominantly Sunni), Jewish 17%, Christian and other 8%
Western Sahara Muslim
World Christians 32.71% (of which Roman Catholics 17.28%, Protestants 5.61%, Orthodox 3.49%, Anglicans 1.31%), Muslims 19.67%, Hindus 13.28%, Buddhists 5.84%, Sikhs 0.38%, Jews 0.23%, other religions 13.05%, non-religious 12.43%, atheists 2.41% (2002 est.)
Yemen Muslim including Shaf'i (Sunni) and Zaydi (Shi'a), small numbers of Jewish, Christian, and Hindu
Zambia Christian 50%-75%, Muslim and Hindu 24%-49%, indigenous beliefs 1%
Zimbabwe Syncretic (part Christian, part indigenous beliefs) 50%, Christian 25%, indigenous beliefs 24%, Muslim & other 1%
Source: ‘World Factbook’ CIA 2005
Our guest becomes very sad at the sight of this and realises that somewhere along the line we, as the human race, have been lied to and conned. This is in direct violation of the communal spirit of universal beings. He explains that there are a number of rogue beings who were included in the community of beings a little prematurely, who have been known to colonise planets but do not follow the common protocol of educating and informing the newly created species about their origins and their destiny. Such rogue beings are like pirates of the universe, raping and pillaging planets for their wealth while creating a lesser evolved being which cannot possibly understand its place in the universe. The pirates often present themselves as gods of sorts, dealing brutally with their newly created species. They use them for labour, for experiments and for pleasure. These cosmic pirates leave behind an uninformed and confused planet of beings, who may take forever to figure out the truth about themselves. The common pattern on such planets is that the lesser evolved beings start to create their own gods, mimicking the ones that were introduced to them by the cosmic pirates. This leads to more confusion and constant conflict as the new beings try to impose the supremacy of their particular god over the rest of the new beings on such a planet.
Apparently this is a growing concern among the community of universal beings and all attempts are being made to prevent this from happening in the future. It was a blatant mistake on the part of the universal community to allow a group of ‘almost evolved’ beings to join the highest community of beings. It seems that their 'almost' complete genome was not quite sufficient to make them completely at one with the Supreme Being in the universe. They will have to be restricted to a planet and allowed more time to complete their evolution towards a complete genome. Only then, will the genome be able to open all the ports in their minds, which will allow them to plug into the universal spirit and join the full community of universal spiritual beings without any complications.
At this point we feel very uncomfortable and scared, because we have been warned about false prophets on many occasions by our respective gods. This must surely be such a false prophet who will cause the ‘wrath of god’ to be unleashed on us, which we do not deserve. So we kill our visitor in the name of god, knowing that what we did was the right thing. After all, the Bible and the Koran allow us to do this. We are permitted to kill false prophets, for they are surely the disciples of Satan.
Boy oh boy… what a pathetically confused species we are. Lost in the vastness of the universe, searching for our roots, confused by so much false knowledge passed down to us through the ages. All this disinformation has to stop somewhere. But what will it take for us to realise that we cannot have more than one father? We cannot all be right… we cannot all claim to have the correct answer. Somewhere out there is the truth, and as it usually happens, it is probably too close for us to see. But it should be easy to spot the indigenous tree in a forest of invasive alien species. Let’s get one thing straight. There is not a single religion on Earth that was
created by God. But there are several which were imposed on us by the ancient gods. There is not one single book on Earth that was written by God. But there are many that were inspired by the activity of the ancient gods. Take a look at the number of man-made religions around us. It is clear that a situation like this could only have emerged out of uncertainty. If we knew who our creator was, we should have all received the same instructions, surely? The fact that we have so many conflicting ideas, leads me to believe that we have been the victims of continued disinformation over long periods of time as well as the victims of a meticulously executed manipulation of the facts to keep us ignorant and in a continuous state of conflict. It’s as if the captain has abandoned ship and left it floating in the middle of the Pacific ocean filled with five-year-olds. What chance do they have to steer the ship to the nearest port and to safety? Virtually zero. But if the ship is lucky enough not to encounter any storms for a long, long time, while the currents take them along, they may be lucky enough to work out how to steer this ship for themselves. But there is a very good chance they will all perish in an inevitable storm.
The list of religions we looked at serves as concrete evidence that we have been deserted on this planet without an instruction manual. To prove their supremacy, most religions have brought out their own manuals, claiming that theirs is the original manual to guide humanity into their future and the kingdom of God. But how can they be such conflicting manuals? Surely the real builders or creators of this ship must have had only one set of plans to build it? Maybe not, maybe they were not qualified builders to begin with and therefore the ship is in such disarray. Some manuals seem to put us in reverse gear whereas others are rammed into the first gear, not quite sure where the second is.
Okay, enough metaphors and parables, I am sure that by now you get my drift. To make my argument even more compelling, let us take a look at the world's major religions and the numbers of followers. It has ‘recipe for disaster’ written all over it, pitting one group against another. The largest and strongest will want to defend its position and grow, while the others will want to spread their doctrine in an attempt to become the dominant religion. There are more religions today than countries in the world. This creates an additional dilemma and sends a stern warning to politicians, that religion may yet again become the driving force of politics in the future. Something that modern democracies have been working very hard to overcome. The principle of ‘divide and conquer’ has been meticulously applied in all the instances of these religions, showing that the ancients gods of Sumer were cunning strategists and extremely shrewd military commanders. The religious statistics point unavoidably to a conflict situation in our present state of mind. Tolerance has not won the day as yet. It’s as if it was purposely so devised, to steer humanity into a perpetual situation of war.
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