Classification of Religion

Religion, is a social cultural system which aims to unite people through a set of beliefs, practices, morals, worldviews, prophecies, texts, sanctified places, transcendental, spiritual elements, rituals and ethics. It is a system with different perceptions about life, reality and the existence of deities. Religion falls into five major categories: Polytheism, Monotheism, Atheism, Animism and Totemism.

• Polytheism, is a religious belief in the existence of multiple deities or gods, which are usually assembled into a pantheon of gods and goddesses. This belief are practiced in major countries particularly India, Nepal, Thailand and Cambodia. As of 2020 the adherents of Buddhism and Hinduism arises claiming 21.4% of the worlds population. Taoism, Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Shenism, Ancient Greek Religion and Roman Polytheism are some of the religions that illustrates polytheistic beliefs.

• Monotheism, is a religious belief in the existence of only one god which created the world, is omnipotent, omnipresent and omniscient and intervenes in the world. This belief is the opposite of polytheistic religion who worships multiple gods. The adherents of this belief is more than 53.18% of the worlds population. Islam, Judaism and Christianity are the three dominant religions who are well-known with this belief and practices.

• Atheism, is a religious worldview which practiced the absence of the existence of deities. In other words atheism is a rejection of all religious beliefs specifically the position that there are no divine beings exist. This kind of practiced is widely spread on the East Germany, Czech Republic, France, The Netherlands and Sweden. As of 2020 the adherents of this religious worldview arises claiming 14.1% of the world's population making it as one of the most dominant religion today.

• Animism, is a religious belief that everything has a spirit such as objects, places and creatures whether animate or inanimate. Animism believes in the existence of good and bad souls, and ancient religions often used spells and incantations to ward off evil spirits and invite the company of good ones. The adherents of this religious belief is more than 1.9 million or 0.02% of the world's population. Paganism, Pantheism, Neopaganism, Shinto are some of the animistic religion.

• Totemism, is a religious ethnical belief in which humans are said to have kinship or a mystical relationship between a group or an individuals and having a common totem. A totem is a spirit being, sacred object, or symbol that serves as an emblem of a descent groups of people, such as a family, clan, lineage and tribes. This is part of the ethnic religions who accommodates 3% of the worlds population. Wiradjuri, Birhor, Kpelle, Ojibwa are some of the groups who practiced totemism beliefs.

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