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The presented breakdown of religions isn't very coherent. There might be three primary branches, with further leaves: 1) The Abrahamic tradition is the progenitor of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, in that rough chronological order, all arising in the same geographical region (the Middle East/Meditteranean zone) - from there you get into various orthodoxies, e.g. Protestants & Catholics, Sunni & Shia, etc. 2) Buddhism is something of a bridge between India and China, hence can be grouped roughly with Hinduism, Confucianism, Taoism, and Shinto. 3) There's not even a mention of the various paganistic/shamanistic/animistic traditions of Northern Europe/Siberia, North/South America, Africa, etc. Also, compartive queries should be built in, then people could see how beliefs differ between different groups (and perhaps a 'strict' vs. 'relaxed' view as well). |
They are atheism plus the top four in the US by number (when excluding “unaffiliated”), which may not be your preferred basis for a selection, but is clearly a coherent one.
> The Abrahamic tradition is the progenitor of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, in that rough chronological order
Rough?