BUGAY, XYRAH LINETH S.

CNM – 6 May 26, 2023

Activity 02 – Contemplate and Create

Using the Pew Research Center’s (2012) classification of religions based on self- identification of their
research respondents, conduct a mini study to understand the essential facts about each religious
affiliation. Explore as well if there exists a church or congregation of the aforementioned religions in
your immediate community.

Religious Important Facts Are Present in Your Statistical Data (look

Affiliation Country/Community? for available sources
(add some remarks) of data)
 There are
many ways for
Christians to  2.22 billion
worship,
 Yes, Christianity People, or 32%
including of the world's
is a religion that is
attending population,
church, widely practiced
in the Philippines, identify as
praying, Christians. 37%
singing, and where a
are
considerable
Christians reading the  Catholic.
Bible. They majority of the
Protestant, 14%
have the population
Orthodox, and
greatest identifies as
1% other
religious Christian.
religions make
organization in
up the majority
the world and
of Filipinos'
numerous
denominations. (92.5%)
 Christians hold religious
that Jesus affiliations.
Christ is the
Son of God
and the
World's
Savior.
  Muslims hold
that there is • 1.6 billion
only one God.
 There is a Muslims (23%):
Muhammad is 10–13% Shia, 87-
regarded by substantial
Muslim 90% Sunnis.
God, Allah,
and everyone population in the • This NCMF
Muslims else as being Philippines, with Muslims make
the final the most of them about 10–11% of
prophet and residing in the the population in
messenger. south of the the Philippines,
 They adhere to nation, according to
the Quran's particularly estimates.
teachings, between
which they Mindanao and
assert to be
Sulu archipelagos.
God's
revelation to
Muhammad.
 Muslims
congregate at
mosques for
prayer,
learning, and
social
interaction.
Jummah
prayers on
Fridays are
fundamental
weekly rituals.
  Hinduism is a
multiethnic
religion that is
well-known in
India for its
abundance of
spiritual and
cultural
 The concepts  There are 1
pursuits.
of dharma billion
Hinduism
(goodness) Hindus
includes
Hindus and karma (15–16% of
rituals,
(cause and the world's
prayers,
consequence) population),
meditation,
are important the vast
chanting, and
to Hindus. majority of
offerings to
whom
gods
(94%)
performed at
reside in
home or in
India.
temples. It can
be modified to
suit each
person's
preferences.
 The concepts
of dharma
(goodness)
and karma
(cause and
consequence)
are important
to Hindus.
  Meditation in a
temple setting  Although
is a common there are
component of Buddhists in  There are
Buddhist our country, 500 million
practices to their numbers Buddhists
develop are lower (7%), of
insight, than those of whom half
concentration, other reside in
Buddhists and religions. In China.
mindfulness. It the Currently,
was made in.
Philippines, about 2%
India and
Buddhist of Filipinos
adheres to the
teachings of groups are identify as
Gautama largely found Buddhist.
Buddha. in urban
Buddhism areas,
places great especially in
importance on populous
enlightenment cities like
and the Manila and
cessation of Cebu.
suffering.
  People who  It is true  Folk
practice folk that folk religionists
religion have religionists do coexist
strong ties to coexist with alongside
their significant important
ancestors, religious religious
cultures, institutions institutions
nationalities, in the
in the
places of Philippines,
Philippines.
origin, and it is true.
Folk Filipino
cultural
customs. religionists folk
They have a in the religionists
Folk Religionists Philippines
close are
(Indigenous religions) are typically
connection to frequently
nature, firmly deeply
practice rooted in anchored in
religion in a their their
way that ancestry and lineage and
incorporates cultural cultural
local background. heritage.
customs,
rituals, and
beliefs, and
they believe
in spirits or
deities
connected to
various
natural
elements.
 As part of
these
celebrations,
there are
prayers,
dances,
music,
gatherings,
and offerings
made in an
effort to
attract
blessings and
luck.
 Atheists
 Although
 Atheism is they are few
not a religion, in number,  There are
but rather a there are 1.1 billion
personal unaffiliated religiously
viewpoint on religions in unaffiliated
the people in
the
nonexistence the globe,
Unaffiliated (atheists, Philippines.
of deities. or roughly
Large cities
agnostics, and people  They do not 16% of all
who do not want to and younger people.
believe in
affiliate with any) generations, 43,931
God or other
who are Filipinos, or
deities and
more 0.0004% of
reject the idea
exposed to the
of
international country's
supernatural total
trends,
forces or population,
knowledge,
divine beings. are not
and
Agnostics religious,
different
according
opinions,
 Agnostics to the PSA.
are where
hold that it is
you'll find
impossible to
the majority
know or
of the
demonstrate
unaffiliated
if there are
people in
any gods or
the
other
Philippines.
supernatural
beings.

 They are
people who
voice
skepticism or
reservations
but do not
necessarily
discount the
possibility of
gods.
 Non-Affiliated

 A non-
affiliated
religion is
one that has
no
connections
to or
affiliations
with any
well-known
or
mainstream
religious
organizations.

Note: The data needed to answer this activity is already included in your readings. What are your
conclusions and realizations from the data you gathered?

• There are many diverse religious communities worldwide; some of these communities share
some customs with other communities, while other communities have entirely separate
practices from other communities. But since our traditions and convictions differ from one
another, it is essential that we respect them in order to promote world peace and avert religious
wars. This also shows that, despite the existence of other religious affiliations, Christians make
up the majority of followers of all world religions.