[RD] Daily Graphs and Charts

[gay_Aleks]

What is "Christian" supposed to mean?

 

[Domen]

You win this time papal scum

Spoiler :

 

[Arwon]

Spoiler :

Not sure about Oman there. Thought it was mostly Ibadi.

And Australia's single largest denomination is Catholicism (25%) and is only "mostly Protestant" if you count Anglicans (17%) which, you know...

In fact, "no religion" and "not stated" is cumulatively 33%, larger than Catholicism and almost larger than Anglican plus Other Christian (36%).

New Zealand should probably marked as "mostly no religion" given No Religion (39%) and Undeclared (12%) are cumulatively a majority.

 

[Domen]

The map shows largest religion among religious people - it does not take into account "No religion".

If it did, entire formerly Communist East Germany should be mostly Atheist rather than Protestant.

 

[Tee Kay]

Yeah that map is terribad. There are so many mistakes I can't be bothered to list them all.

 

[Domen]

Well, not taking into account atheists is not a mistake in a "map of dominant religions".

 

[Tee Kay]

Bits that need work

 

[Lohrenswald]

Comic sans? Come on

Also, Armenia isn't (eastern) orthodox, from what I've gathered.

 

[cybrxkhan]

My nitpick: the Vietnam region has a weird division between South = Buddhist and North = Chinese religion (which I'm assuming means the Buddhism+Taosim+Confucianism+ancestor worship combo thingy, which is a bit problematic in and of itself but I'll let that slide). So far as I know, such a division is pretty arbitrary. I don't know if even only counting minority groups makes sense. If they're trying to separate the (Chinese) Mahayana Buddhist from the (SE Asian) Theravada one, then that doesn't make sense either, most of Vietnam draws from the former.

Not sure about Oman there. Thought it was mostly Ibadi.

Yeah, it should be mostly Ibadi. Oman's one of the few Islamic countries that are mainly Ibadi. Actually I think it might be the only country like that, the other places of heavy Ibadi concentration are more scattered (like Zanzibar and some isolated valley regions in north Africa)

Comic sans? Come on

Also, Armenia isn't (eastern) orthodox, from what I've gathered.

Aye, that's right, they're one of the oriental churches. Granted, sometimes that's stuffed under the orthodox umbrella, but the eastern oriental Churches should at the least get their own blob category.

 

[SS-18 ICBM]

I can't believe I missed Mindanao not being green. Guess I was too distracted by the "Tribal and Christian" thing.

Would like to know the distinction between "Tribal" and "Traditional". Actually, what the hell is the latter doing on here anyway?

 

[Tee Kay]

Comic sans? Come on

That map doesn't deserve any better.

 

[KMRblue1027]

Comic sans? Come on

Also, Armenia isn't (eastern) orthodox, from what I've gathered.

Nestorian if I remember correctly.

 

[Arwon]

Wait I just noticed PNG lol

 

[Tee Kay]

Nestorian if I remember correctly.

You're thinking Assyrians. Armenians are mostly Armenian Apostolic. The Nestorian tradition and the Oriental Orthodox tradition (which Armenian Apostolic is a part of) are historically mutually antagonistic.

 

[Goodfella]

What is "Christian" supposed to mean?

I'm guessing it refers to the Disciples of Christ, also known as The Christian Church. As far as I know, it's just a sect of mainstream protestantism.

 

[Mise]

Guyana is definitely NOT Roman Catholic. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_in_Guyana

8% Catholic! Just because Guyana is in South America doesn't mean it is majority RC... The same will hold for Trinidad & Tobago, Barbados, and the other English-speaking Caribbean countries.

 

[gay_Aleks]

Huguenots, I guess?

 

[Mise]

No, Afro-Caribbeans - they tend to be Protestant or Anglican.

EDIT: Oh, wait, who is that in response to?

 

[Lohrenswald]

Guyana isn't as hinduisitc as I thought, it seems.

I think Tolni is referring to the "christians" in the map I posted.
But I don't think it's hugenots. apparantly the church has to have over 50 % of the populatin to be deemed leading in that map, so I can imagine that there simply isn't such a large church in those counties

 

[gay_Aleks]

Wait, oops. I thought Mise referred to French Guyana, and not the actual Guyana, hence the "huguenots" reply.