Comparing of Christian & Non..

• James1

  10 Sep 05, 01:06

  That leads me to a wonder of whether in Singapore, are there church more or temper? and also is the Christian beening the largest population in Singapore? In worldwide, YES!!!
• Icemoon

  10 Sep 05, 01:14

  Originally posted by James1:

  That leads me to a wonder of whether in Singapore, are there church more or temper? and also is the Christian beening the largest population in Singapore? In worldwide, YES!!!

  Your english CMI .. also dunno what is your point.
• happyharvest

  10 Sep 05, 01:44

  Originally posted by James1:

  That leads me to a wonder of whether in Singapore, are there church more or temper? and also is the Christian beening the largest population in Singapore? In worldwide, YES!!!

  I have a hard time understanding what you wrote. I guess there are more churches than temple in Singapore. No, in Singapore, Buddhism has the highest population. If I'm not wrong Christianity ranked number 3 or 4 in position. But when we say globally, Christianity has the largest population, followed by Isalm. Buddhism ranked number 6 in position.
  
  If anyone has the latest statistic, please post here.
• happyharvest

  10 Sep 05, 01:45

  Originally posted by Icemoon:

  Your english CMI .. also dunno what is your point.

  What is CMI? Wah, all the short form..... I dunno understand.
• stellazio

  10 Sep 05, 01:45

  Originally posted by James1:

  That leads me to a wonder of whether in Singapore, are there church more or temper? and also is the Christian beening the largest population in Singapore? In worldwide, YES!!!

  Please temple not temper..
• stellazio

  10 Sep 05, 01:46

  Originally posted by happyharvest:

  What is CMI? Wah, all the short form..... I dunno understand.

  You CANNOT MAKE IT...
• happyharvest

  10 Sep 05, 01:48

  Originally posted by stellazio:

  You CANNOT MAKE IT...

  Ohhhh...... I really dun understand short form.
• Icemoon

  10 Sep 05, 01:53

  Originally posted by James1:

  That leads me to a wonder of whether in Singapore, are there church more or temper? and also is the Christian beening the largest population in Singapore? In worldwide, YES!!!

  oh ya .. u better prepare your "defense".
  
  I can almost see what is coming - laurence will come in question your purpose in comparing temples and churches. If things get tougher, heng will also join in. SIS might join in if he's free.
  
  
• happyharvest

  10 Sep 05, 01:58

  Originally posted by Icemoon:

  oh ya .. u better prepare your "defense".
  
  I can almost see what is coming - laurence will come in question your purpose in comparing temples and churches. If things get tougher, heng will also join in. SIS might join in if he's free.
  
  

  This is fun. I wanna get a packet of potato chip ready.
• Icemoon

  10 Sep 05, 02:12

  Originally posted by happyharvest:

  This is fun. I wanna get a packet of potato chip ready.

  IMHO .. the comparison between church and temple is uncalled for. very much arrogant. More churches .. so what? titanium vs. wood .. so what?
  
  Also the topic is a flame bait - comparing of xtian and non .. laurence sure flares up when he reads it.
• happyharvest

  10 Sep 05, 02:45

  Originally posted by Icemoon:

  IMHO .. the comparison between church and temple is uncalled for. very much arrogant. More churches .. so what? titanium vs. wood .. so what?
  
  Also the topic is a flame bait - comparing of xtian and non .. laurence sure flares up when he reads it.

  What is IMHO?
  
  what is xtian and non?
  
  Then how? delete this post. quick quick. This post is not appropriate. hide it...
• An Eternal Now

  10 Sep 05, 02:57

  Temples (taoist) and monasteries/dharma centres (buddhism) are different. I do not know how many taoist temples are out there, but there are about, in fact should be more than 200 monasteries/dharma centres in Singapore. I think there are more temples than monasteries, I'm not so sure. Buddhists don't worship gods and deities like the Taoists, but we do pay reverence and respect to Buddhas and bodhisattvas.
  
  How many churches are there in Singapore?
• An Eternal Now

  10 Sep 05, 03:06

  Originally posted by James1:

  That leads me to a wonder of whether in Singapore, are there church more or temper? and also is the Christian beening the largest population in Singapore? In worldwide, YES!!!

  Singapore's Religion Census:
  
  Buddhist 42.5%, Muslim 14.9%, Taoist 8.5%, Hindu 4%, Catholic 4.8%, other Christian 9.8%, other 0.7%, none 14.8% (2000 census)
• happyharvest

  10 Sep 05, 03:09

  Originally posted by An Eternal Now:

  Singapore's Religion Census:
  
  Buddhist 42.5%, Muslim 14.9%, Taoist 8.5%, Hindu 4%, Catholic 4.8%, other Christian 9.8%, other 0.7%, none 14.8% (2000 census)

  this is outdated.
• An Eternal Now

  10 Sep 05, 03:22

  Originally posted by happyharvest:

  this is outdated.

  5 years is quite little for a sharp change.
  
  Don't know if it is rude to compare here. (but anyway, census aren't impt, just for the sake of general knowledge) I think there isnt much change or increase of Christian followers from 1990 to 2000.
  
  The religious distribution is 31.1% Buddhist, 22.4% Chinese Traditional Beliefs/Taoism, 15.4% Islam, 12.5% Christianity, 3.7% Hinduism, 0.6% other religions, and 14.3% no religion - 1990 census
  
  edit: sorry i have updated the 1990 census
• An Eternal Now

  10 Sep 05, 04:15

  Originally posted by happyharvest:

  I have a hard time understanding what you wrote. I guess there are more churches than temple in Singapore. No, in Singapore, Buddhism has the highest population. If I'm not wrong Christianity ranked number 3 or 4 in position. But when we say globally, Christianity has the largest population, followed by Isalm. Buddhism ranked number 6 in position.
  
  If anyone has the latest statistic, please post here.

  Sorry to correct a slight mistake: Buddhism is 4th in position.
  
  In order:
  
  Christianity - Islam - Hinduism - Buddhism
• maggot

  10 Sep 05, 07:19

  So do we need to take up weapons and sort it out?
• coffeeortea

  10 Sep 05, 07:28

  1/3 of the worlds population is christian.
• coffeeortea

  10 Sep 05, 07:29

  also, compare for what sia wtf.. compare here compare there also not going to make a diff. trying to start some flaming Shit again?
• dumbdumb!

  10 Sep 05, 07:34

  bleah i tot u wanted to compare christian and non christians' attitudes and how they treat others etc..
• maggot

  10 Sep 05, 07:36

  And 1 more thing, it's weapons that talks and not the people that have the majority talks.
  
  You can always take out the majority with WMDs.
• John The Baptist

  10 Sep 05, 09:42

  Originally posted by James1:

  That leads me to a wonder of whether in Singapore, are there church more or temper? and also is the Christian beening the largest population in Singapore? In worldwide, YES!!!

  Forgive me but i think u should read the newspapers. The latest statistic just came out a few mths back in ST Life! abt "God is great in S'pore" w/c states that more than 80% of ppl in S'pore believe in God. & they mean all the Buddhists, Taoists, Muslims, Catholics, Christians etc who believe in some form of higher power or God. & Christians r still the minority in S'pore with only abt 10+%. Bad engrish doesn't mean don't read newspapers. No harm intended here. Pls don't scold me now.
• Nelstar

  10 Sep 05, 10:20

  Originally posted by James1:

  That leads me to a wonder of whether in Singapore, are there church more or temper? and also is the Christian beening the largest population in Singapore? In worldwide, YES!!!

  Having more churchs does not mean you have more Christians.
  
  Having more apple trees does not mean all the apple trees produce fruits.
  
  
• bluewinged

  10 Sep 05, 10:32

  whos SIS?
• ben1xy

  10 Sep 05, 11:19

  Originally posted by bluewinged:

  whos SIS?

  icemoon's buddy
  
  they have long chats here pretty often