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World religious section lists religions with 1 million members and cults. Not all listed are considered cults. The list consists of  Atheism (the religious faith of no faith), Baha'i, Hinduism, Islam, Jehovah's Witnesses, Mormonism, Oneness Pentecostal, Roman Catholicism, Universalism, Wicca.  There many religions around the world. We hope that by analyzing and comparing religions of the world to Christianity you will discover the truth found in Christianity as revealed in the Bible.



  1. Atheism  
    1. What is atheism?
    2. Are there different kinds of atheists?
    3. What is agnosticism?
    4. What is secularism?
    5. Terms and definitions
    6. Can atheists be ethical?
    7. Can atheists know right from wrong?
    8. Christian terms atheists should be aware of
    9. Questions for Atheists
    10. Questions for Atheists, part 2
    11. Questions for atheists based on the morality of reducing harm
  2. Baha'i
    1. A Brief History of Baha’i
    2. Basic Baha’i Teachings
    3. Glossary of Terms
    4. Bibliography
    5. Heaven and Hell: the Baha’i view
    6. Is Jesus just a Prophet or God?
    7. Baha’i and the Nature of Man
    8. The Baha’i Faith and Salvation
    9. Baha’i and the Resurrection of Christ
    10. Witnessing to Baha’is
  3. Hinduism
    1. Hindus, please read this first
    2. The Gospel for Hindus
    3. How to Share the Gospel with Hindus
    4. The Do’s and Don’t’s of Hindu Evangelism
    5. Hinduism Bibliography
  4. Islam
    1. Muslims, please read this first  – Click here for a video
    2. The Gospel for Muslims  –  Click here for a video
    3. What is Islam?  –  Click here for a video
    4. Bibliography Islam
    5. Search the Quran and the Hadith
    6. Pictures of the Dome of the Rock, Mosque in Jerusalem
    7. Muhammad was 54 years old when he married 6 year old Aisha. He waited until she was 9 to consummate the marriage
  5. Jehovah's Witnesses
    1. Jehovah’s Witness’ Beliefs – video  (Turkish)
    2. Jehovah’s Witnesses in a nutshell – video
    3. Jehovah’s Witnesses’ History – video
    4. Is the Jehovah’s Witness religion Christian? – video
    5. If you are a Jehovah’s Witness, please read this first – video
    6. Jehovah’s Witnesses are really “Watchtowerites” – video
    7. Questions for Jehovah’s Witnesses – video
    8. Has the Jehovah’s Witness’ god performed the greatest act of love? – video
    9. Response to “Has the Jehovah’s Witness’ god performed the greatest act of love?”
    10. Arianism and its influence today
    11. New light on the Watchtower’s faithful discreet slave
    12. Responding to the Jehovah’s Witness attacks on the deity of Christ
    13. Responding to the Jehovah’s Witness attacks on the Bible
    14. A Biblical Response to Jehovah’s Witnesses
    15. The Lord’s Supper and the 144,000 Anointed Class of Jehovah’s Witnesses
    16. A.D. 1914, 607 B.C., 586 B.C., and the Jehovah’s Witnesses
    17. Did Jesus become king in 1914?
    18. Why A.D. 1914 is Important to the Jehovah’s Witnesses
    19. Jehovah’s Witnesses and Mental Health
    20. The Jehovah’s Witnesses and the Resurrection of Jesus
    21. Is the Jehovah’s Witnesses Organization the “faithful and discreet slave?”
    22. Do annihilation and resurrection make sense?
    23. Does the Watchtower say the Bible teaches the Trinity?
    24. A Test: Do you have the True Jesus?
    25. Is the Jehovah’s Witness baptism valid?
    26. Are blood transfusions sinful?
    27. God and human suffering in the Watchtower and the Bible
    28. Is a mere man a sufficient sacrifice for all our sins?
    29. Does the doctrine of the Trinity make God the author of confusion?
    30. Jehovah’s Witness, 1 Corinthians 15:50, and future resurrection
    31. Jehovah’s Witnesses and the Human Soul
    32. Jehovah’s Witnesses, the Psalms, and the state of the dead
    33. Jehovah’s Witnesses, Ecclesiastes 9, and the state of the dead
    34. Jehovah’s Witnesses, Isaiah, and the state of the dead
    35. Does Genesis 2:7 prove that a “soul” is just a physically living human?
  6. Mormonism
    1. Studying with the Mormons? Thinking of joining the Mormon church? – Click here for a video
    2. What does Mormonism teach?
    3. Mormonism in a Nutshell – Click here for a video
    4. Mormonism’s History – Click here for a video
    5. Chronology of Mormonism
    6. Is Mormonism Christian? – Click here for a video
    7. Is Mormonism a cult?
    8. Striving for perfection and the true gospel
    9. If all Mormons are Christians, then all Christians are Mormons
    10. Mormon Beliefs
    11. What if Mormon Missionaries told the truth about their religion?
    12. LDS: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and the Internet
    13. Joseph Smith married Helen Mar Kimball when she was 14. Average age of marriage in 1890 census for men 26.1 and women 22.
  7. Oneness Pentecostal 
    1. What is Oneness Pentecostal theology?
    2. What does Oneness Pentecostal theology teach?
    3. Problems with oneness theology
    4. T.D. Jakes
  8. Roman Catholicism
    1. Manuals and DVD’s on Roman Catholicism
    2. Why is it Necessary to Write about Roman Catholicism? – video
    3. What is Roman Catholicism?
    4. Dear Catholic, do you know for sure if you are going to heaven?
    5. Roman Catholic Terminology
    6. The Gospel for Roman Catholics
    7. Cut and Paste section on Roman Catholicism – for use in chat rooms
    8. Testimonies of ex-Roman Catholic priests
    9. Is Roman Catholicism and Christianity the same thing?
    10. The Roman Catholic view of the Roman Catholic Church
    11. A list of false teachings in the Roman Catholic Church
    12. What is the difference between Protestantism and Catholicism?
  9. Seventh Day Adventism
    1. The history of the Seventh-day Adventist Church
    2. Church structure of the Seventh-day Adventist Church
    3. What does Seventh-day Adventism teach?
    4. Quotes about Ellen G. White from SDA sources
    5. Does the Bible allow Christians to worship on Sunday?
    6. Scriptures dealing with the first day of the week
    7. Does CARM recommend the Seventh-day Adventist Church?
    8. The Clear Word Bible
    9. The Clear Word Bible Introduction
    10. The Clear Word Bible and Annihilationism
    11. The Clear Word Bible, Jesus, and Michael the Archangel
    12. The Clear Word Bible and the Sabbath
    13. The Clear Word Bible and Salvation
    14. The Clear Word Bible and the Soul
    15. The Clear Word Bible and Miscellaneous Verses
    16. Go to the SDA discussion board
  10. Universalism
    1. What is universalism?
    2. Christian Universalism
    3. Can a Christian be a universalist?
    4. Universalism and the cults
    5. Matthew 25:46 and Universalism
    6. Mark 3:28-29 and Universalism
    7. 1 Tim. 4:10 and Universalism
    8. 1 Tim. 2:4 and 2 Pet. 3:9, Is it God’s will that all people be saved?
    9. Objections answered to “Is it God’s will that all people be saved?”
    10. More objections answered to “Is it God’s will that all people be saved?”
    11. 1 Samuel 3:14 and Universalism
    12. A look at the word “aionion”
    13. What do Greek dictionaries say about “aionion?”
    14. A look at the phrase “forever and ever”
  11. Wicca
    1. Why write about Wicca?
    2. If you are a Wiccan, please read this
    3. My involvement in the occult
    4. Are Wiccans Satanists?
    5. Wicca and the youth
    6. Bibliography of Wicca Research
    7. What is Wicca? 
    8. Beliefs in Wicca
    9. History and Origins of Wicca
    10. Wiccan Terms
    11. Symbols in Wicca
    12. The Wiccan Sabbats, or Holy Days
    13. Wicca and the Burning Times and Christianity​