The world has about eight billion people distributed over its surface in remote villages and massive congested cities. Estimates vary but it is believed there are about four thousand recognized religions in the world with Christianity first with 2.5 billion adherents, Islam comes in second with 1.9, and Hinduism in third with 1.1. The existence of an abundance of religions in all parts of the world raises the question, why? What is it about people that causes them to adopt religious views keeping in mind that included in the table of world religions on Britannica Online are agnostics in fourth position and atheists in eighth? Why do individuals find it necessary to affirm or deny the existence of God, creation, an after life, heaven, hell, truth, and many other aspects of religion? An answer is provided in the first paragraph of the summary of essential doctrine compiled in the Westminster Confession of Faith, chapter 1, “Of the Holy Scripture.”
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