Christinity

Christianity Facts 

1. In 2001, the World Christian Encyclopedia counted 33,830 different Christian denominations.
2. Early Christians were called "atheists" by Romans as they didn't pay tribute to pagan gods.
3. In 2010,the Catholic Church had an income of US$97 billion.
4. Christianity is severely persecuted in at least 27 countries
5. Most scholars say Jesus never viewed himself as creating a new religion per se, just reforming Judaism.
6. Jesus is mentioned more times in the Quran than Muhammad.
7. More people go to church on Sunday in China than in the whole of Europe.
8. Pope Francis used to work as a bar bouncer in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
9. A Church built into a cave is the largest church in the Middle East.
10. Judas sold Jesus for the equivalent of 4 months' pay of a working man.
11. Pope Pius II wrote a popular erotic book called "The Tale Of Two Lovers" before assuming office.
12. There's an empty placenext to Muhammad's Tomb,Islam's main Prophet,reserved for Jesus.
13. Billy Graham personally preached Christianism to over 200 million people.
14. Going to church is good for you: Services lowers your blood pressure, a study found.
15. A 62-foot Jesus statue built by a megachurch was destroyed by a lightning strike and subsequent fire.
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17. Christianity was the main religion in Egypt between the Fourth and Sixth Centuries.
18. Papaphobia is the fear of the Pope.
19. There's a Christian church in San Francisco that worships John Coltrane as a Saint and uses his lyrics as prayers.
20. There is a sect, offshoot of Christianity, that believes Jesus is currently living in China as a Chinese woman.
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22. At least 20 million people died during the Taiping Rebellion in China, led by a man who claimed to be the brother of Jesus, and who attempted to impose a theocracy based on his interpretation of Christianity.
23. Christianity is the fastest growing religion in Iran.