Religion Facts

The word "Lord" appears 1855 times in the Bible.
The word "God" appears in every book except Esther and Song of Solomon.
The word "grandmother" appears in the Bible only once: 2 Timothy 1:5.
The word "eternity" is mentioned only once: Isaiah 57:15.
Seven suicides are recorded in the Bible.
In Old Testament times the Mediterranean Sea was called the Great Sea.
There are 7 different Jeremiahs in the Bible: 1 Chronicles 5:24; 12:4, 10, 13; 2 Kings 23:30; Jeremiah 1:1; 35:3.

The Bible was written in three languages: Hebrew, Aramaic, and Koine Greek.
The longest line in the Bible is Esther 8:9 - 89 words, 425 letters.
The longest word in the Bible is Maher-shalal-hash-baz: Isaiah 8:1.
The shortest verse in the NIV Bible is John 11:35: "Jesus wept."
The longest book chapter in the Bible is Psalm 119, the shortest is Psalm 117.
There are 66 books in the Bible, 39 in the Old Testament and 27 in the New Testament.
The 66 books of the Bible is divided into 1,189 chapters consisting of 31,102 verses. The Old Testament has 929 chapters, the New Testament 260 (King James version).

There are more than 10,000 distinct religious groups in the world.

There are more than 10,000 distinct religious groups in the world.

Christianity is the world's most widespread religion (2.1 billion Christians)

About 50 Bibles are sold every minute. It is the world's best-selling book. About 1 billion copies of Bibles have been sold.

33 percent of the people in the world are Christians.
21 percent of the people in the world are Muslims.
13 percent of the people in the world are Hindus.
6 percent of the people in the world are Buddhists.
2.3 percent of the people of the world are atheists.
0.4 percent of the people of the world are Sikhs.
0.2 percent of the people of the world are Jewish.
0.1 percent of the people of the world are Baha'is.
12 percent of the people of the world are of other religions.
12 percent of the people in the world are nonreligious.

The youngest Pope was 11 years old.