[UPDATED] World Religions Family Tree

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[@UsefulCharts]

Thanks for all the suggestions everyone! This impromptu video shows the final version, which is available now at: usefulcharts.com/products/world-religions-family-tree

[@zurgmuckerberg]

What's your view on the 2020 GAMAAN online survey which showed that the plurality of Iranian were 'non-religious' (although the labels were varied) and not Muslims? Do you think it's accurate? The official source stated that 99.9% of Iranian were Muslims, but I found that hard to believe. Actually the survey is rather hard to believe too, to a lesser degree. I know this won't affect the map since the single largest religion would be Islam but I'm just curious what you think of it. It's just fascinating to think that one of the most theocratic countries in the world is possibly also one of the most irreligious, demographically speaking.

[@egipcio5312]

You can also add that hermeticism derives also from Ancient Egyptian Polytheism.

[@john-michaeldearstyne8027]

Maybe add Armenian Orthodox? Armenia is the first nation to declare Christianity as a state religion

[@jalengee8421]

See no religion isn’t on the map cuz it’s “not a religion” cuz Estonia, I think Sweden (50%), Czech, Netherlands(50%), China, south/North Korea would be grey but it’s alright it’s not officially one ig :) Also think Christianity is at 2.5b

[@haykyeghikyan9566]

You've missed the Armenian Church under the oriental orthodox group. Armenian is the first Christian country. And the church today has around 9 million members. Given its significant role in the history of Christianity, it's essential to include the Armenian Church in your chart.

[@FarrlapTube]

Hi there, just thought I'd add for maybe future updates. Māori native beliefs in New Zealand were heavily influenced by colonisation in the late 1800's. There are multiple versions of traditional beliefs; the two most common belief systems are that there is a single supreme god (Io Matua Kore) or that are many animistic like deities (Te Kore, Te Pō and Te Ao). These beliefs are still actively practiced in New Zealand, as we Māori often give thanks (karakia) to our chosen deities (Atua) when doing things such as harvesting, hunting/fishing, celebrating, mourning etc... There are also two minority christian denomination known as Ringatū and 'Te Haahi Ratana' or the Rātana Faith. These were both religious and cultural response to the abrasive and mass desposition experienced by Māori at the time (result of colonisations). The New Zealand census in 2023 lists 12,336 as Ringatū and 43,821 as Rātana. Just wanted to give some recognition of us beige footnotes.

[@michaelhorn6029]

Good to know

[@bethmarriott9292]

Kia ora! I'm from the UK but I've lived in NZ since I was a kid, experiencing the Māori faith in different ceremonies and occasions in work and school is so great seeing it more interwoven into daily life (despite the efforts of our new leader, Lex Luthor)

[@angelawossname]

Ninna Marni from Adelaide! We hosted a Maori guy for 7 months during the travel bans, and my son has just come back from staying with him in Aotearoa. We consider ourselves privileged for him to now consider us whanau. I think there is a certain kinship between Maori and us Blackfellas. (My mum is Kuarna/Ngarrindjeri mob)

[@gtrv6434]

@@bethmarriott9292 and Long Live Lex! Down with the Labour hand out cuddle party!

[@abcddef2112]

Matua sounds like Torajan traditional god (and ofc other)...if im not wrong its called Puang Matua

[@vitormelomedeiros]

As one of the Brazilian viewers, I love that you actually added Candomblé and Umbanda! It's such a big part of my particular experience of religiosity as someone who lives in Rio de Janeiro. All the additions look fantastic ❤ love the content as always!

[@SFGJP]

Don't go to bed, new UsefulCharts!

[@agoogolofgeese]

That’s often where I watch!

[@MrThedrachen]

Matt's calm soothing voice helps me relax. And most of his topics are just the right mix of interesting and idgaf to put me to sleep.

[@zachlewis9751]

But I've been awake for 19 hours D:

[@luciboi8182]

It's midnight here and I just started watching, this is the worldview I follow lol

[@dragonlord4452]

Sikh here, the work and listening to feedback you have done is amazing!

[@Soham.69]

Khalistani

[@ChainedTube]

@@Soham.69 You are labelling an ordinary Sikh who has not expressed any opinion other than he approves him video, as a Khalistani. You have revealed the problem of Hindu majority oppressing minorities in India.

[@Vlex_official]

Watch his old comments , most people in minority and even some in majority are backstabbers , the brainchild of Mughals British & Congress ​@@ChainedTube

[@AchyutChaudhary]

*It’s really great to see you acting upon so many of our comments & suggestions!*

[@rafaxd8178]

I think some religions are missing, particullary from the Middle East: -Yazidism is a religion in the Middle East that have elements from ancient religions, zoroastrianism and some islam and gnosticism. Also, Yarseanism evolved from them, and also Alevism (which is so influenced by chia islam). The followers of this group of faith are account by millions. -Babism get another split: Azalism, a minor group keep practice it in Iran. -Why is Alawism in a different color? Is not as different as Chia Islam. -Mazdakism is a very interesting sect that split from zoroastrianism in the VI century AD, but get extinct. -Circassian paganism of Khabzism is still practiced by some people in the Caucasus. -Cargo cults in Polynesia and Melanesia are amazing, particullary John Frumm is famous. -Eckankar is a mixed islam-sikh-hindu religion in the US. -Sabateans are a very interesting religious sect of Jews mixed with islam with some mesianic ideas. -Old believers, Molokans, Doukhobors, Subbotniks, Khyltsy, Skoptsy and other Russian sects of spiritual christians who rejected Nikon canon. -Burkhanism is one of the principal religions of Altai Republic in Russia, a renoved Altai Tengrianism opposed to the shamans with Christian and Buddhist influences.

[@loganleutwyler]

Rastafari is on the chart. It's on the bottom underneath Christian sects and with the various other religious beliefs.

[@rafaxd8178]

@@loganleutwyler you are right. My bad

[@raywhitehead730]

You are mostly correct. Good you pointed this out.

[@Badranltd]

As an Alawi, no we are NOT SHIA please UNDERSTAND FOR ONCE AND FOR ALL Thank you

[@Badranltd]

As in matter of fact we're even closer to Christianity than to Shia

[@Artur_M.]

Thank you for including my suggestion! Making such chart is really an impressive and hard task, as basically every part of it could be endlessly disputed, and (as you said) some simplifications are unavoidable.

[@anthonyn.7379]

Thank you so much UsefulCharts for your hard work! Your charts made me love history and theology even more now!

[@rychei5393]

Nicely done. I love getting more into the weeds. As a former Mormon, I and to chuckle when you had to clarify that the LDS aren't the ONLY 'Mormons' I wonder more about Tengriism and it's relation to the Early Indus... or other ancient religions. This is such a great passion project.

[@jaydouglas5847]

Hello Rychei. In the comment section of the last chart released I left a comment and information on Tengrism's origin from the Eurasian steppes/ Mongolia you might find interesting. I have a question for you I hope you can answer regarding no longer being a Mormon. Did this change occur due to the practices or people in your church or was it based upon comparative study and research on the veracity of the church's origin story ?

[@bigblueshoe777]

@@jaydouglas5847 As another former mormon let me volunteer that in my case the change happened as a result of study into the history and background of the organization and its founders. I was born and raised in the organization in Utah and didn't really question it much until my 30s when social media got big enough to amplify voices outside of the LDS church's official narrative. Turns out that narrative doesn't have a lot in common with documented history.

[@jaydouglas5847]

@@bigblueshoe777 Thank you for that clear , concise and direct reply. I share a very similar experience to yours in that I too was born and raised into a faith, Catholicism, and only when I was older and had access to information that the Church did not want me to see that I began to question everything. Once on the path of learning it's a steady progression towards truth/fact. Again, thanks for sharing and let's hope that others can follow the example of moving towards discovery of knowledge.

[@SamSnoekBrown]

Love these revisions, and really glad I went ahead and pre-ordered the chart last week. Looking forward to hanging it in my office at work!

[@lp-xl9ld]

I for one appreciate the effort you've put into this project so far; you may never get a totally comprehensive version but you've made a fine attempt.

[@jackpaulryan1211]

I love your charts, but I strongly disagree with placing Roman Paganism as an offshoot of Greek Paganism. Later on, Roman Paganism was essentially replaced by Greek paganism, with just the Roman names remaining, but Roman Paganism itself (i.e., that of earlier Latin texts) is starkly different from Greek Paganism, which is heavily influenced by the non-Indo-European indigenous religions of Greece. Thank you for all the hard work!

[@athas65]

Yea, maybe having Italic paganism (like he had Germanic paganism) and then having a Roman or Greco-Roman paganism as an offshoot of both Italic and Greek paganism

[@jsaysyay]

adding my comment here to promote this, like sure common/similar roots but Roman Paganism had a whole variety of unique elements that were there long before other influences

[@polter211]

I hope it's not too late for that change, but I agree! I'm also hoping that Matt goes in-depth into both ancient and modern pagan and new age movements in the future, which would help later editions of the chart. I think it might need a lot more research on Matt's part since his expertise appears to be primarily in Abrahamic religions.

[@jamesbradleysears7188]

Also the non-Indo-European (ancient Etruscan) elements in the formation of Roman paganism.

[@yat282]

This is a very thorough chart. I've been working on a list myself which has lead me to learn a lot about world religions, and this update added basically everything that I noticed you missed in the previous video.

[@Cirathos]

You are pretty accurate with your videos. Please, keep it up. You open thought and discussion, which is well needed.

[@bethmarriott9292]

I love your work and the effort you put into it, Matt, thank you! Your presentation is always so lovely and calm, too. I thoroughly enjoy all the videos you post, and your channel also got me into Al Muqaddimah and I've now watched all of his videos so thank you 😅

[@reneeh4406]

Amazing work! Your charts are so well put together and so informative!

[@lyricistrito]

i really do love your videos and charts! so informative and love the implementation of community feedback

[@Technoidmania]

I was raised Christian, influenced by Hinduism and Buddhism, was new age for a while then atheist for a bit, now I'm a neopagan. I'm fascinated by religion and the history of religion. This is a very interesting chart. Good work.

[@Stoneworks]

Eyyyy I love this, the group project idea of the chart. Great work, Mr Baker!

[@Balls_-_]

Omg it's the guy who gooned to family guy

[@yinyangphoenix]

You still forgot Santeria. This is an awesome chart, though, and I do applaud you!

[@MikachuMacTire]

Yeah, I was also hoping to see Santeria.

[@antonioecruz]

Yea! Really wish it'd been added along with candomblé

[@tomasbyrom3954]

Especially because there are many more pracitioners of Santeria than Candomble... I commented this on the last video.

[@MoonN2299]

Thank you for your determination and hard work! I have learnt so much from your channel for those 3 years I’m following your KZbin

[@In_TheMoonlight]

I have never been this early for a UsefulCharts video this is so exciting

[@photografs]

You're SO damn good! Thanks for ALL your hard work on all your charts (and videos).

[@antonioecruz]

I saw the Candomblé and got excited hoping for the Santería :/ (it's practiced at least in part by 90% of Cubans within Cuba and by millions in the diaspora) but amazing chart still and thank you for taking suggestions!

[@adriantsang3838]

Love to see the changes. Hoping that this form of editing will become a part of future charts as well!

[@AchyutChaudhary]

*This will be a perfect addition to all 🇬🇧British Religious Studies classrooms as we Brits mandatorily have to learn about at least the 6 ‘Major’ World Religions from ✝️Christianity & ☪️Islam, 🕉️Hinduism & ☸️Buddhism, to 🪯Sikhism & ✡️Judaism as part of RE whilst at school until 16!*

[@samuel_saysske1355]

Same in Sweden but no Sikism

[@joshygoldiem_j2799]

That's if we actually pay attention to it that is😆 I swear I've learned far more about these religions from KZbin than I ever did in school!

[@eekay23]

We do that here in Australia too along with jainism

[@andreluismarin8095]

Zoroastrianism really should be added :(

[@wanderingrandomer]

I did RE in school, and we literally only ever learned about Christianity. It was kinda sad

[@Cay30]

Amazing that you added Anthroposophy, looking forward toward to buying this chart, and watching your western esotericism video!

[@vinirsouza]

Now yes! This is just beautiful! Please, just release a book with it and I will be very happy

[@davidjairala69]

I'm so glad Matt took the time to add all the knew religions that were created since the first video he really cares

[@njfogetaboutit]

Hi Matt. I did not see the Amish or the Pennsylvania Dutch included in your updated world religions family tree.

[@scientivore]

This might be a quibble, but technically Japanese Esoteric Buddhism doesn't descend from Vajrayana. It descends from an earlier version of Vajrayana called Mantrayana.

[@arminkuburas1696]

This is why I love always looking at the comments. There is always more to this kind of thing and because of that I find it always very fun to learn about it all :)

[@compassionandwisdom4311]

Mantrayana is also very close to the Four Main schools of Tibetan Buddhism as they use the resuscitation of mantra, however, they are Vajrayana and or Tantrayana

[@compassionandwisdom4311]

Man, I really appreciate your attention to detail. One thing that I don't know if was mentioned is in Tibetan Buddhism you could really mention the four main schools. They also connection to Bon the folk religion of the area, which might have some connections to Chinese religions. You charts are amazing.

[@revdavidpeters]

Wow you did an incredible job with this chart!

[@danielmadar9938]

Again, well done, thanks for being as scholar as possible 💪🏽

[@anthonymcarthur6504]

Good job thanks for taking our suggestions and the hard work

[@theoneandonlybosable]

Honey wake up new Useful Charts dropped

[@BillGreenAZ]

Thanks for incorporating my suggestion of Pacific Islander religions.

[@vadec5909]

I think this is awesome work, the amount of research and knowledge into this is truely amazing!! And I just love my book Timeline of the Bible!!

[@spacemanonearth]

Thanks for all your efforts! All the best to you.

[@kalraevyn7444]

Looking good! In regards to a potential esotericism video you may want to see if Esoterica/Dr. Sledge may be of assistance.

[@isaactrockman4417]

Love the updates!

[@DeclanMBrennan]

Very very impressive. I suspect this is going to be a living chart. For the next version, I wonder should you consider some of the schools of Greek Philosophy like Stoicism and Skepticism? Some of these were very influential and had committed adherents. They were very much guidance on how to live well like the Chinese schools that you included.

[@RubelliteFae]

I totally agree. The influence and relationships between philosophies and religions are far too intertwined for the academic practice of kerping them entirely distinct. It does make it take much longer to research and diagram tho

[@SeekingTruth2023]

I agree too. This would be a very exciting addition.

[@user-de4iv9hj6p]

It's great to see how the more minor religions had more information added to them! I was wondering where Candomble was, you could even add Santeria too. Honestly I'm hoping some day you make a Traditional African Religions Family Tree because it would be interesting to see all the connections, but that would require a lot of research most likely.

[@eduardomacedo8937]

I'm soo glad you added, Bantu, Yoruba, Candomblé and Umbanda to this chart!

[@greasher926]

I may have missed it, but was finno-Ugric paganism included? Similar to Baltic paganism, it was one of the last pagan religions to hold on in Europe, and with the rise of neopaganism many of these religions have been revived, especially since some of them such as Mari and Sami had pagan practices that survived into the modern age.

[@btrueeth]

I wonder how "revived" they are.

[@greasher926]

@@btrueeth well according to one study in 2012 6% (40k) of Mari El republic practice the native religion (keep in mind that only 40% are ethnic Mari). In rural areas practitioners claim an unbroken tradition going back to pre Christian period, although with many Christian influences. Those in the urban areas is more of a neopagen practice. As far as paganism goes in general in Russia, they make up about 1.2% of the total population at about 1.7 million, 44% of which (750k) are rodnovery (Slavic neopaganism), however the region with the highest rate is North Ossetia at about 29% (200k) practice Assianism which is a Scythian pagan religion.

[@rdaltry777]

Thanks Matt. Great video

[@andydonnelly8677]

Great work from you & the community. 👍

[@sevenyt4456]

Yo thank you soo much for these charts. Im abt to buy a bunch of them. Is there any discount codes I can use before I order? 😅

[@lalouchevibritannia539]

It would be ridiculous to expect anyone to genuinely cover every religion, within your knowledge base this is pretty excellent.

[@zacharyowens6664]

I only wish Yazidism was listed. Maybe it is and I didn’t see it.

[@dodec8449]

Nope, it's not on it.

[@rafaxd8178]

Also Yarseanism and Alevism

[@0xkronos]

Could you please make a full video on your life through the religions you have studied and seen and how you have changed through it all?

[@qwertyiou9]

Looks great! I feel heard. Thank you!

[@zanderbricks8701]

Wonderful chart! Btw, you should include Athinganoi, Yazidism, Yarsanism, Zurvanism, Mazdaznan, Five Percent Nation, and the Moorish Science Temple. Keep up the good work!

[@steamedwatermelon2165]

Another fine job, Dr. Baker

[@KnightSky115]

I know it's too late, but Hermeticism really shouldn't be shown as dying off. It had a large presence in the Islamic world and later in Europe during the Renaissance. Neopaganism also has some influence from European folk traditions that survived Christianization. Paganism itself wasn't being practiced, but it's influence was still present in things like Folk Catholicism and Folk Orthodoxy, which would in turn influence some parts of Neopagan practice. Also it would be really interesting to see videos on Western Esotericism and on the simplified version of the Christianity chart.

[@LoveVanillaRose]

Have you done the Cabot family tree? History of John Cabot, the "Boston Brahmans" to George Cabot Lodge, down to today? Their family history and influence on American politics has been prior to and larger than the Kennedys. Thank you for your work.

[@prn_97_]

i feel like tantra should have been added under yoga. Arya samaj could be under vedic religion too. Not to mention different denominations such as lingayats, Kashmir shaivism, gaudiya vaishnavism

[@Brajendu]

Great work!!! May I request to provide a low resolution image or PDF to download freely for people who can't afford buy.

[@sol_mental]

WHAT THE HECK WE GOT IN!!! Umbanda and Candomble we're there!! I literally asked for this on like at least five videos, but finally there we are xD

[@bersbatjargal2074]

Im happy with the changes. Thanks

[@francobienlecias5830]

Thank you for your hard work usefulcharts, AMAZING WORK. I would have loved to see Southeast Asian maritime Hinduism like Balinese hinduism and Southeast Asian maritime Buddhism as well as Austronesian spiritualism/polytheism but still amazing work and I would definitely say nobody could have done such a great chart such as this one. THANK YOU FOR SUCH A GREAT WORK

[@lyd4712]

yes, there is so much that is missing here. Like the most obvious one, Balinese Hinduism, because Balinese Hinduism or even Austronesian Hinduism is distinguished from mainstream Hinduism, as it is influenced by Buddhism and indigenous Austronesian beliefs.

[@RubelliteFae]

A much better verssion of the chart! I'm still holding out for a future Hindu chart with the major & minor saṃpradāyas and perhaps some major paramparās as well. I think it leads to a much better understanding of the important concepts that can't be covered in the basic version that's so common in the West.

[@marioandsonicfan465]

Hey UsefulCharts, Loved your History of Christianity video, especially the Christian Denominations Family Tree Chart. Great work! I noticed Members Church of God International and La Cruz del Mundo weren't mentioned. Any particular reason? Also, did you cover the Universal Life Church? It's quite unique among Christian denominations. Your insights would be awesome. Thanks for considering my questions. By the way, could you add Christian cults like Christian Science, the Unity Church, Armstrongism Theosophy, Grace Communion International, Shincheonji Church of Jesus, or Heaven's Gate to the chart if possible? Keep up the fantastic content!

[@user-oj7ts9zk1g]

I ❤all your videos ❤ thanks so much for sharing this knowledge with us ❤

[@torrawel]

Don't know if someone mentioned it already, but I'd definitely add "Aztec" religion (the most familiar, even though it's not really the correct term) since it still has quite a lot of influence in present day Mexican society in the syncretism with Catholicism. Don't know if that should be under native American religions because it's unclear to me what you meant with "native American" (the US or the entire American continent).

[@davidroddini1512]

I would definitely like to see the History of Christianity - Simplified video as well as the Western Esotericism one. Looking forward to it!

[@jakeaurod]

Is Mithraism in the Roman Empire too small to note? If you were to include it, where would it go? BTW, even at 1920x1080 the compression on this video makes the beige-on-beige lines near the bottom hard to see.

[@wenluchua3583]

Hi, Taiwanese here :D great stuff and thank you for the effort for collecting all the info into one! I know I am probably too late but would like to share some of my thoughts here-- 1. "Chinese Syncretism" could also refer to a Chinese philosophy during the Warring States period of China, same period when Confucianism was born. But I guess "The Three Teachings" sounds too ramdom to be listed as an official name. In Chinese languages, we call the religion "Ru-Shi-Tao". "Ru" stands for Confucianism, "Shi" stands for Buddhism, and "Tao" for Taoism. Sort of says how ancient Chinese tries to harmonize all three religions/philosophies into one but didn't bother to give it a new name. 2. To be more precise, Tibet would be put under Buddhism and Xinjiang would go under Islam. But I just realized the graphic is categorized by country, so nvm. 3. Taiwan is crazily investd into salvashionist religions and Yiguandao is definately the greater ones. Never heard of Weixinism though, weird, since I am from the same city it was born. Falungong goes without saying the most famous ones not only in western media, but also all Chinese speaking worlds (expect China).

[@Fuffuloo]

Minor spelling thing you might want to take into account for your next printing batch: Under Shibutsu-shugo, you have "Japanese Synchretism" instead of "Japanese Syncretism." I don't know if that is an accepted alternate spelling or a typo, but either way I think you have the word spelled "syncretism" elsewhere in the chart, so at the very least you might want to change it for consistency's sake. Great work, Matt!

[@terminator1562]

babe wake up! useful charts posted a new video

[@arta.xshaca]

Hey, adding Austronesian, including some of the various Polynesian Islander beliefs would be cool as well.

[@user-yy2mu9qm7g]

Yes, I would like to see you make a short video about your simplified version of the Christianity Family Tree since I, too, was wondering why you didn't go over those in the original video.

[@weirdlanguageguy]

Hey Matt, just want to start out by thanking you for your awesome work! I love the charts of yours that I have and I'm sure I'll be getting more in the future sometime. These charts are amazing. I do have a little critique though: as a Latter-day Saint (from the mainstream brighamite branch), I don't have an issue with labeling the movement as Mormonism to encapsulate all LDS denominations or with linking the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints with Freemasonry as these are both things that I've been pushing more recognition of (especially awareness of diversity of Latter Day Saint denominations), but I think that the specific way you've portrayed these two facts on the chart is misleading. While Mormonism was founded in 1830, the esoteric and frequently Freemasonry-derived beliefs and practices like temple worship, eternal progression to godhood, and polygamy didn't develop until the Nauvoo period, ending with Joseph Smith's death (1839-1844). Following Smith's death, the largest faction of Mormons consolidated around Brigham Young, fully embraced Nauvoo Theology (including rites borrowed from freemasonry), and moved out West to Utah; but many of the other Latter Day Saints remained behind and explicitly rejected both Brigham Young's authority and the Nauvoo theology that he embraced - to the extent that many of those groups denied that Joseph Smith ever taught such things in the first place. As such, the influence that Freemasonry had on Mormonism, while undeniable for groups like the Brighamites, Wightites, and Strangites is virtually non-existent for both the 2nd and 3rd largest Latter Day Saint traditions, so it doesn't make much sense to me to link Freemasonic influences to Mormonism as a whole. Again, thanks for all your hard work, and I hope you find this comment helpful!

[@ps.2]

...But given that he didn't have enough room to include any of the individual branches of Mormonism, how would you suggest he represent the Masonic influence? I don't see where else you'd put the arrow, given that it did come through the O.G. Prophet.

[@weirdlanguageguy]

@@ps.2 I see what you're saying, and understand there isn't much room for some of this nuance, but I think I'd like to see the mormonism bubble split with a dotted line, one half without the masonic line and one half with. Again, that said, I'd understand if that would make it too busy; and the way it is currently is probably good enough for the chart, even though I think it could be better.

[@bumblediosa2206]

I love how my suggestion about the Rastafari religion was added! (About the Rastafari relgion deriving from Christianity and shouldn't be alone)

[@rajthapar]

Would be great if you can do a whole chart and video on Sikhism! ❤ Love your work

[@compassionandwisdom4311]

I would love to see this! Sikhism has an important place as a compromise between Islam and Hinduism

[@jennoscura2381]

I suggested Santeria because as far as I can tell it's the other main Afro Caribbean region besides Voodoo. I was hoping to see that added. Perhaps it can be added in a future revision.

[@Krankenwagen571]

Man , your brain must have become an encyclopaedia with the amount of knowledge of religions and their relations from all over the world

[@jlovelace486]

Hope you're feeling better Matt. ❤

[@SamAronow]

I liked that "BBC2 announcing the lineup" pause at the start.

[@shoutforchoy]

This is everything I always wanted! I just have one slight problem- why are the years for developments in each religion not level with each other? I understand that it’s probably a formatting thing, it’s just really weird seeing things like the Haskalah level with the Council of Nicaea. It just makes it feel a tad like multiple separate charts as opposed to one grand chart. Love the content!

[@derektroutman4793]

This is essentially an amalgamation of a lot of their charts, but I don't think it's attempting to make a strict chronology, just how they relate to each other. There's a vague past-to-present, but I imagine making it strictly chronological would make some parts of the chart really cluttered and others relatively empty.

[@MrOoYT]

@@derektroutman4793 I think the main reason is because it would simply take up too much space, and the text would become too small / chart become too large. The best solution I think would be to just get all of the religious denomination charts along with this one for anyone who wanted to compare.

[@In_TheMoonlight]

I would love a video on western esotericism, I'm very unfamiliar with that whole web and I want to learn!

[@chasejensen899]

I think that referring to it as Mormonism is fine because of its general use in academia writing, but other terms I have seen and tend to use myself is Latter Day Saint tradition or movement.

[@GoldenEmperor5Manifest]

A few small potential things to consider: - Zoroastrianism greatly influenced Christianity both through the Magi but also in theory the Lake of Fire is not Greek but a Zoroastrian concept expanded to an eternal damnation theme as opposed to the great fire purifying the evil spirits. Arguably "Good thoughts, Good deeds" is just "Do unto others as you'd have done unto you". - Legalism, to my knowledge is a governing philosophy but was never actually a religion. Is there any evidence that it was religious? - European Pagans influenced Catholicism quite heavily. and a random question about the Christian denominations. The United States and the British Civil War were both majorly impacted by Puritanism yet there seems to be almost no information whatsoever in either your Christian denomination series or this chart. I have no idea what they belong to as far as denominations go, who are those guys? Proto-Baptists? Anyway, just some thoughts of my own, sorry for throwing all of that at ya after all of these changes.

[@dianeporrier9218]

I couldn't really see what update, but the chart looks great. I would like to see another chart on how the witchcraft, Satanism, and Wiccan religious connect to it seems like the second great awakening of which is confusing because I thought they connected to ancestor and nature Worship

[@djkates1916]

Thanks for bringing up the fact that different religions have different views concerning atheism/agnosticism in their ranks. As someone who considers himself to be both Jewish and somewhere in the atheist sphere (I was born and raised Jewish, and never took on a different religion nor renounced Judaism, so by Jewish standards, I'm still Jewish; on top of that, a significant portion of my personal moral code comes from my Jewish upbringing, hence me personally considering myself still Jewish even if I don't engage in many of the ritual practices), I find it very interesting that Judaism doesn't consider that to be a clash at all, whereas some religions would. This brings to mind one of the subtle but (to my mind) interesting differences in how Judaism and Christianity interpret the shared part of their religious text, specifically (in this case) the Ten Commandments. The text itself is the same (minor and mostly unimportant translation differences aside), but there are differences in the numbering. Specifically, Judaism considers "I am the Lord your God" to be its own commandment (with "You shall have no other gods besides me" also being its own commandment), whereas most forms of Christianity do not consider "I am the Lord your God" to be its own commandment, but rather part of the same commandment as "You shall have no other gods besides me." (I specify "forms of Christianity" here because apparently different Christian groups do not agree on the numbering in other ways, though considering "I am the Lord your God" and "You shall have no other gods besides me" to be all one commandment appears to be consistent, based on my admittedly rudimentary research.) If anything, one might think that Judaism treating "I am the Lord your God" as its own commandment would signal more strongly against atheism in Judaism compared to Christianity, but it seems like the reverse is true. I suppose this is mainly due to the differences in emphasis on the importance of belief versus action between religions.

[@jazazzaza]

great to see the islander's (and the big island, australia) added! ripper mate

[@doll5274]

Any possibility you would be able to do a history chart detailing famous inventors through the ages at least to the point of who they were, if not then the given region/populace area is sufficient enough. Thank you

[@KateHistoryMysteries]

Thanks for incorporating my changes. Thought I’d commented too late!

[@-ari]

amazing work

[@user-tu9fr6yn7i]

Would it be nice to have a time scale on one side of the chart? In that way, users could easily see contemporary religious developments happening in different regions at a glance. I used to be a production manager and it helped me visualize the flow of events on my production floor at any given time by using an activity flow chart (PERT-CPM), which in a way looks a bit similar to this chart, except that it uses a timeline to track events and time. I guess that would be easier done on a digital chart where you wouldn't have to worry as much about running out of paper space.

[@eritreanamerican9859]

It'd be nice if Matt did an expanded version of the Ethiopian Royalty Family Tree (Zagwe + Solomonic) and went over the history more extensively.

[@nebulan]

I know you said you aren't familiar with them, but i would love a Sub-Saharan African religion one. Granted, you can't cover them all, but the ones that influence the rest of the world would be incredible. They have had such an impact on America that isn't talked about enough.

[@YTho-ev1ej]

You’ve done a great job, thank you! It’s not feasible and maybe even impossible to get every little detail and every little obscure religion or denomination that’s occurred now or historically. Nevertheless it seems very comprehensive given the magnitude lol 😂

[@adityatyagi7296]

I mentioned in the previous video as well, but it seems you didn't notice. Again, ff possible, please add tantra as well and how it reformed/influenced Hinduism (and its various sects), and Vajrayana Buddhism along with some minor influence on Jainism. I mean, it's influence on Hinduism and Vajrayana Buddhism is more than enough to justify placing it here. Also, if possible, please include Baki Hinduism as well.

[@Shepherd1OFH]

I suppose one can also ad the word tribal back in to the other ones besides African too. For some reason people are trying to give negative connotations to use of the word tribal in the traditional sense; but except when applied to modern politics, there is nothing actually wrong with the concept of tribalism in and of itself.

[@abruemmer77]

Well done! Though it's totally understandable not to add them in this work, I'd still love to see a family tree of so called 'fun religions' or philossphies based on pop culture like Jediism, Pastafarianism, Dudeism etc.

[@IM.leg1]

Stylistic choice, but on a future version the ones that co pollinate heavily like as you mentioned Greek and Roman paganism could use a second line to each other. It would take a lot of consideration for minimum requirements. Every following existed somewhere next to others at some time so it could get hectic real fast but on a re release it might be worth it.

[@spacemanonearth]

Questions: Is Sufism on this chart for a variant of Muslim. And although not a religion, is Gnosticism on this chart, as the Bogomils, the Cathars, and many Sethians who predated Christianity and even Hebrew or Jewish religion. Even today Gnostics are present though mainly not a religion, the texts of the Nag Hammadi are mainly Gnostic along with a Christian aspect. So just wondered. TY

[@compassionandwisdom4311]

The Gnostics are very important as they have many of Jesus' teachings that Christianity does not include, some of which are very Buddhist in nature.

[@spacemanonearth]

@@compassionandwisdom4311 Thanks for your reply to my comment. Am always learning on this topic. Very careful what I accept & mold into the fold but just found a new one. There is translations just starting on a Tibetan Library a huge one with thousands of books that appear to be of spiritual nature. They are some 30M high and a huge find. Always have interest in thousand year old texts of spiritual nature. Thanks, be blessed.

[@a.v.j5664]

The different european paganisms (atleast in the east and the north) actually survived in the form of folk religion, and by HEAVILY syncretizing with Christianity