Talk:Religion in Nigeria

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I'd suggest that some information be imported to this article from Church of Nigeria, especially since that church is one of the largest in the Anglican Communion and because of its role in "adopting" several American churches (by way of the Convocation of Anglicans in North America). I'd do it myself, but I'm only minimally familiar with the Anglican Communion, and even less familiar with Christianity in Nigeria. --Tim4christ17 ^talk 14:39, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Other religions

Re the additions made to 'other religions'. The principle is fine, but I have doubts about the inclusion of some of these. The entries for the Rosicrucian Order and Hari Krishna do not tell us anything about these religions in Nigeria, and in particular where they operate, how many adherents -- and this isn't the place to discuss what these religions are about, their own articles are for that. Some of them are also questionable on grounds of notability. If the Grail Movement only has 20,000 adherients worldwide, how many in Nigeria? A thousand? In a country of 140,000,000 virtually every religion, sect and cult will be represented. I daresay Buddhism and Bahai have far more adherents than those included. But the most questionalble addition is Scientology, and I've deleted this because firstly there's no evidence presented that there are any substantial numbers in Nigeria -- two high profile members doesn't make it notable. Secondly the reference whihc was quoted does not back up the text -- there's nothing in the article to back up the claim that Scientology is praised for curbing corruption amongst the government elite. Lastly, Scientology is not included in the article Religion in the United States, where it was founded and has the most members, so what justification is there for including it in Religion of Nigeria? Rexparry sydney 10:06, 20 May 2007 (UTC)