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The Sacred Divide

Faith is honored here. What is examined is the institution built around it: who holds power, where the money goes, what leaving costs, and who is protected when something goes wrong.

34 traditions, one standard, and nothing that can't be traced to a source.

Begin with the family tree

The family tree

34 traditions · 10 families

  1. Family 08

    Persian-born

    1. Zoroastrianism
    2. Baháʼí Faith
  2. Family 10

    Indigenous & folk

    1. Indigenous / Folk / Ancestral Religions
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The disclosure ledger

Six questions any charity or public company would be expected to answer, asked of every tradition in this book. Y established from a public source · P partly, or only in some places · N not established from any public source · ? no single office exists to ask · – not yet scored.

TraditionAccounts publishedLeaders' paySafeguarding policyPolice firstRemoval procedureReplies on record
Christianity
ChristianityPNPPPP
CatholicismPNYPNP
Eastern OrthodoxyNNPNNN
Oriental OrthodoxyPPPNNN
AnglicanismPPPPPP
Protestant / Evangelical ChristianityPNPPPP
Pentecostal & CharismaticPNNNPN
Plymouth Brethren Christian Church (Exclusive Brethren)PNPNNP
Restorationist & Adventist
Mormonism / LDSNNYNNP
Jehovah's WitnessesNNPNNN
Seventh-day AdventismPNYPYP
Islam
IslamPNPPPP
Sunni IslamPNPPNN
Shia IslamNNNNNN
AhmadiyyaPNPPNN
Dawoodi BohraPNPNNN
Judaism
JudaismPPPPPP
Orthodox / Hasidic JudaismNNNNNN
Dharmic
HinduismPNNPNN
Hare Krishna / ISKCONPNYYYP
SikhismPNNPYN
JainismNNNNNN
Buddhism
BuddhismPNPPNP
Tibetan BuddhismPNPPNP
Soka GakkaiPNPNPN
East Asian
Taoism / DaoismNNNNNN
Confucianism??????
ShintoPNNNPN
Persian-born
ZoroastrianismPNNNYN
Baháʼí FaithPNPPPN
New movements & the spiritual marketplace
ScientologyNNNNNN
New Age / Spiritual-but-Organized Movements??????
Unification Church / Family FederationNN??NN
Indigenous & folk
Indigenous / Folk / Ancestral Religions??????