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The answer is D.
The number of Jews in the world is around 16 million.
The number of Jews in the world is around 16 million.
I would argue that there are actually two answers in that list that are NOT true of the Jewish religion:
- People of the Jewish religion believe that the Messiah has yet to come.
- There are currently more than 200 million practicing Jews on the planet.
Let's take up the number of practicing Jews first. Â In looking at the demographics of Judaism, Georgetown University's Berkeley Center estimates that there are "around 15 million Jews worldwide, about 0.2 percent of the global population." Â The Pew Research Center gives similar estimates. Â Their 2010 demographic information estimated about 14 million practicing Jews around the world, noting that "this estimate is based on the number of people who self-identify as Jewish when asked about their religion on national censuses and large-scale surveys."
As to the question about the Messiah -- there are some within the Jewish faith who are "Messianic Jews" and are looking for the Messiah yet to come. Â But that is not the dominant opinion within Judaism. Â There are various branches within Judaism -- in the United States there are Orthodox, Conservative, Reform and Reconstructionist groups. Â In Israel there are different terms and distinctions used, many even referring to themselves as "secular Jews." Â Many within the Jewish religion see the aim of their faith as giving meaning and ethics to their lives on this earth and are not specifically awaiting the arrival of a Messiah figure.
It might be that your class has suggested that people of the Jewish faith are waiting for a Messiah yet to come, but that is a simplistic stereotype of Judaism based on a small faction within Judaism.