Wikipedia:Neutral point of view (Christian articles)

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Many Christian articles on Wikipedia contain a bias towards one point of view, where the differing points of view of three groups of Christians must be mentioned. These are chosen by number of adherents, and are chosen so that wikipedia may have a genuine worldview.

Catholics: Around one billion adherents

Protestants: Around 500 million adherents.

Eastern Orthodox: Around 200 million adherents.

Other groups (eg Jehovas Witnesses, Mormons, various cults) are in probably too minor to note, except where their opinion is incredibly important (eg, LDS opinions on an article about John 10:16). In many articles, these groups do not run contrary to each other, and a simple "Eastern Orthodox christians agree" is enough.

Similarly, it is often important to mention the opinions of non-Christians,

Islam: 1 billion people aren't represented without citing their opinion.

Atheists: As with Islam, A major group of people aren't represented without their opinion.