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Religious Scandals

There are many incidents in the history of various religions that are a cause of embarrassment for that religion. Some are not considered embarassing to adherents of the faith - but are considered so by many people outside of the religion. Both types are included here. In no particularly order:
1. Inquisition [Catholicism]

The Medieval Inquisition is a series of Inquisitions (Roman Catholic Church bodies charged with suppressing heresy) from around 1184, including the Episcopal Inquisition (1184-1230s) and later the Papal Inquisition (1230s). It was in response to large popular movements throughout Europe considered apostate or heretical to Christianity, in particular Catharism and Waldensians in southern France and northern Italy. These were the first inquisition movements of many that would follow.
Torture was used after 1252. On May 15, Pope Innocent IV issued a papal bull entitled Ad exstirpanda, which authorized the use of torture by inquisitors. The Inquisitors were forbidden to use methods that resulted in bloodshed, mutilation or death. One of the more common forms of medieval inquisition torture was known as strappado. The hands were bound behind the back with a rope, and the accused was suspended this way, dislocating the joints painfully in both arms. Weights could be added to the legs dislocating those joints as well.
The organization is still active today under the name of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. Prior to becoming Pope Benedict XVI, Cardinal Ratzinger was the head of the congregation.
2. On the Jews and their Lies [Lutheranism]

Unfortunately the founder of protestantism Martin Luther was also a religous bigot. In his most famous book about Judiasm (written in 1543) we find the following gem:
“base, whoring people, that is, no people of God, and their boast of lineage, circumcision, and law must be accounted as filth. They are full of the devil’s feces … which they wallow in like swine, and the synagogue is an incorrigible whore and an evil slut …
If you want to read the entire booklet, it is available here. Two other books by Luther, Against the Papacy at Rome Founded by the Devil, and Against Hanswurst, are described as “rivaling his anti-Jewish treatises for vulgarity and violence of expression”, and “[are] so inexpressibly vile that a common impulse of decency demanded their summary suppression by his friends.”
3. The Book of Abraham [Mormonism]

The Book of Abraham is believed by Mormons to be the handwritten account of the prophet Abraham. In 1835 Smith was able to use his “Angel-given” tools to translate some Egyptian scrolls that he was given access to (at that time no one could read hieroglyphics). Upon inspection, Smith declared that they contained the Book of Abraham. He promptly translated the lot and it was accepted as scripture by the church (it is included as part of the Pearl of Great Price). The scrolls vanished and everyone thought the story would end there. But it didn’t - in 1966 the original scrolls were found in the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art. The scrolls turned out to be a standard Egyptian text that was often buried with the dead. This fraud caused a number of mormons to leave the church and is still a hotly debated topic amongst mormons and their critics.
4. The End of the World [Jehovah’s Witnesses]

1914 was one of the more important estimates of the start of the war of Armageddon by the Jehovah’s Witnesses (Watchtower Bible and Tract Society). They computed 1914 from prophecy in the book of Daniel, Chapter 4. The writings referred to “seven times”. The WTS interpreted each “time” as equal to 360 days, giving a total of 2520 days. This was further interpreted as representing 2520 years, measured from the starting date of 607 BCE. This gave 1914 as the target date. When 1914 passed, they changed their prediction; 1914 became the year that Jesus invisibly began his rule.
Since late in the 19th century, they had taught that the “battle of the Great Day of God Almighty” (Armageddon) would happen in 1914 CE. It didn’t. The next major estimate was 1925. Watchtower magazine predicted: “The year 1925 is a date definitely and clearly marked in the Scriptures, even more clearly than that of 1914; but it would be presumptuous on the part of any faithful follower of the Lord to assume just what the Lord is going to do during that year.”
The Watchtower Society selected 1975 as its next main prediction. This was based on the estimate “according to reliable Bible chronology Adam was created in the year 4026 BCE, likely in the autumn of the year, at the end of the sixth day of creation.” They believed that the year 1975 a promising date for the end of the world, as it was the 6,000th anniversary of Adam’s creation. Exactly 1,000 years was to pass for each day of the creation week. This prophecy also failed.
Realizing how stupid they were looking every time they made a new failed prediction, they announced that the end of the world would occur 6000 years after the creation of Eve - a date that can not be calculated.
5. Lisa McPherson [Scientology]

Lisa McPherson (February 10, 1959–December 5, 1995) was a Scientologist who died of a pulmonary embolism while under the care of the Flag Service Organization (FSO), a branch of the Church of Scientology. Following her death the Church of Scientology was indicted on two felony charges “abuse and/or neglect of a disabled adult and practicing medicine without a license”, putting under trial the nature of Scientology beliefs and practices. The charges against the Church of Scientology were dropped after the state’s medical examiner changed the cause of death from “undetermined” to an “accident” on June 13, 2000.
A civil suit brought by her family against the Church was settled on May 28, 2004.
6. Baptist Founder [Baptist Church]

You may be wondering why there is a photograph of a Mennonite buggy in this item - the reason is that the founder of the Baptist Church, John Smyth, eventually broke away from the church he founded and joined the Mennonites! That’s right - Smyth had so little faith in his own creation that he abandoned it. In addition, he tried to convince as many of his congregation as possible to abandon the baptist church - and a majority of them did.
7. Aisha [Islam]

Aisha was the six year old girl that was betrothed to Muhammad. At the age of nine she married him - becoming one of his 11 (or 13 depending on the source) wives. While most Muslims do not object to this marriage, it is a source of great scandal to many non-Islamic people. In Islamic tradition, she is attributed as the source of many stories about the life of Muhammad. It is believed that she was his favorite wife.
8. Metzitzah [Judaism]

Metzitzah b’peh is a controversial method of circumcision performed by some Haredi and Hassidic Jews in which, after removing the foreskin, the mohel (circumciser) sucks out the blood from the wound to clean it. The mohel spits the blood into a receptacle provided. Afterwards the circumcised penis is bandaged, and the act is considered complete. Metzitzah b’peh was implicated in the transfer of herpes from mohels to eight Israeli infants, one of whom suffered brain damage. When three New York City infants contracted herpes after metzizah b’peh by one mohel and one of them died, New York authorities took out a restraining order against the mohel. In three studies done in Israel, Canada, and the USA, oral suction following circumcision has been implicated in 11 cases of neonatal herpes.
9. Miracle Wheat [Jehovah’s Witnesses]

After a variety of newspaper reports claiming that a man had discovered a variety of wheat that was far more productive than normal wheat, the Jehovah’s Witnesses believed it to be a sign of a covenant from God relating to the end times. As a result, they bought up a lot of the wheat and offered it for sale at exorbitant prices. The official statement from the organization was:
Brother Bohnet writes us that he has gradually accumulated a crop of miracle wheat from the few grains he obtained as a start. He prefers that the first opportunity for obtaining this wheat shall go to THE WATCH TOWER readers. He will sell it for $1 per pound, including postage, and give the entire proceeds to our Society. All orders for this wheat should be addressed, Miracle Wheat Bohnet, 17 Hicks street, Brooklyn, N. Y. This will keep mail on this subject separate from his personal mail and from ours.
At trial, Mr. Russell admitted the seed packets had been mailed from the Watch Tower offices: “For the accommodation of our readers, we allowed this seed-wheat to be put up in pound packages and mailed from THE WATCH TOWER Office, just as the U.S. Government handles such seeds at Washington.” (ZWT 02/15/1913).
Needless to say, the wheat was not miraculous and behaved exactly like normal wheat.
10. Mountain Meadows Massacre [Mormonism]

The Mountain Meadows massacre was a mass killing of the Fancher-Baker wagon train at Mountain Meadows in Utah Territory on September 11, 1857, by a group of Mormons and Paiute Indians. The Arkansas emigrants were traveling to California shortly before Utah War started. Mormons throughout the Utah Territory had been mustered to fight the invading United States Army, which they believed was intended to destroy them as a people. Initially intending to orchestrate an Indian massacre,[citation needed] two men with leadership roles in local military, church and government organizations, Isaac C. Haight and John D. Lee, conspired for Lee to lead militiamen disguised as Native Americans along with a contingent of Paiute tribesmen in an attack.
The emigrants fought back and a siege ensued. Intending to leave no witnesses of Mormon complicity in the siege and avoid reprisals complicating the Utah War, militiamen induced the emigrants to surrender and give up their weapons. After escorting the emigrants out of their fortification, the militiamen and their tribesmen auxiliaries executed approximately 120 men, women and children.

the origin of the Catholic Church

What is the origin of the Catholic Church?





Question: "What is the origin of the Catholic Church?"

Answer: The Roman Catholic Church contends that its origin is the death, resurrection, and ascension of Jesus Christ in approximately 30 A.D. The Catholic Church proclaims itself to be the Church that Jesus Christ died for, the Church that was established and built by the Apostles. Is that the true origin of the Catholic Church? On the contrary. Even a cursory reading of the New Testament will reveal that the Catholic Church does not have its origin in the teachings of Jesus, or His apostles. In the New Testament, there is no mention of the papacy, worship / adoration of Mary (or the immaculate conception of Mary, the perpetual virginity of Mary, the assumption of Mary, or Mary as co-redemptrix and mediatrix), petitioning saints in Heaven for their prayers, apostolic succession, the ordinances of the church functioning as sacraments, infant baptism, confession of sin to a priest, purgatory, indulgences, or the equal authority of church tradition and Scripture. So, if the origin of the Catholic Church is not in the teachings of Jesus and His apostles, as recorded in the New Testament, what is the true origin of the Catholic Church?

For the first 280 years of Christian history, Christianity was banned by the Roman empire, and Christians were terribly persecuted. This changed after the “conversion” of the Roman Emperor Constantine. Constantine “legalized” Christianity at the Edict of Milan in A.D. 313. Later, in A.D. 325, Constantine called together the Council of Nicea, in an attempt to unify Christianity. Constantine envisioned Christianity as a religion that could unite the Roman Empire, which at that time was beginning to fragment and divide. While this may have seemed to be a positive development for the Christian church, the results were anything but positive. Just as Constantine refused to fully embrace the Christian faith, but continued many of his pagan beliefs and practices, so the Christian church that Constantine promoted was a mixture of true Christianity and Roman paganism.

Constantine found that with the Roman Empire being so vast, expansive, and diverse – not everyone would agree to forsake their religious beliefs and instead embrace Christianity. So, Constantine allowed, and even promoted, the “Christianization” of pagan beliefs. Completely pagan and utterly unbiblical beliefs were given new “Christian” identities. Some clear examples of this are as follows:

(1) The Cult of Isis, an Egyptian mother-goddess religion, was absorbed into Christianity by replacing Isis with Mary. Many of the titles that were used for Isis, such as “Queen of Heaven,” “Mother of God,” and “theotokos” (God-bearer) were attached to Mary. Mary was given an exalted role in the Christian faith, far beyond what the Bible ascribes to her, in order to attract Isis worshippers to a faith they would not otherwise embrace. Many temples to Isis were, in fact, converted into temples dedicated to Mary. The first clear hints of Catholic Mariology occur in the writings of Origen, who lived in Alexandria, Egypt, which happened to be the focal point of Isis worship.

(2) Mithraism was a religion in the Roman Empire in the 1st through 5th centuries A.D. It was very popular among the Romans, especially among Roman soldiers, and was possibly the religion of several Roman emperors. While Mithraism was never given “official” status in the Roman empire, it was the de-facto official religion until Constantine and succeeding Roman emperors replaced Mithraism with Christianity. One of the key features of Mithraism was a sacrificial meal, which involved eating the flesh and drinking the blood of a bull. Mithras, the god of Mithraism, was “present” in the flesh and blood of the bull, and when consumed, granted salvation to those who partook of the sacrificial meal (theophagy, the eating of one’s god). Mithraism also had seven “sacraments,” making the similarities between Mithraism and Roman Catholicism too many to ignore. Constantine and his successors found an easy substitute for the sacrificial meal of Mithraism in concept of the Lord’s Supper / Christian Communion. Sadly, some early Christians had already begun to attach mysticism to the Lord’s Supper, rejecting the Biblical concept of a simple and worshipful remembrance of Christ’s death and shed blood. The Romanization of the Lord’s Supper made the transition to a sacrificial consumption of Jesus Christ, now known as the Catholic Mass / Eucharist, complete.

(3) Most Roman emperors (and citizens) were henotheists. A henotheist is one who believes in the existence of many gods, but focuses primary on one particular god, or considers one particular god supreme over the other gods. For example, the Roman god Jupiter was supreme over the Roman pantheon of gods. Roman sailors were often worshippers of Neptune, the god of the oceans. When the Catholic Church absorbed Roman paganism, it simply replaced the pantheon of gods with the saints. Just as the Roman pantheon of gods had a god of love, a god of peace, a god of war, a god of strength, a god of wisdom, etc., so the Catholic Church has a saint who is “in charge” over each of these, and many other categories. Just as many Roman cities had a god specific to the city, so the Catholic Church provided “patron saints” for the cities.

(4) The supremacy of the Roman bishop (the papacy) was created with the support of the Roman emperors. With the city of Rome being the center of government for the Roman empire, and with the Roman emperors living in Rome, the city of Rome rose to prominence in all facets of life. Constantine, and his successors, gave their support to the bishop of Rome as the supreme ruler of the church. Of course it is best for the unity of the Roman empire that the government and state religion be centered in the same location. While most other bishops (and Christians) resisted the idea of the Roman bishop being supreme, the Roman bishop eventually rose to supremacy, due to the power and influence of the Roman emperors. When the Roman empire collapsed, the popes took on the title that had previously belonged to the Roman emperors – Pontificus Maximus.

Many more examples could be given. These four should suffice in demonstrating the true origin of the Catholic Church. Of course the Roman Catholic Church denies the pagan origin of its beliefs and practices. The Catholic Church disguises its pagan beliefs under layers of complicated theology. The Catholic Church excuses and denies its pagan origin beneath the mask of “church tradition.” Recognizing that many of its beliefs and practices are utterly foreign to Scripture, the Catholic Church is forced to deny the authority and sufficiency of Scripture.

The origin of the Catholic Church is the tragic compromise of Christianity with the pagan religions that surrounded it. Instead of proclaiming the Gospel and converting the pagans, the Catholic Church “Christianized” the pagan religions, and “paganized” Christianity. By blurring the differences and erasing the distinctions, yes, the Catholic Church made itself attractive to the people of the Roman empire. One result was the Catholic Church becoming the supreme religion in the “Roman world” for centuries. However, another result was the most dominant form of Christianity apostatizing from the true Gospel of Jesus Christ and the true proclamation of God’s Word.

2 Timothy 4:3-4 declares, “For the time will come when men will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear. They will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths.”

BILLIONAIRES OF THE WORLD

List of billionaires "Men In Billions" MIB worth
1. Bill Gates - USA - $46.5 billion
2. Warren Buffett - USA - $44.0 billion
3. Carlos Slim Helú - Mexico - $23.8 billion
4. Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud - Saudi Arabia - $23.7 billion
5. Ingvar Kamprad - Sweden - $23.0 billion (living in Switzerland)
6. Paul Allen - USA - $21.0 billion
7. Karl Albrecht - Germany - $18.5 billion
8. Larry Ellison - USA - $18.4 billion
9. S. Robson Walton - USA - $18.3 billion
10. Jim Walton - USA - $18.2 billion
11. Alice Walton - USA - $18.0 billion
12. Helen Walton - USA - $18.0 billion
13. The Lord Thomson of Fleet and family - Canada - $17.9 billion
14. Liliane Bettencourt - France - $17.2 billion
15. Bernard Arnault - France - $17.0 billion
16. Michael Dell - USA - $16.0 billion
17. Sheldon Adelson - USA - $15.6 billion (was 311 in 2004)
18. Theo Albrecht - Germany - $15.5 billion
19. Roman Abramovich - Russia - $13.3 billion (lives both in Russia and UK)
20. Li Ka-shing - Hong Kong - $13.0 billion
21. Amancio Ortega Gaona - Spain - $12.6 billion
22. Steve Ballmer - USA - $12.1 billion
23. Silvio Berlusconi - Italy - $12.0 billion
24. Abigail Johnson - USA - $12.0 billion
25. Barbara Cox Anthony - USA - $11.7 billion
26. Anne Cox Chambers - USA - $11.7 billion
27. Stefan Persson - Sweden - $11.2 billion
28. John Kluge - USA - $11.0 billion
29. Walter, Thomas and Raymond Kwok - Hong Kong - $10.9 billion
30. Forrest Mars, Jr. - USA - $10.4 billion
31. Jacqueline Mars - USA - $10.4 billion
32. John Mars - USA - $10.4 billion
33. Luciano Benetton and family - Italy - $9.9 billion
34. Pierre Omidyar - USA - $9.9 billion
35. Galen Weston and family - Canada - $9.9 billion
36. Lee Shau Kee - Hong Kong - $9.3 billion
37. Azim Premji - India - $9.3 billion
38. Nasser Al-Kharafi and family - Kuwait - $9.0 billion
39. Kirk Kerkorian - USA - $8.9 billion
40. Sumner Redstone - USA - $8.8 billion
41. Leonardo Del Vecchio - Italy - $8.5 billion
42. Michele Ferrero and family - Belgium - $8.5 billion
43. Michael Otto and family - Germany - $8.3 billion
44. Susanne Klatten - Germany - $8.2 billion
45. Philip Knight - USA - $8.2 billion
46. Hans Rausing - Sweden - $8.0 billion (living in UK)
47. Serge Dassault and family - France - $7.8 billion
48. Carl Icahn - USA - $7.8 billion
49. Rupert Murdoch - USA - $7.8 billion
50. Rudolf August Oetker and family - Germany - $7.7 billion
51. Birgit Rausing and family - Sweden - $7.6 billion (living in Switzerland)
52. Spiro Latsis and family - Greece - $7.5 billion (living in Switzerland)
53. Sergey Brin - USA - $7.2 billion (was 552 in 2004)
54. Charles Ergen - USA - $7.2 billion
55. Larry Page - USA - $7.2 billion (was 552 in 2004)
56. George Soros - USA - $7.2 billion
57. Reinhold Würth - Germany - $7.2 billion
58. Mukesh & Anil Ambani - India - $7.0 billion
59. Mikhail Fridman - Russia - $7.0 billion
60. Vladimir Lisin - Russia - $7.0 billion
61. Donald Newhouse - USA - $7.0 billion
62. Samuel Newhouse, Jr. - USA - $7.0 billion
63. Adolf Merckle - Germany - $6.9 billion
64. Stefan Quandt - Germany - $6.7 billion
65. Micky Arison - USA - $6.5 billion
66. Philip Green - UK - $6.3 billion
67. Maria-Elisabeth and Georg Schaeffler - Germany - $6.3 billion
68. August von Finck - Germany - $6.3 billion (living in Switzerland)
69. Eli Broad - USA - $6.1 billion
70. Curt Engelhorn - Germany - $6.0 billion (living in Switzerland)
71. Friedrich Flick, Jr. - Germany - $6.0 billion (living in Austria)
72. Edward Johnson, III - USA - $6.0 billion
73. Nicky Oppenheimer and family - South Africa - $6.0 billion
74. Francois Pinault - France - $5.9 billion
75. Philip Anschutz - USA - $5.8 billion
76. Ernesto Bertarelli - Switzerland - $5.8 billion
77. Nobutada Saji and family - Japan - $5.8 billion
78. Sulaiman Bin Abdul Al Rajhi - Saudi Arabia - $5.6 billion
79. Yoshitaka Fukuda and family - Japan - $5.6 billion
80. The Duke of Westminster - UK - $5.6 billion
81. Reinhard Mohn and family - Germany - $5.6 billion
82. Shari Arison - Israel - $5.5 billion
83. Oleg Deripaska - Russia - $5.5 billion
84. Yasuo Takei and family - Japan - $5.5 billion
85. Jean-Claude Decaux and family - France - $5.4 billion
86. Antonia Johnson - Sweden - $5.4 billion
87. Johanna Quandt - Germany - $5.4 billion
88. Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller - Denmark - $5.3 billion
89. Joseph & Moise Safra - Brazil - $5.2 billion
90. Onsi Sawiris and family - Egypt - $5.2 billion
91. Dan Duncan - USA - $5.1 billion
92. Michael Bloomberg - USA - $5.0 billion
93. Gustavo Cisneros and family - Venezuela - $5.0 billion
94. Rafael del Pino and family - Spain - $5.0 billion
95. Robert Kuok - Malaysia - $5.0 billion (living in Hong Kong)
96. Hasso Plattner - Germany - $5.0 billion
97. James Packer - Australia - $5.0 billion
98. Jeffrey Skoll - Canada - $5.0 billion (living in USA)
99. Viktor Vekselberg - Russia - $5.0 billion
100. Ty Warner - USA - $5.0 billion
101. Charlene de Carvalho-Heineken - Netherlands - $4.9 billion (living in UK)
102. Eitaro Itoyama - Japan - $4.9 billion
103. Rahmi Koç and family - Turkey - $4.9 billion
104. Ronald Perelman - USA - $4.9 billion
105. Karl-Heinz Kipp - Germany - $4.8 billion (living in Switzerland)
106. Alexei Mordashov - Russia - $4.8 billion
107. Jim Pattison - Canada - $4.8 billion
108. Alain and Gerard Wertheimer - France - $4.8 billion
109. Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands and family - Netherlands - $4.7 billion (1997 estimate)
110. Kunio Busujima and family - Japan - $4.7 billion
111. Michael Kadoorie and family - Hong Kong - $4.7 billion
112. Kyosuke Kinoshita and family - Japan - $4.7 billion
113. Ferit Sahenk and family - Turkey - $4.7 billion
114. Robert Bosch, Jr. and family - Germany - $4.6 billion
115. Giorgio Armani - Italy - $4.5 billion
116. David Geffen - USA - $4.4 billion
117. James, Arthur and John Irving - Canada - $4.4 billion
118. Fukuzo Iwasaki - Japan - $4.4 billion
119. Vladimir Potanin - Russia - $4.4 billion
120. Mikhail Prokhorov - Russia - $4.4 billion
121. Vagit Alekperov - Russia - $4.3 billion
122. Donald Bren - USA - $4.3 billion
123. Walter Haefner - Switzerland - $4.3 billion
124. Erivan Haub & family - Germany - $4.3 billion
125. Kun-Hee Lee & family - South Korea - $4.3 billion
126. Gordon Moore - USA - $4.3 billion
127. Ross Perot and family - USA - $4.3 billion
128. The Lord Sainsbury of Turville and family - UK - $4.3 billion
129. Masayoshi Son - Japan - $4.3 billion
130. William Wrigley, Jr. - USA - $4.3 billion
131. John Abele - USA - $4.2 billion
132. Cheng Yu-tung - Hong Kong - $4.2 billion
133. Andrónico Luksic and family - Chile - $4.2 billion
134. George Kaiser - USA - $4.2 billion
135. Jeffrey Bezos - USA - $4.1 billion
136. Lorenzo Mendoza and family - Venezuela - $4.1 billion
137. Charles Koch - USA - $4.0 billion
138. David Koch - USA - $4.0 billion
139. Ananda Krishnan - Malaysia - $4.0 billion
140. Kwek Leng Beng and family - Singapore - $4.0 billion
141. James Sorenson - USA - $4.0 billion
142. Abdul Aziz Al Ghurair and family - UAE - $3.9 billion
143. Lester Crown and family - USA - $3.8 billion
144. John Menard, Jr. - USA - $3.8 billion
145. Thomas Schmidheiny - Switzerland - $3.8 billion
146. Andreas Strüngmann - Germany - $3.8 billion
147. Thomas Strüngmann - Germany - $3.8 billion
148. Kumar Birla - India - $3.7 billion
149. Yoshiaki Tsutsumi - Japan - $3.7 billion
150. Jerónimo Arango - Mexico - $3.6 billion
151. Bernie Ecclestone and family - UK - $3.6 billion
152. Stanley Ho - Hong Kong - $3.6 billion
153. Frank Lowy and family - Australia - $3.6 billion
154. Victor Rashnikov - Russia - $3.6 billion
155. Jørgen Mads Clausen and family - Denmark - $3.5 billion
156. Willi and Isolde Liebherr and family - Switzerland - $3.5 billion
157. Peter Nicholas - USA - $3.5 billion
158. Julio Mario Santo Domingo - Colombia - $3.5 billion
159. Sir David and Sir Frederick Barclay - UK - $3.4 billion (living in Guernsey)
160. Otto Beisheim - Germany - $3.4 billion (living in Switzerland)
161. John Fredriksen - Norway - $3.4 billion
162. Preston Robert Tisch - USA - $3.4 billion
163. Robert Bass - USA - $3.3 billion
164. Paul Desmarais - Canada - $3.3 billion
165. Charles B. Johnson - USA - $3.3 billion
166. Sunil Mittal - India - $3.3 billion
167. Robert Rowling - USA - $3.3 billion
168. Rainer and Michael Schmidt-Ruthenbeck - Germany - $3.3 billion
169. Saleh bin Abdul Aziz Al Rajhi - Saudi Arabia - $3.2 billion
170. Sir Richard Branson - UK - $3.2 billion
171. William Cook - USA - $3.2 billion
172. Aloysio de Andrade Faria - Brazil - $3.2 billion
173. Rolf Gerling - Germany - $3.2 billion (living in Switzerland)
174. James Goodnight - USA - $3.2 billion
175. Terry Gou - Taiwan (ROC) - $3.2 billion
176. Maurice Greenberg - USA - $3.2 billion
177. Klaus-Michael Kühne - Germany - $3.2 billion (living in Switzerland)
178. Leonard Lauder - USA - $3.2 billion
179. Gérard Louis-Dreyfus and family - France - $3.2 billion (living in USA)
180. Pallonji Mistry - India - $3.2 billion
181. Akira Mori - Japan - $3.2 billion
182. Madeleine Schickedanz - Germany - $3.2 billion (living in Switzerland)
183. Charles R. Schwab - USA - $3.2 billion
184. Jack C. Taylor - USA - $3.2 billion
185. Klaus Tschira - Germany - $3.2 billion
186. Tadashi Yanai - Japan - $3.2 billion
187. David Filo - USA - $3.1 billion
188. Heidi Horten - Austria - $3.1 billion
189. Sammy Ofer & Yuli Ofer - Israel - $3.1 billion
190. Nina Wang - Hong Kong - $3.1 billion
191. Y.C. Wang - Taiwan (ROC) - $3.1 billion
192. Leslie Wexner - USA - $3.1 billion
193. Richard DeVos - USA - $3.0 billion
194. Henry Fok - Hong Kong - $3.0 billion
195. Steve Jobs - USA - $3.0 billion
196. Ann Walton Kroenke - USA - $3.0 billion
197. George Lucas - USA - $3.0 billion
198. Sergio Mantegazza - Switzerland - $3.0 billion
199. Miuccia Prada and family - Italy - $3.0 billion
200. Anton Schlecker - Germany - $3.0 billion
201. Charoen Sirivadhanabhakdi - Thailand - $3.0 billion
202. Anacleto Angelini - Chile - $2.9 billion
203. Masatoshi Ito - Japan - $2.9 billion
204. Barbara Piasecka Johnson - USA - $2.9 billion (living in Monaco)
205. Richard Schulze - USA - $2.9 billion
206. Stefan Schörghuber - Germany - $2.9 billion
207. Tsai Wan Tsai and family - Taiwan (ROC) - $2.9 billion
208. Karl Wlaschek - Austria - $2.9 billion
209. Khalid bin Mahfouz and family - Saudi Arabia - $2.8 billion
210. Charles Bronfman - Canada - $2.8 billion
211. William Davidson - USA - $2.8 billion
212. Jesús de Polanco - Spain - $2.8 billion
213. Rachman Halim and family - Indonesia - $2.8 billion
214. Henry Hillman - USA - $2.8 billion
215. Ralph Lauren - USA - $2.8 billion
216. Stephan Schmidheiny - Switzerland - $2.8 billion
217. Eric Schmidt - USA - $2.8 billion
218. Alberto Baillères - Mexico - $2.7 billion
219. Edgar Bronfman, Sr. - USA - $2.7 billion
220. The Earl Cadogan and family - UK - $2.7 billion
221. Otto Happel - Germany - $2.7 billion (living in Switzerland)
222. Bradley Hughes - USA - $2.7 billion
223. Ronald Lauder - USA - $2.7 billion
224. Eliodoro Matte and family - Chile - $2.7 billion
225. Luis Carlos Sarmiento - Colombia - $2.7 billion
226. Steven Spielberg - USA - $2.7 billion
227. Hubert Burda - Germany - $2.6 billion
228. Michael Hilti and family - Liechtenstein - $2.6 billion
229. Martha Rivers Ingram and family - USA - $2.6 billion
230. Boris Ivanishvili - Russia - $2.6 billion (living in France)
231. Rupert Johnson, Jr. - USA - $2.6 billion
232. Saleh Kamel - Saudi Arabia - $2.6 billion
233. Jorge Paulo Lemann - Brazil - $2.6 billion
234. Lev Leviev - Israel - $2.6 billion
235. Hugo Mann and family - Germany - $2.6 billion
236. Ng Teng Fong and family - Singapore - $2.6 billion
237. Ricardo Salinas Pliego and family - Mexico - $2.6 billion
238. Yasumitsu Shigeta - Japan - $2.6 billion
239. Takemitsu Takizaki - Japan - $2.6 billion
240. Donald Trump - USA - $2.6 billion
241. Jerry Yang - USA - $2.6 billion
242. Mohammad Al Amoudi - Saudi Arabia - $2.5 billion
243. Gianluigi & Rafaela Aponte - Switzerland - $2.5 billion
244. John Dorrance III - Ireland - $2.5 billion
245. Antônio Ermírio de Moraes - Brazil - $2.5 billion
246. Jeffrey Koo, Jr. - Taiwan (ROC) - $2.5 billion
247. Esther Koplowitz - Spain - $2.5 billion
248. Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen - Denmark - $2.5 billion
249. Edward Lampert - USA - $2.5 billion
250. Nancy Walton Laurie - USA - $2.5 billion
251. Michael Lee-Chin - Canada - $2.5 billion
252. David Rockefeller - USA - $2.5 billion
253. Nicola Brambilla and Family - Canada - $2.5 billion
254. James Simons - USA - $2.5 billion
255. Leonard N. Stern - USA - $2.5 billion
256. Michael Ying - Hong Kong - $2.5 billion
257. Rinat Akhmetov - Ukraine - $2.4 billion
258. Riley Bechtel - USA - $2.4 billion
259. Stephen Bechtel, Jr. - USA - $2.4 billion
260. Leonard Blavatnik - USA - $2.4 billion
261. Martin Bouygues and family - France - $2.4 billion
262. Michael Herz - Germany - $2.4 billion
263. Lee Seng Wee and family - Singapore - $2.4 billion
264. Lim Goh Tong - Malaysia - $2.4 billion
265. Bernard Marcus - USA - $2.4 billion
266. A. Jerrold Perenchio - USA - $2.4 billion
267. Edward Rogers - Canada - $2.4 billion
268. Teh Hong Piow - Malaysia - $2.4 billion
269. Steven F. Udvar-Hazy - USA - $2.4 billion
270. Vladimir Yevtushenkov - Russia - $2.4 billion
271. Alexander Abramov - Russia - $2.3 billion
272. Vladimir Bogdanov - Russia - $2.3 billion
273. Ronald Burkle - USA - $2.3 billion
274. Clive Calder - UK - $2.3 billion (living in Cayman Islands)
275. Jean-Louis Dumas and family - France - $2.3 billion
276. Melinda Esterhazy - Austria - $2.3 billion (living in Switzerland)
277. Tetsuro Funai - Japan - $2.3 billion
278. Frits Goldschmeding - Netherlands - $2.3 billion
279. Stein Erik Hagen - Norway - $2.3 billion
280. Ray Hunt - USA - $2.3 billion
281. Shiv Nadar - India - $2.3 billion
282. Carl Pohlad - USA - $2.3 billion
283. Quek Leng Chan and family - Malaysia - $2.3 billion
284. Johann Rupert and family - South Africa - $2.3 billion
285. Haim Saban - USA - $2.3 billion
286. J. R. Simplot and family - USA - $2.3 billion
287. Clemmie Spangler, Jr. - USA - $2.3 billion
288. Friede Springer - Germany - $2.3 billion
289. Wee Cho Yaw - Singapore - $2.3 billion
290. Tadahiro Yoshida - Japan - $2.3 billion
291. Vincent Bolloré - France - $2.2 billion
292. Charles Butt - USA - $2.2 billion
293. John Calamos - USA - $2.2 billion
294. Wolfgang Herz - Germany - $2.2 billion
295. Leona Helmsley - USA - $2.2 billion
296. Amos Hostetter, Jr. - USA - $2.2 billion
297. Ryoichi Jinnai and family - Japan - $2.2 billion
298. Peter Kellogg - USA - $2.2 billion
299. Mikhail Khodorkovsky - Russia - $2.0 billion (down from #16 and $15.2 billion in 2004 because of the Yukos affair)