Fastest Growing Religions

[byteme]

Quote from tradingjournals:

Is there a scientific study that supports that conclusion (the guy in the vid seems to be mainly a propagandist, and therefore not to be trusted)? Is not Christianity the dominant religion in the world with Islam second? What is the second fastest growing religion if Islam is the first?

Yes, according to the World Christian Database, Islam is the fastest growing religion in the world over the period of 2000-2005:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claims_to_be_the_fastest-growing_religion

In terms of the current breakdown of numbers:

1) Christianity 2.1 billion
2) Islam 1.5 billion

http://www.adherents.com/Religions_By_Adherents.html

Obviously then, the world already has more Muslims than Catholics:

http://www.catholic.org/international/international_story.php?id=27384

Here is a good map illustrating the distribution of Christianity vs Islam over the world:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Christ_Islam.png

Interestingly, there are 4 million Muslims in Germany (4% of population) but only 2.5 million Muslims in the whole of Lebanon (60% of population). There are also nearly 2.5 million Muslims in the US (0.8% of population)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam_by_country

By 2050, there is a good chance that Islam will be the world's most dominant religion primarily due to higher birth rates.

 

[phenomena]

Yeah, their birth rate is high enough that they can afford to have suicide bombers.

Unfortunately this hasn't hindered their ethnic cleansing efforts in Europe.

Quote from Buzzed:

I'm not so sure. They may be getting more new members than other religions, but their member's lifespans are shorter compared to lifespans in other religions.

 

[peilthetraveler]

Quote from a_person:

Let's just remember that 99.9% of the adherents of the fastest growing religion are ignorant, uneducated, oppressed and brain-washed ignoramuses living in 3rd world squalor and poverty, ruled by despots, tyrants and religious zealots.

Please give a link to support your claims so we know you are not just pulling those numbers out of your ass and giving us ignorant uneducated propaganda.