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what rubbish. the OP asked about dieties. so obviously, my statement only concerns followers of dieties. out of followers of dieties, Christianity is easily the largest. There's no reason why that number can't increase to include many even most of the two-thirds that are currently not Christian.
Christianity has roots going back to Abraham, and beyond. So I'd still so the Christian God. Besides, I didn't say that popularity is the only or even the biggest reason why Christianity can be considered the true religion. But it's perfectly logical that the creator of the world would have the largest following, as opposed to gods that don't exist.
It's the fastest growing religon, but NOT the largest:
Because today is what we have. We don't have tommorrow, and we don't have statistics from the past. So logically, only today can be the benchmark. But the method of determining the creator, is as you're asking, the same, as it would've been in the past, if we started taking statistics then, as it will be in the future. So by your own standard, it's a system that should be continued.
Not all. As as said---repeatedly---it's the not the only indicator of whether or not a religion is the true one. Popularity is no indicator of turth, but it's certainly nothing to sneeze at, that two billion people---much more than any other religion---are Christians.
Sharpen your reading comprehension. I said Christianity's roots extend back to Abraham, not Christianity itself. Part of the Christian Bible is the OT, isn't it?
No, Islam isn't the largest, but I highly doubt it's as far off as you'd think. It's a lot easier to count heads in Westernised civilisation, where Christianity is predominant, than somewhere like the Afghanistan or Iraq, or anywhere else in the Middle East, for that matter, where Islam is more prevalent. The rate it is growing, I doubt we'd have to wait 200 years, as Paltoall said, until Islam overtakes Christianity. Maybe not in "official statistics" at first, because they're only what's recordable, but it'd catch up with that, eventually.
It would only be rediculous if that was the only reason, or a major reason, as to why Christianity is the real religion. But it's not, it's one of many reasons why Christianity would be the real one. As it stands, it's a good and logical reason.
No so. Not every religion is the most popular one. So not every religion could be the true religion, if we went by that standard alone.
You wouldn't be saying that if Christianity wasn't as popular as it was. Let's say another religion was more popular; you'd just so, "oh, if your God is real, why do more people flock to another god, huh?" It seems like you'll argue against any point for Christianity, for the sake of arguing.
why not? I bet if another religion suddenly become the most popular, you'd giddily come back here and use it as a point against Christianity.
What you're saying isn't correct at all. The chart says that about one-third of people are non-religous. That's NOT the same as atheism. Non-religious people can include agnostics or people who can be swayed one way or the other. That also includes people who are not part of any religion, but do believe in some sort of higher power. What you're saying about a third of the world being atheist isn't accurate at all.
No --- he said the opposite.
Wow. I didn't someone could be this wrong.
see above. you seem slow to process things.
good thing no one this thread's done that.
You just refered to "non-religious" people as "religious".
