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Who ever created the world, would naturally have the biggest following. Thus, Christianity is the real one.
No, because there are no statistics for which you can say that more people believed in a different diety. However, there are statistics today, which are not only reliable, but overwhelmingly in favor of Christianity.So, by that logic, the identity of the creator would actually change according to what people believed at the time the question was asked? For example, 5000 years ago the creator would have been from the ancient Egyptian pantheon, or the greek one?
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.This has got to be the silliest statement made here for a long time,
Shinbits you are one lucky son of a gun being born a Christian, Christianity accounts for only about one third of the people living on Earth, the other two thirds are not Christians, so Christians are outnumbered two to one by non-Christians, which means that according to your religion two thirds of the people on earth are destined to burn in hell.
You were trying to say that the God of the most popular religion was the creator, that's ludicrous, because by your thinking it's possible for the creator to change as the worlds religions change, if Islam was to become the biggest religion in two hundred years time does that mean the God you thought was the creator no longer was?
What's "ludicrous"? If God really exists, wouldn't His influence as God cause Him to have the largest following?You were trying to say that the God of the most popular religion was the creator, that's ludicrous, because by your thinking it's possible for the creator to change as the worlds religions change, if Islam was to become the biggest religion in two hundred years time does that mean the God you thought was the creator no longer was?
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.Shinbits, universal truth isn't measured in mass appeal.
If it were, then who was the creator before Judaism existed?
It's the fastest growing religon, but NOT the largest:Islam is currently larger than any individual denomination of Christianity, it's also the fastest growing religion.
No, because there are no statistics for which you can say that more people believed in a different diety. However, there are statistics today, which are not only reliable, but overwhelmingly in favor of Christianity.
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.So, why should we use today as a benchmark? Shouldn't the method of determining the creator god be the same at any given point in time? If it's not, it's a pretty lousy method that can be immediately discounted.
Because today is what we have. We don't have tommorrow, and we don't have statistics from the past. So logically, today would be the benchmark.
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.No, logically the proposed method is useless, as it would imply that the creator god can change according to the amount of followers of any given faith.
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?Even without written records, we know for a fact that Christianity was non-existant before Jesus. If you start counting in the other abrahamic religions as well, you need to concider that their dogmas might be as valid as yours, so that's not a logical step for any Christian literalist.
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.
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's the fastest growing religon, but NOT the largest:
Major Religions Ranked by Size
Chrisitianity is still easily the largest religion.
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?
There's nothing illogical about what I've said, your reading comprehension needs a tune up.
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.to assume that the "real" one has the more followers is ridiculous.
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.Popularity can't be considered reason for anything to be the "One true religion", because every religion out there is a true religion.
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.Being the most popular doesn't make the validity of your beliefs any more reasonable than the beliefs held by Scientology.
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.And yes, your reasoning is illogical and highly flawed. What about the most popular religions of say... 10,000 years ago? Would the most popular religion then be correct?
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.One interesting thing to note is atheism being the third most popular "religion", with 1.1 billion, half of all followers of Christianity. 500 years ago if you were to've asked this, we wouldn't've even numbered enough to make it on the list.
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.You were trying to say that the God of the most popular religion was the creator...
Who ever created the world, would naturally have the biggest following. Thus, Christianity is the real one.
Wow. I didn't someone could be this wrong.You seem to think that mass appeal = truth. It doesn't. Millions and millions of people believe Britney Spears is good music. That doesn't make millions and millions of people right, it just makes millions and millions of people as stupid as smeg.
see above. you seem slow to process things.See above. Popularity doesn't equate to truth.
good thing no one this thread's done that.Only if someone was stupid enough to suggest that the most popular religion is the correct one.
You just refered to "non-religious" people as "religious".Ok, then, one interesting thing to note is the non-religious being the third most popular "religion", with 1.1 billion, half of all followers of Christianity. 500 years ago if you were to've asked this, the non-religious wouldn't've numbered enough to make it on the list, then you would've been burned alive for suggesting that there's any other religion apart from Christianity.
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