What do you think?

Question

A book World Religions made Easy by Henderson Publishers makes reference that Muslims may outnumber Christians by the year 2010. What makes this religion appealing to people? Just curious. Since they have a Religion section on Yahoo questions this is the right place to ask.

Answer 1

It is becoming difficult for missionaries to spread the word in alot of places, language barriers, and laws are in the way, the population has alot to do with more muslims also and as a christian we have freedom through Jesus Christ, over in some arabic countries, they have laws, that if you become a christian you can be killed, we need to pray for our missionaries that are over there now, making a difference, giving their lives now to help spread christianity.

Answer 2

Well, I am a Muslim male from Madina, Saudi Arabia, and would like to say the guy with the first answer in the top was wrong, since Muslims are not like kittens, we do not go around search for girls to suck our d*cks with, and same goes with our sisters, they don't go around in a try to search for cool boys to hang around with and end up with him in a motel having illegal relationship, we are NOT like kittens like most non-Muslims are almost like.. rather, this question should be redirected to reverts, and not be opened for all, in the city where I live, I know a number of western brothers who converted to Islam years ago, and more are coming from the US, UK, Australia, Canada and even China to settle and learn here, they can give you a better answer I guess.. but I can say mainly the reason is, people are finding the truth being Islam.

Answer 3

While the Islamic religion is experiencing wide spread growth on a global basis it is hardly as dramatic in convert numbers as the Islam religion tends to advertise to those they seek to convert.

Recent Religious Statistics in Select Countries

Australia:67.4% Christian 1.5% Muslim.
France: 85-90% Christian 5-10% Muslim.
Germany:68% Christian 3.7% Muslim.
South Africa:79.7% Christian 1.5% Muslim.
United Kingdom:71.6% Christian 2.7% Muslim.
United States: 76% Christian 1% Muslim


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


The Islam religion in many respects is much more lenient in it's doctoral practices and for many Protestant and Catholic converts to the Islam religion it relieves them of those such as confession, denominational politics and hierarchy within the church or the need to speak to God through an intermediary such as the priest or minister as Islamic belief is to speak directly to God.

Footnote:

A perfect example of distortion and propaganda technique is shown by the answerer just prior to this post. How typical of the Islamic fundamentalists is it to use the power of isolated, and most likely staged, video interviews to promote the views while slandering the other religions of the world.

Answer 4

Most Islamic people are the nicest people you will ever meet. They are extremely humble, giving, and polite (I've been to muslim countries). They live communally and see themselves as blessed when they can help other people.

Ironically, they are living the way of Jesus better than Christians. Our Western culture Christians are more interested in 'saving people' than helping people. The structure and laws that Christian churches like to add to their religion forces people away and alienates people.

Disclaimer: I am a Christian.

God Bless. Love Wins.

Answer 5

Really? I do not find this to be an accurate finding in the future. A religion that forces one to believe, and threatens physical death if they try to convert, is just another form of bondage. You are so unclean and untrustworthy that you must veil your entire body instead of learn HOW to control your desires? If someone commits a sin, they should be killed for someone elses' honor? ((for that lcomment I just made, you really should read Jeremiah 30 and 31 in the Old Testament. When you come to understand, remember this little wink that I am sending you now *wink* hehehe))
So He feels we are so unmanageable that He cannot teach us to be pure and holy from the inside out, instead of the outside in?
Did God REALLY birth us for that lowly position? Unlikely. God loves His creations, and has more faith in us than many of us seem to have in Him. And this is the religion that is growing?
There is a reason for the Koran, I understand. It has something to do with revolutions and love. However, only Jesus will reveal the reasons, not I.

Whereas, Christianity gives you a choice, and you are beckoned to 'come'. Free yourself from sin through Jesus' sacrifice for you, and you live freely as a new creation, a new child of God who has willingly separated themselves from what God frowns upon. Free to be what God intended you to be when you were created in your mother's womb.

Part of the reason that the Church has suffered, is that the true power of the Holy Spirit that Jesus gave to us all has been clostiered like a budding young woman. She has had time to develop though. Christians will understand their powerful gift when they overcome their doubts. Just like high pressure deflects low pressure hurricanes in the gulf, so does the Spirit deflect sin from the righteous and baptised heart with its purefying flames of 'high pressure'.
Where there is weakness, the 'storm' will move in and overcome. Where there is strength, the storm will be forced away. God gives us strength, and He deserves all the praise for it. Praise the Lord Jesus.
It is possible to free yourself from sin so that you may stand unbound in the sight of the Lord. Amen!

Muslims must take heart. Jesus loves them too. Come.
Uriel
Corpus Christi

Answer 6

I found one value very appealing in Islam: a muslim must share a certain percentage of his/her wage with the poor on monthly basis. I don't really know a lot about islam, but what I do know is that if everybody would do that, there really would be a better world! ;-)

Answer 7

It's the birth rate and the lack of education. Similar to a cat haveing kittens.

Answer 8

yes,, its a prediction.

islam is the fastest growing religion in the world, because people are now realizing the truth. and thanks to false propaganda of west against islam, its because of this , people get curious to know islam more and eventually embracing it.

i have done suvery on this topic and found that most people embrace islam because it has answers and it makes sense. and many people embraced islam just y reading quran and comparing it with other scriptures. and many woman embraced it because it gives equal rights to woman.
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VIDEOS OF CONVERTS

http://www.p4e.ca/video.php
http://www.aswatalislam.net/DisplayFilesP.aspx?TitleID=50054&TitleName=Experiences_of_Converts_to_Islam

http://turntoislam.com/
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Answer 9

I understand why the muslim faith is growing rapidly. People don't understand true love anymore.

http://www.biblebelievers.com/SimpleSalvation.html

Answer 10

things like thishttp://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5137581991288263801&q=loose+change