http://www.religioustolerance.org/worldrel.htm
Christianity - Members-2,039 million -% of World - 32%
Atheists-150 million -% of World- 2%
2006-11-15 04:19:37 · 31 answers · asked by St. Mike 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
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2006-11-15 04:23:23 · answer #1 · answered by Ameerah 2 · 1⤊ 8⤋
Those figures represent today-2006. The civilized world has been in existence for a very long time-how many millions of people over the history of humanity have been of other religions? I guarantee-more than 2,039 million.
In my opinion, we need to look to history (ancient to fairly recent) to reexamine our spiritual roots. I believe that, over time, our perception of the world & human consciousness has been altered or dulled. Therefore, today's numbers (2,039 Christians) mean nothing.
2006-11-15 12:27:46 · answer #2 · answered by Red 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I am Christian,I know for fact I am not wrong.Skip the links, read the Bible and even though I am right with God, 2,039 million is a very small number.
2006-11-15 12:28:05 · answer #3 · answered by gwhiz1052 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Can 62% be wrong?
Christianity - Members-2,039 million -% of World - 32%
Everybody else - 68%
How about accepting the possibility that there are other avenues for good people to know God.
2006-11-15 12:24:02 · answer #4 · answered by Bran McMuffin 5 · 6⤊ 1⤋
Ah, the good old arguement with numbers tactic. Unfortunately, that doesn't comprise a valid arguement. If 100% everyone in the world believed the world was flat, does it make it flat?
Also, there are literally thousands of Christian denominations that vary so significantly in belief, they might as well be considered a different religion. I've often seen Baptists claim that Mormons and Catholics are not Christian.
2006-11-15 12:25:18 · answer #5 · answered by thackara 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Um. I'm not gonna trust a religious website on those statistics.
Also, yes, 2,039 million could very well be wrong, especially when they're responsible for more than their share's worth of religious discrimination.
2006-11-15 12:23:29 · answer #6 · answered by fiveshiftone 4 · 6⤊ 1⤋
Argumentum ad Populum. Nice try, but you're kicking a dead horse.
You conveniently left out something in your details... and it's from your own source.
"Some of the approximately 1,000 Christian faith groups in the U.S. and Canada believe themselves to be the only true Christian denomination. Thus, depending on the definition used, the percentage of Christians in the U.S. are between 0.1 and 75% of the total population."
I'll echo some of my comrades here... you're also conveniently ignoring the 68% of the world that is NOT Christian.
ELVIS DIDN'T DO NO DRUGS.
2006-11-15 12:24:02 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
If you're going to play a numbers game then why not ask why only a third of the world is Christian. Why are the Christians right and the other 4 billion wrong?
2006-11-15 12:23:46 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
So whats the other 66 percent?
What was the percentage before the Crusades spread Christianity? At one point didn't it only reside in a small part of the world?
2006-11-15 12:28:29 · answer #9 · answered by elliott 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
True Christ-ianity isn't about being right to make some wrong;
But about being right to make all right: Global "Reconciliation".
http://www.godshew.org/Reconciliation.htm
What you're proposing is "division"(alienation).
"Jesus": "division" & not peace: Mt 10:34; Lk 12:51
"Christ": "peace" & not divided: Jn 14:27; Eph 2:14
Mark & Avoid them who cause divisions: Rom 16:17
Being right to make some wrong(left behind) is a blame game.
Blame game inducts players into a hall of shame: Hebrews 11:
"these all died" and "received not the promise"
http://www.godshew.org/RevelatorySermons15.htm
The GRACE of our Lord Jesus Christ WITH YOU ALL. AMEN.
2006-11-15 12:43:44 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ok, so your source is religioustolerance.org, yet you question the very foundation of another faith (or even absence of) because it is not in fitting with your own.. I think the very principal of that is wrong.
Is it wrong to wage war and genocide in the name of your faith? Is it wrong to look down upon and judge others for their beliefs?
What about the supposed 68% of the population that ISN'T christian? Hm? How do you explain that? You're not winning anyone over with statistics and you're certainly not going to convert anyone through condescension.
Next question?
2006-11-15 12:26:55 · answer #11 · answered by Sizzlin Sicilian 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋