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2006-12-28 22:16:02 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Pastafarianism from the church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster.
Because He is a gentle creature and people like to see Him wiggle.
Ramen !
2006-12-28 22:19:24 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 4⤋
No one truly knows. Many will tell you Mormon or Islam or one of the Pagan faiths but the truth is we don't know for certain. The reason we don't know is that there are several countries, including the U.S.A., that does not ask what religion someone is when they take their census. And even those countries that do ask cannot be 100% accurate. I remember hearing a recent story from Australia about how several people were upset about how the national census would ask what religion someone was so people started to say 'Jedi'. I have heard that there are several people who do follow the philosophy that George Lucas set forth when he created the Jedi in the Star Wars series and personally I don't have a problem with this as it is basically a peaceful philosophy but I also know that several people who answered the census's question about religion with 'Jedi' are not following that philosophy but only stated it to avoid the intrusion upon a personal choice (or merely stated that answer for amusement). So in truth, I don't think anyone truly knows what religion is growing fastest.
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2006-12-29 06:47:35 · answer #2 · answered by Stephen 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It will be a difficult matter to discuss as there are no real figures worldwide to support any discussion.
You can, however, judge somewhat by the figures from the UK census of 2001. They are one of the few countries that asks about religion on their forms.
What was interesting was that 390,000 people said their religion was Jedi. Go figure.
But they did have write-ins, as evident by the Jedi statistics, and they did count 170 different religions listed, besides the ones that they asked about specifically. Listed as pagan/Wiccan was 40,000.
There are other sites out there with breakdowns. I just listed a few. It does give you a good idea of where religion is going.
But this is probably the best statistics you will find for religious growth or not.
2006-12-29 06:51:54 · answer #3 · answered by Boudica 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you mean fastest, True Islamic Monotheism following the Qu'ran and authentic Sunnah is the fastest growing religion. God is guiding more and more people everyday.
http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/9704/14/egypt.islam/
I chose a non-biased objective source, there are Islamic sites which claim this, and anti-islam sites which fail to see the truth
No Compulsion in Religion
Allah said,
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(There is no compulsion in religion), meaning, "Do not force anyone to become Muslim, for Islam is plain and clear, and its proofs and evidence are plain and clear. Therefore, there is no need to force anyone to embrace Islam. Rather, whoever Allah directs to Islam, opens his heart for it and enlightens his mind, will embrace Islam with certainty. Whoever Allah blinds his heart and seals his hearing and sight, then he will not benefit from being forced to embrace Islam.''
Why is because God is guiding people
I noticed you wrote fatest...
McDonaldism lol
2006-12-29 06:47:11 · answer #4 · answered by onewhosubmits 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fastest_growing_religion
There are 3 other sites that can also provide information but this one seems to better sum them all up without being biased.
Christians lead with more conversions.
Muslims lead with births, not conversions.
Which is very reasonable considering that Christians are more 'missionary' oriented than Muslims. They go out and try to convert in more numbers than Muslims tend to do.
2006-12-29 06:45:31 · answer #5 · answered by Mr O 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Islam.
Unforuntaely impression of Islam is not based on athentic knowldge but on individual acts of a few, or gossip/hear-say, or as (wrongly) projected by the media.
I would request to check out
http://www.irf.net/irf/download/middle/displaydowncatg.php3
2006-12-29 07:00:22 · answer #6 · answered by ss1886 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't know if any studies have been done. People say Islam, but I doubt that, but I could be wrong. I do know that Wicca and Paganism is growing at a faster rate then ever before.
2006-12-29 06:38:25 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Controversial question. I doubt you'll get the right answer. Every religion geek will have a superiority complex!
2006-12-29 06:22:34 · answer #8 · answered by LP 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Inhumanity.As humans are getting lessened day by day.
om namah shivaya.
2006-12-29 06:38:57 · answer #9 · answered by rajesh bhowmick 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Islam,is the fastest growing religion in the world cuz Islam has the solutions to the problems of the west,
www.irf.net
2006-12-29 06:28:43 · answer #10 · answered by Noor 3 · 1⤊ 6⤋