...as if the number of people who believe in their religion (or lack thereof) has anything to do with the veracity of that religion (or lack thereof)?
There's lots of bad reasons to belong to something, including peer and familial pressure, ignorance, and just plain stubborness. Not to mention that a lot of the bigger religions historically have been spread via violence.
Why do people think that numbers are a measure of how "true" a religion is?
2007-01-12 15:01:45 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Maybe they're just trying to show that they're in good company? Sometimes when my boyfriend and I argue about religion, I point out to him that "I'm not the only one who thinks this" so that he can't say I'm just not thinking very carefully. Not that he'd ever think that, but I've noticed that religious arguments can get heated sometimes.
2007-01-12 18:26:36 · answer #1 · answered by Aeryn Whitley 3 · 5⤊ 0⤋
Numbers are a measure of knowing the Truth, but not measured through the majority. The Christian bible makes mention of the "little flock", the small number of true believers who actually follow the True teachings of Christ. "Narrow is the Way..."
Many "Christians" are decieved by the teaching in church. They do not take the time to know for themselves thier God, they rather have a someone else tell them what to believe. And many are learning through tradition not Truth. The problem with people who are decieved is that they think they are right and will defend their view point.
The TRUTH....
-people who are decieved wont know they are decieved,,,, otherwise they wouldn't be decieved.
-the Truth doesn't need to be defended... the Truth is universal,,,, God does not need to be defended.
-the only way to know God is to seek Him,,,, by reading and studying yourself,,,, not JUST going to church on Sunday, but by creating a church everyday within you.
God bless.
2007-01-12 23:16:57 · answer #2 · answered by K G 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
it's a substitute for trusting God... through the ages many important issues were not on the majority side
I like the song from Gidyup Gitallong Gideon
"You can't count on numbers"
You can order you troops
You can count em in your slumber
You can calculate
and equate em with a number
but if you don't put your trust in the Lord on high
you got a tumbleweed's chance in a prairi fire
ooh oooh ooooh
you can't count... on numbers
if most people say the world is flat it don't make it so and Christians often take minority views that are often unpopular at some times... but are the right thing to do
2007-01-12 23:07:15 · answer #3 · answered by whirlingmerc 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I don't know. I'm not sure I've seen much of this. If it's true, it's probably just a reflection of our culture. We do tend to think the greater the number of supporters for a position or cause, the more worthwhile it must be.
2007-01-12 23:06:28 · answer #4 · answered by fdm215 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
People are always comparing, and therefore, setting values on things/ideas/people/etc. It's just the typical human thing to do.
Numbers are a lazy way of not not finding your own value.
2007-01-12 23:10:55 · answer #5 · answered by Teaim 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Humans seem to believe in the subjectivity of truth. So the more people agree with them the 'more right' they are.
2007-01-12 23:06:31 · answer #6 · answered by mullah robertson 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Britney Spears sold 200,000,000 CD's on this planet.
Anybody who thinks that is proof of Britney Spears having a good voice, is simply crazy. :)
2007-01-12 23:13:01 · answer #7 · answered by ? 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's the logical fallacy known as 'argument from popularity'.
2007-01-12 23:08:43 · answer #8 · answered by eldad9 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is the unfortunate message of democracy; that popularity is synonymous with correctness.
2007-01-12 23:04:58 · answer #9 · answered by neil s 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Come to think of it at one time 99.9%+ of the worlds population thought the world was flat.
2007-01-12 23:06:50 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋