Fastest growing religion?

Question

I know the fastest growing religion is Islam, yet the religion with the most people is christianity as whole.

Everyday, it seems that Agnostics and Atheists are growing much more rapidly than anyone else. (Well at least in the USA) Why is that? Is it because of the greater scientific knowledge we have, compared to ten years ago? Do you feel like there are lot more of them now? I personally believe that they will surpass christianity in the next ten to twenty years....but that's me. What do you guys think?

Answer 1

Not everyone agrees that Islam is the fastest growing religion. I've check out this website:

Religious Tolerance

http://www.religioustolerance.org/worldrel.htm

and find this information in a table there:

Religion-% of world-growing or dropping

Christianity- 32% dropping

Islam-19% growing

Hinduism-13% stable

No religion-12% dropping--according to notes, this includes secular humanists, agnostics, and people of no formal, organized religion, but NOT atheists, which are listed seperately.

Chinese folk religion-6%

Buddhism-6% stable

Tribal religions-4%

Atheists-2%

New Religions-2%

Sikhism, Judasim, Spiritualism, Bahai, Confucianism, Zoroastrianism, Wicca, Shinto, Taoism, Other--less than 1%

According to this site, then, atheists/agnostics are not growing in number. I doubt that Islam surpasses Christianity in the next 10-20 years, much less other groups.

If you have statistics from elsewhere that challenge this information, by all means have someone post them so we can better discuss your question.

Answer 2

Islam - via fact such fairly some christians are being compelled out via the fundies and convert to Islam the place there remains a loving god!! Christianity is the quickest shrinking faith - down ten % in below a decade and the loss is accelerating!! yet outdoors of religionnatheismm isn't purely some distance, some distance greater advantageous yet growing to be at aphenomenall value!!

Answer 3

Buddhism, Islam, Wicca as well as any other form of Paganism are all some of the fastest growing religions. Non-Religious folks are also on the rise.

Answer 4

More people are getting to realize that religion is an unncessary crutch developed when mankind was less intelligent and sophisticated, so athiests are growing by leaps and bounds.

Answer 5

the reason is because the behavior of christian clearly doesn't reflect the teaching, even atheist behave better than them

That makes people think do they really need religion to become a good person

Answer 6

No it is moral decay.Those who wish to do anything they want will give any reason other than that to deny Christianity. That it tells them the things they want to do are wrong is why more and more turn from it. The Bible tell that this will happen.

Answer 7

the one that is not a religion atheisim

Answer 8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_clduZKb1Yg