"My religion is the fastest growing religion"?

Question

I have seen this statement used by more than one religion. So, refering to it, do you agree with what Mark Twain said: "there are 3 kinds of lies: lies, damned lies and statistics" ?

Answer 1

Sheep flock in herds. They feel safe in bigger numbers.

Answer 2

According to "The Almanac Book of Facts", the population increased 137% within the past decade, Christianity increased 46%, while Islam increased 235%. In a recent poll in the (US), 100,000 people per year in America alone, are converting to Islam. For every 1 male convert to Islam, 4 females convert to Islam, As most converts to Islam will explain, the reason for their conversion is not usually pinpointed to one set reason, but several, with each individuals journey being unique. Islam has appealed to many because of its simple and intellectually satisfying creed. In the Byzantine controlled lands, Islam offered freedom from imperialist and racist oppression and the cult of priesthoods. In India, the fact of intrinsic human worth, nobility and equality attracted a society steeped in caste division. In Indonesia and Africa, Islam displaced a complex mythology which often pictured the world as alien, frightful, and full of spirits which had to be appeased and a social order which tolerated infanticide and never saw the nakedness of the body and the need to clean it.

Answer 3

Sure. yesterday you had 1 person in your faith, and today you have 2 people, you've had a 100% increase.

And- you've had a 100% increase in just one day.
If that rate continues you'll have a billion in just one month.

Oh- BTW, the fastest growing religion in the US is Morman. They're up to about 13 Million.

Answer 4

TODDISM is the true faith.
why?
Because
I AM TODD
and my left arm is IIII I sealed togther (ie IVI sealed together)
thus
M=IVI sealed together=IIII I
and since My name is TODD
then
TODDISM
shows
TODD IS M which is absolutly true!!
And to those who want my head
Ex.22. 22 says your children shall become orphans, so i will laff at your threats and pray for your destruction by your very own God. like the though some airman of a foreign nation should have a crash at an airshow. imagine my surprize when the blue angel went down? is that proof of God's love of orphans? And do you hate Me now regardless of what your bible states? I didn't actually rig the show, and never would because i value my freedom, but certain prayers in the bible pray for destruction of enemies, so i used them and got unexpected results. Guess it shows what nation is becoming the enemy of orphans.

Answer 5

Most often they refer to the percentage. If one person starts a religion and he gains one follower during a year he has 100% growth. If the next year he gains 3 followers he now has 150% growth.

Answer 6

Gee, I want to be just like everyone else, so I'd better join your faith, huh? I have such a high opinion of the average man that his fad must be something with real meaning and substance that I should embrace without question.

Answer 7

Yes I would agree with that quote...
However...My religion is the fastest growing religion...Become a Jedi....

Answer 8

Yes, I agree... People just love to cry out their problems into a religious mumbo jumbo crap instead of really doing something ...

Answer 9

Yes. My dad always used to say statistics can say anything you want them to. And he was right. It's all in the spin.

Answer 10

It's the fastest growing in their heads.

Answer 11

Your jumping on the biggest band wagon to jump on.
Hurry hurry be like everyone else.

morons.