Posted on 04/13/2015 9:54:10 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
A new study shows Christianity on the decline in the wealthy West, with Islam surging. What Would Jesus Say? It’s not what you think.
A study released by the Pew Forum last week demonstrates that the future of the religious world is rapidly and dramatically changing. Differences in fertility rates and the high incidence of conversion make Islam the world’s fastest-growing religion. And, if current rates continue, by 2070 Islam could be the world’s largest.
Between now and 2050 the number of Muslims is projected to rise to 2.8 billion, a 35 percent increase. While India will continue to be predominantly Hindu, it will also be home to the world’s largest Muslim population. And, by 2050, Muslims are slated to make up 10 percent of Europe’s population and be the largest non-Christian religion in the U.S.
There is good news for Hindu and Jewish populations, too, which will continue to grow, and the global population of Buddhists should hold steady.
Changes are coming, though, for Christianity. The trend of southward expansion will continue. By 2050, 4 out of every 10 Christians will live in sub-Saharan Africa. Christianity will grow, but not in wealthier countries. In the U.S., the Christian majority will slip from roughly three-quarters of the population to a still-healthy two-thirds.
We should take the findings with a pinch of salt. As a study, it is grounded in the assumption that people will continue to act in the future as they have in the recent past. In other words, the study assumes that economics, education levels, migration patterns, technological and health-care advances, military conflicts, and politics will not impact fertility and conversion rates in the decades to come. That seems unlikely to be the case.
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Oh yes, Christianity has a marvelous future. It’s the church that’s in trouble.
It is in the West’s best interest for a comeback. No society is ascending when Islam grows. It’s an historical certainty.
If the Truth and the search for it doesn’t have a future on Earth, what hope is their for mankind.
Southern part of the world is where the Christian faith is growing and steady.
“No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.”
Matt6:24
It’s why God hates self-sufficiency. When we lose our sense of need for Him, we tend to break off the relationship.
(Revelation 21:3)Yep.
And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, "Look! God's dwelling place is now among the people, and he will dwell with them. They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God.
The West is becoming irrelevant, having squandered its opportunity to make good use of its fabulous natural wealth and freedom. If the Lord tarries, I expect the center of attention to return to the global South and East.
Islam is “surging” because of colonization/immigration and “blame the man” black separatist Nation Of Islam culture in prisons. 2/3 of muslims in America are first generation immigrants.
Way to go, Daily Puke. AntiChristian atheist cheerleaders for Islmaic theocracy. Liberalism is a mental disorder.
Repent and believe the gospel ...
Anyone asking such a question really doesn’t understand Christianity or know what it is about.
God says there will ALWAYS be a remnant.
Not if the Islamonazi genocide of non-muslims continues there.
Make that the apostate church. Christians are the only ones that have a “Future” since I wouldn’t consider the lake of fire much of one. Jesus asked if He would find faith on the earth when He returned.
Perhaps the Catholics have it right on birth control! We are depopulating ourselves out of existence!
I am a Christian and I have been telling people for some time that there’s a good chance that Christianity will not survive without the Lord’s active involvement to alter the course of mankind. You have a major religion that actively pursues the destruction of another and the other pursues an approach of turn the other cheek and only focuses on the good in people. Without a Nation led by a Christian we have no resolve to fight for our beliefs beyond words.
I don’t think you have to worry about that, Candida.
Of course! What need have the wealthy for a “savior”?
It is only the sick who require a physician...
That’s one of the blessings given by the priest on Ash Wednesday.
Well… Jewish populations is Israel and among conservative Jews. Liberal Jews are fading fast, and manage to exist only because a subset of conservative Jews lose some of their kids to liberalism. Birth rate for liberal Jews is very very low. Nowhere close to maintenance level.
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