RE: Is Atheism on the rise?
June 23, 2016 at 2:45 pm
(This post was last modified: June 23, 2016 at 2:46 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
(June 23, 2016 at 2:35 pm)Lek Wrote: Despite supression and persecution from the government, China has the second fastest growing christian population in the world, just a fraction of a percent behind Nepal. Worldwide, christianity is still growing, although atheism is growing at a faster rate. Of course, due to it's currently low numbers, it doesn't take a large number of new atheists to create a large percentage of gain. I will agree that the western nations are quickly moving away from christianity and other organized religions, but those relilgions are growing worlwide.B-mine, that should have jumped out at you.
As westerners move away from christendom, and as it's becoming increasingly apparent that outreach in western countries is prohibitively expensive compared to outreach in developing nations and nations which do not have considerable "christian competition", more evangelical dollars are being shifted to china and africa. Simply put, it's a better investment.
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