RE: World Islamifacation
July 26, 2011 at 1:20 pm
(This post was last modified: July 26, 2011 at 1:34 pm by Anomalocaris.)
(July 26, 2011 at 1:06 pm)Sciwoman Wrote:(July 26, 2011 at 12:58 pm)Chuck Wrote: There are only 350 million Europeans all together. Pentacostalism alone claims 200 million converts in the US and third world in the last 30 years.Is that number coming from the Pentacostals themselves or from an unbiased source? Lying for Jeebus is a well established tradition in the christian community.
250 million number is quoted by the likes of BBC. Pentacostals themselves often claim 500 million. There are other, similar "Renewalist" and "Christmatic" sects with focus on "end times". A 10 country survey by the Pew Reserach Center suggests the total number of converts from developing nations to all of these escotological focused christian sects in the last 30 years is indeed on the order of 500 million.
(July 26, 2011 at 1:07 pm)Napoleon Wrote:Quote:According to Guinness Book of World Records, Islam is the world’s fastest-growing religion by number of conversions each yearQuote:In 1990, 935 million people were Muslims and this figure had risen to around 1.2 billion by the year 2000
I'm not good at math but I'm pretty sure Islam is growing faster than pentecostalism.
Pentacostalism is just one of the several large christian end-time sects with focus on experiencing the holy spirit via mass psycholsis that have expanded very aggresively in the developing world. Unlike Islam, these christian sects are characterized by relative permissiveness towards minor vices of daily living while extolling abandonment of common rationality in favor of a an "experiential" devotion. In other words they demand less compared to Islam in return for offering you a sexier picture of infinite reward for indulge in wishful thinking and forgoing the unwanted labor skepticism. They are cheaper whores than Islam, and therefore attract more business.