RE: Can't Wait For The Day This Is True In The U.S.
September 6, 2017 at 6:27 am
(This post was last modified: September 6, 2017 at 6:29 am by John V.)
(September 5, 2017 at 9:20 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: So much for your omnipotent and loving god, then.
Not sure what either of those have to do with the situation. He did predict the decline of Christianity. It's not unexpected to me.
From the link above:
Quote:In projecting the relative decline of the unaffiliated we also factored in religious switching, or conversion, for the 70 countries with reliable switching data. Religious switching has been powering the rise of the “nones” in the United States and Europe, and a net gain globally of nearly 70 million people are projected to join the ranks of the unaffiliated through religious switching between 2015 and 2060. But at the global level, gains made through religious switching are overshadowed by the impact of fertility and mortality.
Some social theorists have suggested that as countries develop economically, more of their residents will move away from religious affiliation, as has been seen in Europe. But there is little evidence of such a phenomenon in Muslim-majority countries. Moreover, in Hindu-majority India, religious affiliation is still nearly universal despite rapid economic and social change.