(January 1, 2019 at 9:49 am)downbeatplumb Wrote:(January 1, 2019 at 7:22 am)T0 Th3 M4X Wrote: What makes them a cult? You keep saying they are, but no reason to believe it. People in a building and singing = Cult?Religious affiliation (%) in the UK according to the censuses 2001–2011
We've heard the "Christianity is dying" nonsense so many times throughout history. Guess what? It doesn't die.
In 303 A.D. Diocletian not only stated it, he ordered that all scriptures be destroyed. In 306 A.D. Constantine the Great showed up, defeated his rival, took the throne, and changed all that by decree. Nothing has changed. People make claims against, and they fail.
Christianity
Islam
Other religions
Not religious
See that blue line, that's people identifying as Christian going down by 10% in ten years that seems to be the definition of a religion dying out.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_i...ed_Kingdom
Lower percentage doesn't = dying
There was a similar conversation on here about two weeks ago about how it has been dying in the United States, but that wasn't the case. The overall number of "religious" was increasing, while the percentage was decreasing. That has more to do with changes in population density and changes in other categories. For example, if you get a 1% increase with atheists, you're going to lose that percentage everywhere else. You percentage increased, but there are still more people adhering to Christianity, Islam, Etc...
If I have a iceberg and 10 penguins are sitting on it, the population is 100% penguin. If I add 8 more penguins, and 2 polar bears, the population is now 90% penguin and 10% polar bear. The population increased, the number of penguins increased, but the percentage of penguins dropped. As we add more variables, those percentages will continue to change, but that doesn't mean the penguins are going to end up at 0 percent. That is unless you ask the polar bears and it's dinner time, then the result may change.