(February 7, 2012 at 6:22 pm)tobie Wrote: If there is a religion dominant, it will be Islam. In western (i.e christian ) nations, Atheism / Agnosticism is the fastest growing religious view, even in the USA. The more wealthy states in Europe ( UK, France, Germany, Sweden, Belgium, Netherlands ) and a few others already have 20-30% Atheists / Agnostics. A study in the UK suggests that as much as 2/3 of teenagers don't believe in a God.
In Middle Eastern countries, this is not set to change. A lot of the middle east is still under Sharia Law and due to the extremist views of lots of people in power this won't change. Add to this the insurgent strikes and terrorist groups violently upholding their beliefs ( attacking schools, killing the more liberal politicians ) it leads to a whole lot of people staying set in their ways.
You're omitting very large parts of the world. Effectively most of it: in Russia the Russian Orthodox church has been and still is in a great revival since the abolition of the USSR. In China the Falung Gong is growing astronomically. In Brasil and southern Africa Pentecostalism is rising like there's no tomorrow.
If you think atheism is 'winning' I unfortunately have to advise you that the opposite is the case. Europe and north-America are exceptions, not the rule!
