(January 16, 2013 at 3:31 pm)Undeceived Wrote: 2.5 million people convert to Christianity every year with no prior "indoctrination." In 1900, Christians were roughly 34.5% of the world population (558 million). In 2012, Christians were about 33.4% of the world population (7 billion). The idea that Christianity is shrinking is a myth.
That worldwide percentage a bit of a generalization. Remember, there's a distinct difference in the percentage of religious folk between different countries (e.g. around 30% of Britons are theistic, whereas America boasts, if that's the right word, a whopping 85% theistic populace). Interestingly, there is an evident trend where countries with better education systems and more academically able people (this means better educated, not more intelligent necessarily. Religiousness is not proportionate to intelligence.) tend to show a far reduced religious population. This is not because countries indoctrinate the children with "science" with an agenda to boot religion, it is simply because religiousness stems mainly from a lack of education in the relevant fields.
