RE: Atheism on the rise - Demographics
July 23, 2014 at 9:10 am
(This post was last modified: July 23, 2014 at 9:11 am by Dystopia.)
(July 23, 2014 at 9:07 am)alpha male Wrote:(July 20, 2014 at 6:00 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: Most recent data on population growth in the above mentioned countries (source: UN statistics):Population growth includes immigration, which is largely Muslim.
Norway: 1.3% (Norway also has one of the highest fertility rates in Europe).
Finland: 0.5%
Sweden: 0.7%
Denmark: 0.4%
Germany: -1.7%
UK: 0.6%
(for comparison): United States: 0.7%
So, it would appear that the only group not 'replacing themselves' are the Germans. What's the huhu?
Boru
Atheists frequently note that people tend to adopt the belief systems of their parents. If that is true, and if atheists have fewer children than theists (I've tried unsuccessfully in the past to find direct statistics on this), then it's a losing battle. Theism will prevail. Europe won't go from Christian to atheist. It will go from Christian to Muslim via atheism.
You said something important, Islam will surpass Christianity first. But eventually even Muslims will start de-converting like it's happening to Christians. I don't have a lot of hope for them, but it will surely happen, young Muslims born in europe have laws and rights protecting and an immense access to knowledge and information, it will become easier for them to let go religion. And the US is losing followers too, slowly and gradually. It is also a matter of time before the EU is abolished and States regain power to expel immigrants, I trust something like that will happen soon, I live in a country affected by immigrants negatively, in my case not Muslims
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