Why does religion continue to grow?

[The Grand Nudger]

So, what I am hearing is that the God Delusion thrives where there is lower education levels. It would follow that at least after awhile, highly educated countries should see precipitous drops in religion--despite birth rates. While that has been the prediction for hundreds of years, that's not the case. There are more Christians and Muslims every year--even in developed countries.. Perhaps your arguments are not as convincing as you think they are.

Yep, and that -is- what we see.  There are more -people- every year, even in developed countries.  By brute force of demographics that means there are more religious people every year (and lets nod the hat to the fact that immigrants account for growth in places like the US, so we see the immigrants religious beliefs grow as a share of the pie even while the overall slice of "religion" in that pie becomes smaller).  This number does not and cannot speak to the point you wish to advance - the contention you hope to make, and you know that, you're not an idiot...so stop acting like one?

What does it all mean, why is religion growing? Because that's how math works, and that's how human reproduction works? How about you, why do -you- think religion continues to grow? I'm tired of this hand-washing post business where the OP asks a question they are too timid to answer themselves, and then jumps down their respondents throats..grab your nuts....lets hear it, Steve?