(August 31, 2023 at 10:19 pm)Lek Wrote: It's funny that in this country where we are free to worship, people are leaving the churches in droves. In China where they are persecuted and forced to worship underground the church is growing in
leaps and bounds. China is supposed to have the world's largest number of Christians by the year 2050. It seems that when religions are persecuted that is when they grow the most.
Funny thing happens when you talk numbers in a hugely populated country like China. Like Christianity is growing by leaps and bounds...to 2% of the population; comparable to the percenage of Americans who are Muslims. But in China that's around 28.2 million Christians. The USA has about 209-210 million Christians and is probably currently the country with the largest number of Christians in 2023.
If China's population stays roughly the same; when they top the USA's population of Christians, they'll be about 15% of China's population.
But I don't think you're wrong that Chrisitanity tends to thrive under persecution.
I'm not anti-Christian. I'm anti-stupid.