The real religion?

[Angrboda]

[robvalue]

The numbers don't count when it's Islam, I expect. It's just due to indoctrination.

[Athene]

Wouldn't it be absurdly obvious which one this is? Wouldn't those following the correct religion have some sort of noticable advantage? If God is doing anything at all in return for the worship it is receiving, wouldn't this be clear to all?

Perhaps not, if God is just inclined to hate certain people, and has no interest in being worshiped by all. 
Don't suppose there'd be much point in making undesirables privy to his best and secret stuff.

[ignoramus]

Well Thena, that solves it! God has a fetish for arabs and camels it seems.
As for the rest of the world, he's just gonna pretend like he doesn't exist.
I just want to know how the Catholics and Baptists found out about him and why they think he gives a shit about them.

[robvalue]

Hmm. If it's about hate, he hates people worshipping as much as he does not worshipping him. Or worshipping some entirely wrong God.

It all seems the same to him, no matter what we do.

[Minimalist]

[Minimalist]

[SteveII]

[KevinM1]

What does evangelical mean in this case? Does it include snake oil like prosperity gospel? Because I could see "get salvation fast" as being a lot more palatable to people than other forms of Christianity, and thus poaching from the other groups.

[robvalue]

So, let's see...

The only bonus anyone has offered so far is that the religion is attractive to new members. But they don't actually get anything out of being in it. Wow, God is just too generous.

It doesn't offer any evidence at all that there is any truth to the religion. At least not evidence I'd consider credible. It just show how good people are at converting other people, or how much influence the religion already has. It's a classic appeal to popularity fallacy.

If someone is seriously suggesting that God is granting this power to draw in more followers, but nothing else, then that is a bizarre setup for sure. Sounds like a pyramid scheme. He's making the religion seem attractive, when it actually has nothing to offer. How deceptive.