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Christianity's Shoe Event Horizon
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Christianity's Shoe Event Horizon
The Shoe Event Horizon Explained





Like any other phenomenon, xtianity has a natural lifecycle. In the western world, that lifecycle is nearing its end, its "Event Horizon". In other parts of the world it is increasing or reaching its peak (eg African continent, South American continent and China).

Xtians on these forums are proud of the fact that xtianity is on the increase in the world and mock atheists claiming that atheism will decline overall. When one looks at the short to medium term, they could be mistaken in thinking that atheism is declining but they are not looking at the whole picture. The overall increase of xtianity in the world is due to the fact that new, very large territories are at the early stages of their xtianity lifecycle whilst the more "traditional" xtian countries are losing their religion with massive declines of xtian adherents. So in the short to medium term xtianity will increase overall but over the longer term (hundreds of years) as these larger territories will go through their decline period, it will also decline overall in the world as a whole.

So let's look at the numbers of xtians in the declining "traditional" territories to see what the fate will be for the currently increasing territories.

In the UK:
Ref: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-33256561
Quote:the number of Anglicans here "fell from 40% of the population in 1983 to 29% in 2004 to 17% last year"

In France:
Ref: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_in_France

Christianity dropped from 82% in 1986 to 51.1% in 2016. At the same time, the non religious rose from 15.5% to 39.6%.

In Germany:
Ref: http://newobserveronline.com/christianit...germany-2/
Quote:In Western Germany, some 54 percent of people said they believed in God, but this figure is declining rapidly, indicating that the majority of believers are elderly.

And of course, we can't forget the good ol' US of A:
Ref: http://religionnews.com/2014/08/01/five-...hs-church/
[url=http://religionnews.com/2014/08/01/five-signs-great-decline-religion-america-gallup-graphs-church/][/url]
[Image: GallupNones.png]

So, xtians, enjoy the inflationary part of the xtian cycle in the new territories, but when your time runs out and the cycle turns to decay, xtianity will go the way of the Zeus and Odin mythologies.
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RE: Christianity's Shoe Event Horizon
Isn't actually Islam on the rise and will surpass declining Christianity in few decades?
teachings of the Bible are so muddled and self-contradictory that it was possible for Christians to happily burn heretics alive for five long centuries. It was even possible for the most venerated patriarchs of the Church, like St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, to conclude that heretics should be tortured (Augustine) or killed outright (Aquinas). Martin Luther and John Calvin advocated the wholesale murder of heretics, apostates, Jews, and witches. - Sam Harris, "Letter To A Christian Nation"
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RE: Christianity's Shoe Event Horizon
(December 31, 2017 at 9:15 am)Fake Messiah Wrote: Isn't actually Islam on the rise and will surpass declining Christianity in few decades?

Trump and Pence will restore the God given power of the Holy crusade.
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RE: Christianity's Shoe Event Horizon
(December 31, 2017 at 9:15 am)Fake Messiah Wrote: Isn't actually Islam on the rise and will surpass declining Christianity in few decades?

No. The symbiosis between islam and human ignorance is strong, but not as strong as that between evangelical Christianity and human ignorance.
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RE: Christianity's Shoe Event Horizon
Quote:So, xtians, enjoy the inflationary part of the xtian cycle in the new territories

Those are not "True" xtians.  Every fundie knows that.
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RE: Christianity's Shoe Event Horizon
(December 31, 2017 at 9:15 am)Fake Messiah Wrote: Isn't actually Islam on the rise and will surpass declining Christianity in few decades?

They are both on the rise but Islam is increasing at a faster rate. Islam will also have its lifecycle and will decline with time. It will need a little more time though.
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