Fastest growing religion?

[Katzpur]

You left out Bangism.....was that just a typo or what?:verymad:

No, actually, it's a dying breed. Almost extinct.

 

[jeffrey]

Surely Kat, your not attempting to start a debate in a Wicca thread?

 

[jeffrey]

.... if i ever met that guy.... there would be blood.... (so much for forgiveness and love)

It really has Rebecca upset. 2 cats missing...

 

[gnostic]

In Australia, or in Melbourne at least, the fastest growing religion is Buddhism, followed by Hinduism, then Islam. Unfortunately, it didn't mention anything about Wicca or paganism.

 

[Katzpur]

Surely Kat, your not attempting to start a debate in a Wicca thread?

No, I surely wasn't. I thought it was interesting information, that's all. It hadn't even occurred to me to debate the subject. As a matter of fact, if I'd wanted to debate it, it wouldn't have made a whole lot of sense for me to post something stating that Wicca is, in fact, one of the world's fastest growing religions, now would it?

I'd be happy to remove the post if you are offended by it.

 

[turk179]

He has taken it upon himself to kill them if they venture onto his property.

I abhor violence with the exception of people who kill animals! With them I would have to pull out Feathers giant tuna.

 

[jeffrey]

I abhor violence with the exception of people who kill animals! With them I would have to pull out Feathers giant tuna.

Well, he hasn't been able to catch anymore in the last couple days. But my wife's favorite was the 1st to 'disappear' I'm tempted to send our neighbor a copy of King's 'Pet Cemetery'

 

[turk179]

Well, he hasn't been able to catch anymore in the last couple days. But my wife's favorite was the 1st to 'disappear' I'm tempted to send our neighbor a copy of King's 'Pet Cemetery'

A lot of times when people do things that I don't agree with I can at the very least understand where they are coming from a little bit. But with this, for the life of me I can't understand why someone would kill an animal just because they came into his yard. Sick and twisted with no feelings of compassion are the only words to describe this.

 

[jeffrey]

He claims he can smell cat urine on his shoes when he goes inside his house... ya, right.

 

[Feathers in Hair]

I abhor violence with the exception of people who kill animals! With them I would have to pull out Feathers giant tuna.

I'll hand over the tuna as soon as I get in a good smashing myself.

I can't even express how much disgust I feel for people that would kill or hurt an animal on purpose.

 

[cfer]

I can't even express how much disgust I feel for people that would kill or hurt an animal on purpose.

I understand that in terms of cruelty to animals, but does that go for killing an animal on purpose for food as well?

 

[Green Gaia]

This there any chance of this thread getting back on topic?

 

[jeffrey]

But our cats are Wiccan!

 

[michel]

I am not sure at all about a web site I have found here:-

http://www.bible.ca/islam/islam-myths-fastest-growing.htm


Which claims that, against popular belief, Islam is not the fastest growing religion; I am not at all sure as to the validity of the claims, but they are interesting statistics, even if a little out of date.

A very short extract:-
The Islamic religion has a long history of myth making. The claim they are the fastest growing religion in the world is pure myth. We have collected the latest statistics from David A. Barrett’s huge two volume, "World Christian Encyclopedia", the 2001 AD edition. In case you haven’t heard of this work, it is the world standard for religious statistics.

Muslim's claim that their growth rate is 235 percent and 47 percent for Christianity. This statistic came from the Readers Digest Almanac and Yearbook 1983, and represents 235 percent increase over 50 years. Muslims always leave off the 50 year fact to make it appear they are going 235% every year. A simple review of the readers Digest study shows that the growth rate of Islam vs. Christianity is directly linked to the birth rate in Third World countries where Islam dominates and not actual conversions to each religion. Christianity has always been larger than Islam. These statistics from Readers Digest are over 20 years old. Further, we do not consider readers digest to be an authority on such matters. Why will Muslims not quote real authoritative statistics from certified research groups who show Islam is not the fastest growing religion in 3/4’s of the worlds countries.

1. There are over a billion Muslims in the world today, including 3 to 5 million in the U.S., making it the second most populous religion on earth after Christianity. According to some estimates, Islam is the fastest-growing religion in the world. (The Joy of Sects, Peter Occhigrosso, 1996, p394-397)
2. Islam is the religion which has developed from the preaching and life of Muhammad, a citizen of the city of Mecca in Arabia, who early in the seventh century of the Christian Era appeared as a preacher of monotheism to his own people and founded a religious movement which today counts perhaps as many as 300,000,000 followers, mostly in the heat belt from Indonesia to Morocco. (Islam: Muhammad and His Religion, Arthur Jeffery, 1958, p xi-xiv)

 

[barnabus]

Oh dear, what on earth are we to do?

 

[windcarver]

Well, in the 2003 Guinness Book of World Records it says that Islam is the world's fastest growing religion. But, of course, that was 2003, and it very well could have changed to wicca by 2006.