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Asgara
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Message 61 of 97 (216707)
06-13-2005 7:22 PM
Reply to: Message 60 by mike the wiz
06-13-2005 6:10 PM


Percentages and delusions of grandeur
Since this is the faith and belief section, I'm not going to ask you to verify your claims. "Believe" what you will and be happy.

I am going to comment on a few of your claims though.
God would surely only let that which is true reach the top of the pile.
The Book of Mormon has many dedicated followers. The Koran does too. In fact, so does Scientology
But stick the three together and they haven't had half the impact of the bible.
33% of the world's population identifies themselves as Christian. Of that 1/3 (2.1 billion) 8.218 million are LDS, so you would have to subtract them out of the Xian figures,leaving you with 2,091,782. I won't even get into all those who identify as Xian but aren't "true believers."
Xianity is a broad stroke that encompasses many, many people who believe many, many things. Many of these beliefs are diametrically opposed to what you believe.
Scientology has 500,000 followers.
Islam has 1.3 billion.
Then of course there is the 43% of the world's population that doesnt' believe in any of the four listed here.
Homepage - adherents
Surely a god such as you believe in could have reached more than this in the 2k years it has supposedly had.
Christianity maybe the current largest "claimed" religion, but at current growth rates it won't be for long. The current growth rate for Xianity is equal to the world population growth rate, meaning that percentagewise, Christianity isn't growing. Islam, currently is the fastest growing religion in the world.
Growth rates of Christianity and Islam
But hey, this is Faith and Belief. I "believe" that what you claimed is not so, and I have "faith" that I made the correct decision not to follow your religion.

Asgara
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