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Dextraneous said:
I read somewhere that it's estimated that by 2050, Christians will still outnumber Muslims, but that this will probably no longer be the case by the turn of the century.
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If religion is so unimportant, and as an atheist, agnostic or disinterested person, what does it matter which religion will have the greatest numbers?

Currently:
350 million Buddhists - http://www.buddhanet.net/e-learning/history/bud_statwrld.htm
2.1 Billion Christians approx 33% of population - http://www.pewforum.org/2011/12/19/global-christianity-exec/
1.6 Billion Muslims approx 23% of population- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam_by_country

So where did you read the estimation of Muslims and Christians?

What about the influence of about 40% who are non-believers?
 
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RNReindeer said:
Dextraneous said:
I read somewhere that it's estimated that by 2050, Christians will still outnumber Muslims, but that this will probably no longer be the case by the turn of the century.
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If religion is so unimportant, and as an atheist, agnostic or disinterested person, what does it matter which religion will have the greatest numbers?

Currently:
350 million Buddhists - http://www.buddhanet.net/e-learning/history/bud_statwrld.htm
2.1 Billion Christians approx 33% of population - http://www.pewforum.org/2011/12/19/global-christianity-exec/
1.6 Billion Muslims approx 23% of population- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam_by_country

So where did you read the estimation of Muslims and Christians?

What about the influence of about 40% who are non-believers?
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The non-believers don't tend to congregate or actively group themselves together, certainly not in the numbers and frequency of the believers.
 
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RNReindeer said:
If religion is so unimportant,
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Who said it is unimportant?

RNReindeer said:
and as an atheist, agnostic or disinterested person,
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Who are you referring to?

RNReindeer said:
what does it matter which religion will have the greatest numbers?
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If:

http://infidelsarecool.com/2006/12/overwhelming-evidence-of-i/

is an indication of reality, then quite a lot for our lineage.

RNReindeer said:
What about the influence of about 40% who are non-believers?
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Depends if they unite and decide to kill all those with faith.

I suspect that Malthusian predator/prey models will play a part in the way things pan out.
 
sooey said:
This might be news to you but some religious zealots like to kill atheists, agnostics and disinterested people. Silly chap. :mrgreen:
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This might be news to you but some racially prejudiced zealots want to commit genocide on ethnic minorities. Silly chap.
 
Dextraneous said:
RNReindeer said:
So where did you read the estimation of Muslims and Christians?
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http://www.livescience.com/50370-worlds-religious-population-will-grow.html
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Thanks for that, Dex.
However the article did say "If those numbers pan out...."
It also mentioned that the majority of the increase will be in sub-saharan Africa. "For instance, a good chunk of the growth in Christianity and Islam is expected to happen in sub-Saharan Africa, where birth rates are high. "

The article also made no mention of a projection towards the end of the century. So was that your deduction, alone?
 
Dextraneous said:
RNReindeer said:
If religion is so unimportant,
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Who said it is unimportant?
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It appears to the consensus of opinion on here.

Dextraneous said:
RNReindeer said:
and as an atheist, agnostic or disinterested person,
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Who are you referring to?
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You, me, the majority of posters on GD.

Dextraneous said:
RNReindeer said:
what does it matter which religion will have the greatest numbers?
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If:

http://infidelsarecool.com/2006/12/overwhelming-evidence-of-i/

is an indication of reality, then quite a lot for our lineage.
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I'll have to get back to you on this point, short of time now.

Dextraneous said:
RNReindeer said:
What about the influence of about 40% who are non-believers?
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Depends if they unite and decide to kill all those with faith.
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Are you suggesting that this is the normal behaviour of religious people?

Dextraneous said:
I suspect that Malthusian predator/prey models will play a part in the way things pan out.
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"Species compete, evolve and disperse simply for the purpose of seeking resources to sustain their struggle for their very existence."
http://www.scholarpedia.org/article/Predator-prey_model
Resources being the operative word, not religion.
 
RNReindeer said:
sooey said:
This might be news to you but some religious zealots like to kill atheists, agnostics and disinterested people. Silly chap. :mrgreen:
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This might be news to you but some racially prejudiced zealots want to commit genocide on ethnic minorities. Silly chap.
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It wasn't me who stupidly asked 'what does it matter which religion will have the greatest numbers['. Obviously to anyone with half a brain it might be a matter of life or death. I wonder how many of the people who have been slaughtered by ISIS were killed because they were devout or because they weren't muslims. Idiot!
 
RNReindeer said:
The article also made no mention of a projection towards the end of the century. So was that your deduction, alone?
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Actually, the article I originally read was on the history of a different computer, so I had to google one to appease you.


This was the original one I read. Both the one mentioned earlier and this one refer to The Pugh Research Centre, and it was an oversight on my part not to have checked that they both cited the same deduction.

RNReindeer said:
Dextraneous said:
I suspect that Malthusian predator/prey models will play a part in the way things pan out.
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"Species compete, evolve and disperse simply for the purpose of seeking resources to sustain their struggle for their very existence."
http://www.scholarpedia.org/article/Predator-prey_model
Resources being the operative word, not religion.
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Religions thrive on resources. Religions evolve like species. The analogy holds.
 
This might be news to you but some racially prejudiced zealots want to commit genocide on ethnic minorities. Silly chap.
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This might be news to you, but some so called religious fanatics like to commit genocide on their own people. Good old RoP
 
Sadly the only reform islam will ever see is the one where they revert back fully to the ways of their beloved paedophile mohammed.
Which is child rape, decapitatings, subjugating women, slaying the infidels large scale etc.

Their like parasitic locusts. Then when they have the area destroyed they destroy each other.
Because that's the nature of islam. Continual fighting and war.
 
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