Islam has become the worlds largest religion-VATICAN

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#1 ASHISH1777
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The Vatican acknowledged that Islam has surpassed Roman Catholicism as the world's largest religion. Vittorio Formenti, who compiles the Vatican's yearbook, said that Roman Catholics account for 17.4% of the world population - a stable percentage - while Muslims are on the rise at 19.2%. Mr Formenti, in comments to Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano, said the data referred to 2006 . http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/world/islam+worlds+largest+religion/1898147 http://www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/breaking/107796.html http://uk.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUKL3068682420080330 http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/world/islam+worlds+largest+religion/1898147
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itll start falling soon
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im muslim..
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But isn't the entire Christianity (Protestants, Lutherns, Catholics, Baptists, etc.) still higher then Islam?
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Good to hear.
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#6 ASHISH1777
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christians,hindus,sikhs,jews and atheist should wake up soon
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#7 ss3goku12
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Doesn't evrything start falling sooner or later?
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itll start falling soonhormagaunt

Doubt it, not with contraception not accepted in those high breeding countries.

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christians,hindus,sikhs and atheist should wake up soonASHISH1777

Its the other way around.

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But isn't the entire Christianity (Protestants, Lutherns, Catholics, Baptists, etc.) still higher then Islam?nVidiaGaMer

Yup. As a whole, it makes up about a quarter or so of the worlds population.

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#11 DrCoCoPiMp
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How to divide worlwide population by religion VOL. 355764293936

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I thought that this had happened years ago. I read that official statistics placed Christianity at 2 billion, with Catholism at 1 billion, and Islam at 1.3 billion. This must have been 2 or 3 years ago. The Catholic Church is pretty slow to admit things though, not apologizing to Gallileo till the '90s.
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christians,hindus,sikhs,jews and atheist should wake up soonASHISH1777
Hehe. Yeah, right. We all know that one side will quite happily switch to the other. :lol: I don't even need to comment on Islam itself and the way in which it doesn't appeal to those who aren't of that faith.
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Cool?
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It's actually been that way for a while....
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I don't see why that is. Oh well, ignorance is bliss.
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[QUOTE="nVidiaGaMer"]But isn't the entire Christianity (Protestants, Lutherns, Catholics, Baptists, etc.) still higher then Islam?CuDDKiDD

Yup. As a whole, it makes up about a quarter or so of the worlds population.

Christianity is at 33% and Islam at 19%. Catholicism is at 17% and is part of that 33%.

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old news..
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The real question is what percentage of those counted as Catholic actually go to church weekly and are opposed to condoms and birth control?

Not many in the USA at least, or Europe.

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The real question is what percentage of those counted as Catholic actually go to church weekly and are opposed to condoms and birth control?

Not many in the USA at least, or Europe.

joeytentz

Thats like asking how many Muslims don't drink.

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[QUOTE="joeytentz"]

The real question is what percentage of those counted as Catholic actually go to church weekly and are opposed to condoms and birth control?

Not many in the USA at least, or Europe.

nVidiaGaMer

Thats like asking how many Muslims don't drink.

Alcohol is illegal in most Muslim countries. Condoms and abortions are still legal in the USA/Europe.

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The real question is what percentage of those counted as Catholic actually go to church weekly and are opposed to condoms and birth control?

Not many in the USA at least, or Europe.

joeytentz

That works the same way with Islam. According to those of whom I know who have visited countries where Islam is the national religion, many of them are Islam more out of heritage than belief. It's like that with every religion really... Christians are like that especially in places like the United States. Places where Christians are murdered like China and India are where the faith prospers the most and is where Christians really do live out there faith.

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[QUOTE="nVidiaGaMer"][QUOTE="joeytentz"]

The real question is what percentage of those counted as Catholic actually go to church weekly and are opposed to condoms and birth control?

Not many in the USA at least, or Europe.

joeytentz

Thats like asking how many Muslims don't drink.

Alcohol is illegal in most Muslim countries. Condoms and abortions are still legal in the USA/Europe.

Theres also Muslims in the United States. And theres p**k in other countries.

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[QUOTE="joeytentz"]

The real question is what percentage of those counted as Catholic actually go to church weekly and are opposed to condoms and birth control?

Not many in the USA at least, or Europe.

mindstorm

That works the same way with Islam. According to those of whom I know who have visited countries where Islam is the national religion, many of them are Islam more out of heritage than belief. It's like that with every religion really... Christians are like that especially in places like the United States. Places where Christians are murdered like China and India are where the faith prospers the most and is where Christians really do live out there faith.

India is a democracy where every one is free to practice his faith so think before you speak
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[QUOTE="mindstorm"][QUOTE="joeytentz"]

The real question is what percentage of those counted as Catholic actually go to church weekly and are opposed to condoms and birth control?

Not many in the USA at least, or Europe.

ASHISH1777

That works the same way with Islam. According to those of whom I know who have visited countries where Islam is the national religion, many of them are Islam more out of heritage than belief. It's like that with every religion really... Christians are like that especially in places like the United States. Places where Christians are murdered like China and India are where the faith prospers the most and is where Christians really do live out there faith.

India is a democracy where every one is free to practice his faith so think before you speak

I personally know of several individuals who have been kidnapped as well as in another instance of them being beaten.. so I do know of what I speak of.

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Alcohol is illegal in most Muslim countries.

joeytentz

Doesn't mean nobody drinks it, just as Prohibition didn't exactly stop its consumption in the US.

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[QUOTE="ASHISH1777"][QUOTE="mindstorm"][QUOTE="joeytentz"]

The real question is what percentage of those counted as Catholic actually go to church weekly and are opposed to condoms and birth control?

Not many in the USA at least, or Europe.

mindstorm

That works the same way with Islam. According to those of whom I know who have visited countries where Islam is the national religion, many of them are Islam more out of heritage than belief. It's like that with every religion really... Christians are like that especially in places like the United States. Places where Christians are murdered like China and India are where the faith prospers the most and is where Christians really do live out there faith.

India is a democracy where every one is free to practice his faith so think before you speak

I personally know of several individuals who have been kidnapped as well as in another instance of them being beaten.. so I do know of what I speak of.

Actually, you spoke of murder.

India is secular!

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[QUOTE="ASHISH1777"][QUOTE="mindstorm"][QUOTE="joeytentz"]

The real question is what percentage of those counted as Catholic actually go to church weekly and are opposed to condoms and birth control?

Not many in the USA at least, or Europe.

mindstorm

That works the same way with Islam. According to those of whom I know who have visited countries where Islam is the national religion, many of them are Islam more out of heritage than belief. It's like that with every religion really... Christians are like that especially in places like the United States. Places where Christians are murdered like China and India are where the faith prospers the most and is where Christians really do live out there faith.

India is a democracy where every one is free to practice his faith so think before you speak

I personally know of several individuals who have been kidnapped as well as in another instance of them being beaten.. so I do know of what I speak of.

You are not getting it hindus are also beaten up in usa does it mean usa is not a democratic country both india and usa constitution gives freedom of religion we have muslim president sikh primeminister if somebody has problem they can go to police we are not like saudi arabia where other religion are banned
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[QUOTE="mindstorm"][QUOTE="ASHISH1777"][QUOTE="mindstorm"][QUOTE="joeytentz"]

The real question is what percentage of those counted as Catholic actually go to church weekly and are opposed to condoms and birth control?

Not many in the USA at least, or Europe.

RationalAtheist

That works the same way with Islam. According to those of whom I know who have visited countries where Islam is the national religion, many of them are Islam more out of heritage than belief. It's like that with every religion really... Christians are like that especially in places like the United States. Places where Christians are murdered like China and India are where the faith prospers the most and is where Christians really do live out there faith.

India is a democracy where every one is free to practice his faith so think before you speak

I personally know of several individuals who have been kidnapped as well as in another instance of them being beaten.. so I do know of what I speak of.

Actually, you spoke of murder.

India is secular!

There are murders in India because of the Christian faith but not in the way that it is in China. In India it is more persecution by individuals, not the government. In China, people are jailed for the faith in Christ. More Christians are killed today for there faith than anytime in history, that number being up in the thousands. I wasn't trying to say anything about India as a country, I was just stating Christians die over there.

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You are not getting it hindus are also beaten up in usa does it mean usa is not a democratic country both india and usa constitution gives freedom of religion we have muslim president sikh primeminister if somebody has problem they can go to police we are not like saudi arabia where other religion are banned ASHISH1777

Isn't the president Hindu, and the Vice-President Islamic?

Or am I way behind the times?

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Christianity is spreading twice as fast as Islam, so the Vatican doesn't know what they are talking about...
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I didn't know that there were so many Roman Catholics :o Sucks though. If there was any part of teh world I didn't want to grow, it would be the middle east/africa and Islam. I wonder what part of the world is Atheist? 1%?
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in India because of the Christian faith but not in the way that it is in China. In India it is more persecution by individuals, not the government. In China, people are jailed for the faith in Christ. More Christians are killed today for there faith than anytime in history, that number being up in the thousands. I wasn't trying to say anything about India as a country, I was just stating Christians die over there. mindstorm

I'm sure you could say there are more Muslims killed for their faith then at any time in history too.

In India, the conflicts with Christianity are between other religions.

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Christianity is spreading twice as fast as Islam, so the Vatican doesn't know what they are talking about...battlefront23

They said that there are more Muslims than Catholics in the world, which is... true, isn't it?

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Christianity is spreading twice as fast as Islam, so the Vatican doesn't know what they are talking about...battlefront23

that seems doubtful, to say the least.

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[QUOTE="battlefront23"]Christianity is spreading twice as fast as Islam, so the Vatican doesn't know what they are talking about...GabuEx

They said that there are more Muslims than Catholics in the world, which is... true, isn't it?

Christianity includes all the branches: Baptist, Lutheren, Protestant, Roman Catholic, etc.

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Catholicism is a Christian sect, and since Christians are the majority on Earth, Islam isn't the world's largest religion.
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Well this certainly beats a "10 k post party!" , congrats Islam! :) I'll bake an pie first thing in the morning!