Why Muslims are the world's fastest-growing religious group

[guillaumeb]

From the 2017 article:

In the next half century or so, Christianity’s long reign as the world’s largest religion may come to an end, according to a just-released report that builds on Pew Research Center’s original population growth projections for religious groups. Indeed, Muslims will grow more than twice as fast as the overall world population between 2015 and 2060 and, in the second half of this century, will likely surpass Christians as the world’s largest religious group.

To read more:

http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2017/04/06/why-muslims-are-the-worlds-fastest-growing-religious-group/

I am confused. I constantly read posts here describing how religion is in decline, but according to articles such as this, the growth of religious groups is expected to continue.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. In the United States and much of Europe, it is - at least Christianity is.

[lapfog_1]

2. partly due to population growth in Muslim countries

established western countries tend to have fewer children as the cost per child increases dramatically in the past century plus a move from agriculture to industrial to service/tech economies place more emphasis on expensive education and longer "adolescence" (no longer considered an adult at 14 or 16... or even 18).

As Muslim countries such as Indonesia and Pakistan move to less rural / agriculture I expect their population growth to slow (not to mention a lack of resources to fuel population growth).

[Mariana]

3. Clearly, you are confused.

You have read posts here describing how religion is in decline in specific places. For example, religion is on a steep decline in the UK, where the majority of young people say they are not religious. You have to read all the words, Gil, and refrain from imagining ones that aren't there. Otherwise, you will continue to be confused.

[guillaumeb]

5. I understand your motives.

And tactics.

[trotsky]

8. It's sad he apparently isn't capable of understanding this. n/t

[yallerdawg]

4. The original Pew Report also mentions atheists don't breed.

This dearth of newborns among the unaffiliated helps explain why religious “nones” (including people who identity as atheist or agnostic, as well as those who have no particular religion) are projected to decline as a share of the world’s population in the coming decades.

Nihilism and existentialism took root in Europe after the horror of World War II - can you blame them for seeing no purpose in reproducing?

And now Germany and other European countries are accepting millions of Muslim refugee immigrants because they need them!

[guillaumeb]

6. So on one side, we have a few here who believe that religion is in decline,

but the numbers do not support such an assertion. Perhaps this is belief perseverance in action?

[Major Nikon]

7. We have one here who engages in strawman gibberish

Not sayin’ you, but you know, just sayin’.

Raw Data: Religion in America
https://www.democraticunderground.com/1218284063