zzombie;9261985 said:
kingblaze84;9261950 said:
zzombie;9261220 said:
kingblaze84;9260800 said:
Europe's population is going down but that's mostly because the cost of living in Europe is so high. I don't think most Europeans are atheist but many definitely are and even more are agnostic or non-religious, can't blame them though.
Other populations in Africa, Latin America, and some parts of Asia are seeing some growth in Christianity, but people in those parts of the world are also still praying to other spirits and gods. At least 400 million people in Africa and Asia alone worship different gods. In many parts of Africa and the Caribbean, it's very common for Christians to pray with voodoo priests to help heal a sick child or even themselves. In Mexico, it's common for Christians to pray to other spirits and even ancestors to do the same. Christian traditions are big in some places, but in those same places, praying to other gods or spirits is huge as well.
Some growth in Christianity??? just admit it that Christianity is experiencing massive growth in the other areas of the world but is declining among the already declining western european population. 400 million is a tiny percentage when compared to the numbers of Christians living in the places you mentioned.
did you forget I am from the Caribbean???? the only places were pagan worship has any serious numbers is in Haiti which is probably why it seems to be fucking cursed the rest of the Caribbean is totally Christian with hindu and islamic populations in a few nations.
cost of living is high in Europe but the religious people who do live in Europe are the only people reproducing in any appreciable numbers despite the cost, so you cannot lay the blame on the cost of living native Europeans are most likely in decline because of the faulty way in which they have begun to think, stupid ideologies like atheism,leftism and feminism have lead them into decline,
Europeans and many in Asia and around the world are turning non-religious because of the gods being inactive or not showing themselves in a satisfying manner. Europe is actually turning more conservative lately in case you haven't paid attention to the news, conservative parties and groups are on the rise. And there are PLENTY of conservative nations worldwide that are in serious decline financially and poverty wise, some of the most poor and unstable nations in the world are conservative and have almost no rights for women. Fuck is you talking about?
As far as Haiti seeming cursed to you, what does that make other majority Christian nations like Venezuela or South Africa, home to some of the worst slums and poverty in the world? Venezuela is going through a major disaster right now with its economy and it running out of food. Brazil has a horrible crime problem and has tons of polluted water and the Zika virus flying around. Puerto Rico is mostly Christian and has a horrible economy too, the Zika virus may effect 1 in 4 people there according to scientists. If Haiti is cursed, then much of the world is cursed too because there are plenty of Christian majority nations with tons of horrendous problems. Doesn't Jamaica have one of the world's highest murder rates, along with South Africa and Honduras, another Christian nation?
Things are actually better in Europe then in many majority Christian nations worldwide. Even Buddhist nations seem a lot safer and more stable compared to the violent, poverty, crime ridden chaos centers of so many 3rd world Christian nations out there. How ironic Europe fucked up a lot of these nations, back when Europeans were heavily Christian LOL SMH
ARE YOU ACTUALLY READING WHAT I WRITE????? conservatism even in Europe is linked to more religiosity not less... yes there are still people in asia and Europe that are non-religious but the percentages are very low compared to the millions and millions of people who are either already religious and the religious populations in Asian nations are growing.
there is no causal link to conservative cultures/religious cultures and poverty south korea is a very conservative nation but they are one of the richer nations on earth the same can be said of some muslim nations, There are many economic factors that go into a nation being poor or rich.
most of the problems in south America can be directly traced to either the drug war or horrible governance but with Haiti it's recent problems are a result of the papa doc dictatorship and that mad man used the Haitian belief in voodoo to control his people for his own benefit and robbed the nation which set off a disastrous chain of events
SO THERE IS A DIRECT CAUSAL LINK TO
VOODOO BEING ONE OF THE REASONS HAITI BEING FUCKED UP and don't get me started on the fuckery that goes on in Africa thanks to the nonsense in traditional African religions from cannibalism to fucking rape.
Europe without question is turning non-religious but my point is that Europeans still have some conservative values in them. They're not a blindly liberal continent for the most part and many in the Middle East wish Europe had more liberal border laws, the type Germany had at one point. But despite Europe's declining population, it still is better to live there compared to the many poverty and crime ridden nations of the Christian world. I'd much rather live in a random non-religious nation then a hardcore religious one, with few exceptions.
And non-religious people will grow in population overall too, it's one billion plus now and will increase with time, America is becoming less and less religious, among all races. The next 100 years from now, I wouldn't be shocked if less then half of Americans are Christian, young Whites are especially secular these days. Few could have predicted how secular Britain would become just 20 years ago, but now most British aren't Christian.
As far as the problems in South America and Haiti, what's the lazy Bible god doing to help solve the massive problems of food shortages, crime, poverty and pollution in all these places? My basic point is that much of the world being Christian or Muslim means nothing when so much of these places are hellholes for many. Rape in South Africa is a big problem according to the UN, same in Mexico and Honduras, majority Christian nations. Is this the good grace the Bible god has blessed among his people? Many of these places are quite conservative in social issues too....
What's the god of Abraham doing to solve the chaos in Yemen, Syria and Iraq? Is this the best the Abrahamic god can do?? How can you boast and praise such a lazy god as that? It seems so foreign to me.