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    People are leaving Christianity in droves. About 106 million Christians are expected to switch affiliation from 2010 to 2050 while only about 40 million people are expected to enter Christianity.

    The religiously unaffiliated (atheists, agnostics) are expected to see the largest net gains from switching, adding more than 61 million followers.

    http://finance.yahoo.com/news/ch…

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    • Goodmonospaced
    • China is a good example of atheism n capitalism at work, can't wait for atheist cops haha, oh wait. baltimore.yurimon
    • wut?monospaced
    • Bullshit. The other data sets in that article predict a net increase (+35%) in people who identify as christian. Contradictory drivel not be trusted.Morning_star
    • No they don't. I looked it over and don't see any prediction of an increase.monospaced
    • Yes they do. Look again at 'Long term projections' also look at the original analysis 'by the Pew Reserach Centre' in the first blue link.Morning_star
    • whos better? dumb atheist or dumb Christians?yurimon
    • Is it the Christian? do i get a prize?Morning_star
    • Long term shows it going from 31.4 to 33.8%. That's not even close to a big increase. It's indicative of a loss compared to Islam.monospaced
    • Not a single chart in the full study shows Christianity gaining. Only losing people until 2050. You are reading it wrong. Sorry.monospaced
    • Your previous post includes figures from the stats that show they gain worshipers. It's contradictory drivel as I said before. The point is, you cant trust it.Morning_star
    • http://i.imgur.com/T…moldero
    • It doesn't show that at all. It shows their "marketshare" not growing much. While the others do grow, it means they are actually losing.monospaced
    • Also, its good to point out the study was done by a non-biased religious group, not an anti-religion thing. It's also talking about the span of over 30 years...monospaced
    • Here's their own concluding stat from the report: http://www.pewforum.…monospaced
    • oops http://l1.yimg.com/b…monospaced
    • eh. not working.monospaced
    • The increase is an increase in absolute numbers. Almost every single group increased in that respect.yuekit
    • Since the world population is growing. But as a percentage Muslims will grow a lot more than the others since there are high fertility rates and lots of youngyuekit
    • people in the Middle East and Africa. So it's not contradictory, you just have to understand what they are saying.yuekit
    • It's hard to predict the future though. What if there is a pro secular movement in the Muslim world in 20 years?yuekit
    • exactly... while it goes up slightly, it represent millions leaving to the other religions/affiliatio...monospaced
    • Thank the lord!utopian
    • You can lose your overall share while still gain absolute numbers. World population isn't stagnant.BusterBoy
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