Which faith is increasing faster? SIAP and TIA

An interesting perspective could be found in Goldman's writings over the past 15+ years I think. He's been wrong plenty, but declining (especially female) birth rates in islamic countries (which are not desperately poor) is a real issue. The other I think is a subsidization of islamic populations migrating to what was once a set of 'western' nations.

Outside of limited instances in Africa, I don't see any presently booming populations of Christian's, though I think Christianity operates/flourishes more as a resistance than a conquering theology (with notable exceptions of course), as Gibbons basically wrote.

Catholic families in the U.S. have 2.3 kids per family. Slightly higher than the national average, but hardly some massive number. The obsession with birthrates is tiring. Trying to blame Protestant groups for lower birthrates is just silly.

Pretty easy to have a higher birth rate when you can have 4 wives.

Junction71 said:

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Pretty easy to have a higher birth rate when you can have 4 wives.

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I've never met a Muslim man with more than 1 wife and I met a pretty healthy number during my time in the Army. The vast majority of Muslims don't engage in polygamy.

Sapper Redux said:

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Catholic families in the U.S. have 2.3 kids per family. Slightly higher than the national average, but hardly some massive number. The obsession with birthrates is tiring. Trying to blame Protestant groups for lower birthrates is just silly.

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Catholics would be much higher, except that, most catholic couples do practice contraception. Just terrible.

We need to be unified as Christians to fight against this sinful and demonic practice.

It will strengthen marriage, as well as be good for Christendom and the world.

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Sapper:
The Koran allows it but it mostly occurs in muslim-majority nations. Just because you didn't see it means little.

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Polygamy is incredibly rare in Muslim countries outside of Central Africa, and over there it's common in Christian populations and pagan/traditional African populations as well, because it's a cultural practice.

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Sapper:
The Koran allows it but it mostly occurs in muslim-majority nations. Just because you didn't see it means little.

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Iraq, Kuwait, and Qatar aren't Muslim-majority countries now?

What evidence is there that having more kids strengthens marriages?

Over the last 10ish years there has been a large movement of Muslims fleeing the middle east and converting to Christianity in Europe. Some good friends of ours were missionaries in Greece ministering to these immigrants/refugees. The stories are amazing.

Sometimes it's hard for me to see the work that God is doing. But God is in fact working across our world and often in the toughest and most challenging places.

People don't convert to Islam. They are born into it. Plenty of Muslims are converting to Christianity.

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Junction71 said:

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Sapper:
The Koran allows it but it mostly occurs in muslim-majority nations. Just because you didn't see it means little.

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Iraq, Kuwait, and Qatar aren't Muslim-majority countries now?

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No comment other than "Kuwait is not a deployment!"

NoahAg said:

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People don't convert to Islam. They are born into it. Plenty of Muslims are converting to Christianity.

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Laughable first two sentences. I say this as a Muslim who finds converts to Islam exceptionally irritating, too, so I actually wish you were right.

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Sapper Redux said:

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Junction71 said:

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Sapper:
The Koran allows it but it mostly occurs in muslim-majority nations. Just because you didn't see it means little.

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Iraq, Kuwait, and Qatar aren't Muslim-majority countries now?

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No comment other than "Kuwait is not a deployment!"

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I never deployed to Kuwait. But good luck getting anywhere in region via Uncle Sam without spending time in Kuwait.