Comments on: Spread Of Religion Over 2000 Years

By: Abhilash

Abhilash — Wed, 23 May 2007 08:50:05 +0000

This is flawed. North-East India is no longer Hindu. It is christian.

And Islam is not a dominant religion in any part of India except Lakshadweep islands and Kashmir valley.

By: David

David — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 17:49:49 +0000

hey, what’s up, i have no idea about this subject i just wanted to write something so i did. by the way, your a rich religion biotch

By: ash

ash — Sun, 25 Mar 2007 12:05:15 +0000

blue-christianity
yellow-judaism
green-islamic
red-buddhist

By: Francois

Francois — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 15:59:02 +0000

@bob: It’s is not true that Christianity is dominantly a rich man’s religion. Did you notice Africa? When was the last time you went there? Sub Saharan Africa (mostly Christian-religious) is a very poor area. and Europe today is mostly post-Christian. The large majority of those practising the “religious system” of Christianity would also not be considered “true Christians” by Bible believers. Since Christianity was never meant to be a “religion” but rather a lifestyle of relationship with the Creator God, in Christ Jesus. the religious system that has taken hold of modern Christianity is not what is reflected in the New Testament. China today is atheists, while 10% of it’s population is actually Christian, and it’s the fastest growing rated at 10000 converts per day. Since China’s true Christian movement has no religious system, it is also the most effective in transforming communities.

By: Sean Aqui

Sean Aqui — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 00:55:09 +0000

Rob: That’s Judaism, in Israel.

The map is cool, except that it appears to only reflect the dominant religion in a region, or the religion of a given area’s rulers. That’s one reason both Christianity and Islam are shown spreading so fast. If you were to actually try to show the true religious mix of inhabitants, it would be a rather hopeless mess. Take Lebanon, for example, identified as a Muslim country even though 40% of the population is Christian.

M. Takhallus: Agreed.

By: m.takhallus

m.takhallus — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 21:06:32 +0000

Well, in terms of property value no question the Christians have the edge.

If you could show intensities the green would be bright, much of the blue would be faded as would the Buddhist orange. Then overlay economic and intellectual advancement and you’d find the faded regions were largely coterminous with advancement.

By: mash

mash — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 20:44:09 +0000

Bob in fl
“Christ was the champion of the poor, while today, Christianity is choice of the rich nations.”

Agreed, and it’s unfortunate.

Though I also think that you will not see much movement in christianity in many of the majority muslim regions. Proselytizing in the name of Christ could be dangerous in many areas, where the converse is not really true.

By: David Schronce

David Schronce — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 19:02:54 +0000

Oops! Colors didn’t come thru!!

Blue: Christianity

Green: Islam

Yellow: Hinduism

Red: Buddhism

Pink: Judaism

By: David Schronce

David Schronce — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 19:00:17 +0000

██ Christianity
██
Islam
██
Hinduism
██
Buddhism
██
Judaism

By: bob in fl

bob in fl — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 18:51:57 +0000

Nor too hard to figure out. But did anyone else notice that Hinduism, with its caste system built in seems to be dying? Or that Christianity, with its unofficial class system , is stagnant? Or the the poorest of the poor choose Buddhism & Islam? Could it have something to do with the hypocrisy of Christian practitioners? After all, Christ was the champion of the poor, while today, Christianity is choice of the rich nations.

The Americas are not included, but perhaps should be. I believe they would show Christianity may be losing ground here also, with a fifth color representing non-believers gaining ground. Actually, the same might be true of Europe.

By: Rob

Rob — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 17:46:47 +0000

On slide 19 or so Buddhism seems to pop up in Palestine. Anybody know the story on this?

By: Jimmy the Dhimmi

Jimmy the Dhimmi — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 15:34:20 +0000

I like how quickly the green appears. I wonder how that happened.

By: Pete A

Pete A — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 14:42:12 +0000

I don’t have a better guess than what “shift” wrote, although I thought Buddhists and Hindus were one in the same? Shows how much I know.

Please — unvell the mystery! The suspense is killing me.

By: shift

shift — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 03:41:30 +0000

blue is christianty
green is islam
orange is buddhism
yellow is hinduism

just my guesses.