Fastest growing religion? (beliefs, hell, America, pagan, religions)

[jeffrey]

While doing a search to find how fast different religions are growing, I came across a piece in religioustolerance.org stating that Wicca is the fastest growing religion in North America! http://www.religioustolerance.org/wic_nbr1.htm

[Buttons*]

wow! Overall isnt it Islam the fastest growing in the world? Go wiccans!

[jeffrey]

http://www.religioustolerance.org/wic_nbr1.htm

[Evenstar]

Its because we are such lovely people WAY TO GO!

And yet the article was sad, I know all to well the judgements made on people like me.

I live in a very religious town, and have to travel more than 30 miles to buy my wicca books, candles ect.... because of how im judged a WITCH! and how I will burn in hell, just because my beliefs go against theirs

[Feathers in Hair]

Odd... I wonder how they differentiate between paganism and Wicca.

[Buttons*]

Originally Posted by FeathersinHair

Odd... I wonder how they differentiate between paganism and Wicca.

This is ignorant to ask... but what are the differences between wicca and paganism? Maybe i should have PMed you... or maybe thre should be a new thread... oh well...

[jeffrey]

The article talks about both. They both are growing faster then any other religion. Wicca is a form of Paganism. Fluffy could explain this better.

[nightwolf]

Originally Posted by Evenstar

I live in a very religious town, and have to travel more than 30 miles to buy my wicca books, candles ect.... because of how im judged a WITCH! and how I will burn in hell, just because my beliefs go against theirs

I hear what your saying. All of Kentucky must be this way!

[Evenstar]

Originally Posted by nightwolf

I hear what your saying. All of Kentucky must be this way!

Sorry to hear you have the same problems.

I think people are stuck in their ways, and sadly the Bible is 100% correct.

I could never tell people here I am wiccan... swear I would be run out of town LOL!

[Fluffy]

The study in question is rather old and religious tolerance admits many of the problems in conducting it, one of which was highlighted by feathers.

By fastest growing they do not mean number of members. They mean percentage of membership. The statistic they give is doubling in size every 18 months. Islam is getting far far more members than that every 18 months but because it is so large already, the percentage increase is much smaller.