Only 33% of Earth people are Christian. Why is Christianity a minority on Earth?

[Alix C. Toulme Jr.]

According to statistics, only 2 billion earth people, or 33% of earth people subscribe to Christianity.
Why is Christianity only a minority group on the planet earth?
Will ET Disclosure change this?

Thank you for your feedback!
A.C. Toulme Jr.

 

[George-ananda]

Because there are other religious/spiritual beliefs out there too; why shouldn't it be a minority? Seems normal to me.

 

[paradox]

Why is Christianity only a minority group on the planet earth?

2 billion is not a minority, because no world religion surpasses this number, that is no world religion hold the monopoly of majority.
Instead you comparatively look at statistics, that is which religion has most people identifying as this or that.

Why is Christianity only a minority group on the planet earth?

Therefore Christianity is majority when comparing, no religion is majority to the total world population.

Will ET Disclosure change this?

What does "ET Discolsure" mean?

 

[sun rise]

According to statistics, only 2 billion earth people, or 33% of earth people subscribe to Christianity.
Why is Christianity only a minority group on the planet earth?
Will ET Disclosure change this?

Thank you for your feedback!
A.C. Toulme Jr.

To answer that question would take a series of books on the history of religions

 

[exchemist]

2 billion is not a minority, because no world religion surpasses this number, that is no world religion hold the monopoly of majority.
Instead you comparatively look at statistics, that is which religion has most people identifying as this or that.


Therefore Christianity is majority when comparing, no religion is majority to the total world population.


What does "ET Discolsure" mean?

No, if there are 8bn people on earth and 2bn are Christian that is 25%, which is a minority (The OP figure for the world's population seems to be an underestimate).

To constitute a majority it would have to be over 50%. Christianity is the largest group, but that does not make it a majority. That is not what majority means.

 

[exchemist]

According to statistics, only 2 billion earth people, or 33% of earth people subscribe to Christianity.
Why is Christianity only a minority group on the planet earth?
Will ET Disclosure change this?

Thank you for your feedback!
A.C. Toulme Jr.

What do you mean by "ET Disclosure"? It sound like some crank idea. Extraterrestrials? End Times?

 

[VoidCat]

What do you mean by "ET Disclosure"? It sound like some crank idea. Extraterrestrials? End Times?

Seeing as he's running for president and part of his plan is if elected he will end the US secrecy of of hiding extraterrestrials...I'm not going to link to his site on his campaign since I dont know if it's allowed but you probably can find it if you look. He posted about him running a few days ago before his post got removed by mods.

He probably means ET to mean extraterrestrials.

 

[Subduction Zone]

2 billion is not a minority, because no world religion surpasses this number, that is no world religion hold the monopoly of majority.
Instead you comparatively look at statistics, that is which religion has most people identifying as this or that.


Therefore Christianity is majority when comparing, no religion is majority to the total world population.


What does "ET Discolsure" mean?

Technically it is a minority. Non-Christian religious are the majority if one counts them as a group. but when looked at individually all religions are minority religions because they are all less than half.

The term that you want to use is "plurality".

Christianity is the plurality religion. That means of all of the religions in the world it is the largest.

 

[Subduction Zone]

Seeing as he's running for president and part of his plan is if elected he will end the US secrecy of of hiding extraterrestrials...I'm not going to link to his site on his campaign since I dont know if it's allowed but you probably can find it if you look. He posted about him running a few days ago before his post got removed by mods.

He probably means ET to mean extraterrestrials.

Ha!! I knew that Men in Black was a documentary!!

 

[Shadow Wolf]

Why is Christianity only a minority group on the planet earth?

Because the world is filled with Hindus and Buddhists and Muslims and Asian Syncretics and revival Pagan religions and Indigenous religions and thus there is no real global religious majority (and never has been).
Because religious adherence strongly correlates to where one is born and raised.
Because Christianity is in decline.

Will ET Disclosure change this?

No, because UFO means UNIDENTIFIED Flying Object. If we're honest we've all seen many of them, things we see flying through the air that we can't identify. But never does this imply alien origin, and though it doesn't mean it's not possible for alien life to exist or that a UFO could be an alien craft it does mean we must first exhaust all possible explanations and as we do this we find the most mundane and boring explanations. Like beetles. The biochemistry of it is fascinating, but they're hardly of extraterrestrial origin.

 

[VoidCat]

Ha!! I knew that Men in Black was a documentary!!

Ah. Speaking of which I just went to his profile on here. He has his campaign website as his homepage under the information tab so you can read about it. I dont have to link to it after all on this thread.

 

[paradox]

No, if there are 8bn people on earth and 2bn are Christian that is 25%, which is a minority (The OP figure for the world's population seems to be an underestimate).

To constitute a majority it would have to be over 50%. Christianity is the largest group, but that does not make it a majority. That is not what majority means.

Technically it is a minority. Non-Christian religious are the majority if one counts them as a group. but when looked at individually all religions are minority religions because they are all less than half.

The term that you want to use is "plurality".

Christianity is the plurality religion. That means of all of the religions in the world it is the largest.

It seems you guys misunderstood what I meant to say.

There is no such thing as majority religion relative to total world population, but rather relative to other world religions.
It's more normal to say "major" religion - which IMO implies religions with most followers compared to other religions.

In any case these figures found on wikipedia and similar statistical sites are misled, officially there are 2 billion Christians, but maybe only 1/10 of these if not less are going to mass or practicing their faith.

 

[Revoltingest]

Definition of majority | Dictionary.com
The terminology seems rather inconsistent & evolving.
Excerpted (underlining added)...
the greater part or number; the number larger than half the total (opposed to minority):the majority of the population.
a number of voters or votes, jurors, or others in agreement, constituting more than half of the total number.
the amount by which the greater number, as of votes, surpasses the remainder (distinguished from plurality).
the party or faction with the majority vote:The Democratic Party is the majority.
the state or time of being of full legal age:to attain one's majority.
the military rank or office of a major.

SYNONYM STUDY FOR MAJORITY
3. Majority, plurality, in the context of an election, poll, or other voting situation resulting in a statistically based statement, both denote an amount or number larger than some other. In situations in which only two candidates, options, or positions are concerned, the terms are interchangeable, though majority is by far the more commonly used: She beat her opponent by a large majority. The proposal received a large plurality of “Yes” votes. When three or more choices are available, however, a distinction is made between majority and plurality. A majority, then, consists of more than one-half of all the votes cast, while a plurality is merely the number of votes one candidate receives in excess of the votes for the candidate with the next largest number. Thus, in an election in which three candidates receive respectively 500, 300, and 200 votes, the first candidate has a plurality of 200 votes, but not a majority of all the votes cast. If the three candidates receive 600, 300, and 100 votes, the first has a majority of 100 votes (that is 100 votes more than one-half the total of 1000 cast) and a plurality of 300 votes over the nearest opponent.

But over here....
majority - definition and meaning
Excerpted (underlining added)...
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

• noun The greater number or part; a number more than half of the total.
• noun The amount by which the greater number of votes cast, as in an election, exceeds the total number of remaining votes.
• noun The political party, group, or faction having the most power by virtue of its larger representation or electoral strength.
• noun Law The age at which a person is recognized as an adult by the law.
• noun The military rank, commission, or office of a major.

from The Century Dictionary.

• noun The state of being major or greater; superiority; preponderance.
• noun The greater number; more than half the whole number: as, a majority of mankind; a majority of votes. See plurality.
• noun The excess of one of two groups of things which have been enumerated over the other: as, the measure was carried by a majority of twenty votes; his majority was two to one.
• noun Full age; the age at which the laws of a country permit a young person to manage his own affairs and to exercise the rights of citizenship—in most countries twenty-one years.
• noun The office, rank, or commission of a major.
• noun [L. majores.] Ancestors; ancestry.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

• noun The quality or condition of being major or greater; superiority.
• noun The military rank of a major.
• noun The condition of being of full age, or authorized by law to manage one's own affairs.
• noun The greater number; more than half
• noun obsolete Ancestors; ancestry.
• noun The amount or number by which one aggregate exceeds all other aggregates with which it is contrasted; especially, the number by which the votes for a successful candidate exceed those for all other candidates. See Plurality.
• noun to die.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

• noun More than half (50%) of some group
• noun The difference between the winning vote and the rest of the votes
• noun dated Legal adulthood
• noun UK The office held by a member of the armed forces in the rank of major

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

• noun the property resulting from being or relating to the greater in number of two parts; the main part
• noun the age at which persons are considered competent to manage their own affairs
• noun (elections) more than half of the votes

 

[The Hammer]

According to statistics, only 2 billion earth people, or 33% of earth people subscribe to Christianity.
Why is Christianity only a minority group on the planet earth?
Will ET Disclosure change this?

Thank you for your feedback!
A.C. Toulme Jr.

There are dozens of other ways of believing, interacting with and encountering the Divine.

 

[Shadow Wolf]

Definition of majority | Dictionary.com
The terminology seems rather inconsistent & evolving.
Excerpted (underlining added)...
the greater part or number; the number larger than half the total (opposed to minority):the majority of the population.
a number of voters or votes, jurors, or others in agreement, constituting more than half of the total number.
the amount by which the greater number, as of votes, surpasses the remainder (distinguished from plurality).
the party or faction with the majority vote:The Democratic Party is the majority.
the state or time of being of full legal age:to attain one's majority.
the military rank or office of a major.

SYNONYM STUDY FOR MAJORITY
3. Majority, plurality, in the context of an election, poll, or other voting situation resulting in a statistically based statement, both denote an amount or number larger than some other. In situations in which only two candidates, options, or positions are concerned, the terms are interchangeable, though majority is by far the more commonly used: She beat her opponent by a large majority. The proposal received a large plurality of “Yes” votes. When three or more choices are available, however, a distinction is made between majority and plurality. A majority, then, consists of more than one-half of all the votes cast, while a plurality is merely the number of votes one candidate receives in excess of the votes for the candidate with the next largest number. Thus, in an election in which three candidates receive respectively 500, 300, and 200 votes, the first candidate has a plurality of 200 votes, but not a majority of all the votes cast. If the three candidates receive 600, 300, and 100 votes, the first has a majority of 100 votes (that is 100 votes more than one-half the total of 1000 cast) and a plurality of 300 votes over the nearest opponent.

But over here....
majority - definition and meaning
Excerpted (underlining added)...
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

• noun The greater number or part; a number more than half of the total.
• noun The amount by which the greater number of votes cast, as in an election, exceeds the total number of remaining votes.
• noun The political party, group, or faction having the most power by virtue of its larger representation or electoral strength.
• noun Law The age at which a person is recognized as an adult by the law.
• noun The military rank, commission, or office of a major.

from The Century Dictionary.

• noun The state of being major or greater; superiority; preponderance.
• noun The greater number; more than half the whole number: as, a majority of mankind; a majority of votes. See plurality.
• noun The excess of one of two groups of things which have been enumerated over the other: as, the measure was carried by a majority of twenty votes; his majority was two to one.
• noun Full age; the age at which the laws of a country permit a young person to manage his own affairs and to exercise the rights of citizenship—in most countries twenty-one years.
• noun The office, rank, or commission of a major.
• noun [L. majores.] Ancestors; ancestry.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

• noun The quality or condition of being major or greater; superiority.
• noun The military rank of a major.
• noun The condition of being of full age, or authorized by law to manage one's own affairs.
• noun The greater number; more than half
• noun obsolete Ancestors; ancestry.
• noun The amount or number by which one aggregate exceeds all other aggregates with which it is contrasted; especially, the number by which the votes for a successful candidate exceed those for all other candidates. See Plurality.
• noun to die.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

• noun More than half (50%) of some group
• noun The difference between the winning vote and the rest of the votes
• noun dated Legal adulthood
• noun UK The office held by a member of the armed forces in the rank of major

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

• noun the property resulting from being or relating to the greater in number of two parts; the main part
• noun the age at which persons are considered competent to manage their own affairs
• noun (elections) more than half of the votes

This would have been much easier to post and read:
We're an anarcho-syndicalist commune! We're taking turns to act as a sort of executive-officer-for-the-week.......but all the decisions *of* that officer 'ave to be ratified at a special bi-weekly meeting... by a simple majority, in the case of purely internal affairs....but by a two-thirds majority, in the case of more major affairs.

 

[Brickjectivity]

According to statistics, only 2 billion earth people, or 33% of earth people subscribe to Christianity.
Why is Christianity only a minority group on the planet earth?
Will ET Disclosure change this?

Thank you for your feedback!
A.C. Toulme Jr.

It only started 2000 years ago. If we allow for approximately 20 years between generations that means only 100 generations have passed. 100 is not many. Even if we were to maximize and generously say that humanity had made a new generation every 13 years on average (which it has not), we'd still be talking only 153 generations. Now let us assume 100 generations which is probably an overestimate and divide 33% by that. We get an oversimplified situation in which Christianity has been growing by 0.33 percentage points per generation for 100 generations or 0.0165 percentage points per year since its beginnings. If we assume that things continue in the same patterns and that 33% of humans are christians then we will reach full saturation after 6000 years.

But I think actually it is lower then 33%. Using 25% and recalculating all then we reach complete Christian saturation of the population after 8000 years, not 6000.

If we take the middle ground between those two we come up with 7000 years. aha aha Look at me almost starting a new doomsday clock. I am not serious about these numbers, and I am not predicting anything. In fact what my numbers do, actually, is they argue against Christianity reaching full saturation at any of these: 6000, 7000, or 8000 years. That is because we all know that the rate of growth of Christianity will frequently change. There is no 'Average' growth except as a guessing measure.

 

[exchemist]

It seems you guys misunderstood what I meant to say.

There is no such thing as majority religion relative to total world population, but rather relative to other world religions.
It's more normal to say "major" religion - which IMO implies religions with most followers compared to other religions.

In any case these figures found on wikipedia and similar statistical sites are misled, officially there are 2 billion Christians, but maybe only 1/10 of these if not less are going to mass or practicing their faith.

But that does not stop them being Christians. It's a matter of what one believes, not what one does on Sundays.

 

[Kenny]

According to statistics, only 2 billion earth people, or 33% of earth people subscribe to Christianity.
Why is Christianity only a minority group on the planet earth?
Will ET Disclosure change this?

Thank you for your feedback!
A.C. Toulme Jr.

Maybe it is statistics?

Mark 4 - the sower sows the word of God

1/4 - hard hearts
1/4 - stony hearts
1/4 - weedy hearts
1/4 - fertile hearts.

Maybe we are doing better than the average of 25%?

 

[URAVIP2ME]

According to statistics, only 2 billion earth people, or 33% of earth people subscribe to Christianity. Why is Christianity only a minority group on the planet earth?.................

For starters, Jesus forewarns us that his genuine followers would be hated....- see Matthew 10:22; Matthew 24:9; Luke 21:17
One reason is because of Not going along with what the world believes or allows that is Not scriptural.
Jesus said there would be both: the genuine ' wheat ' Christians and the fake 'weed/tares' Christians.
They would both grow together until the Harvest Time ( Jesus' Glory Time of Matthew 25:31-34 )
The ' weed/tares' (Christendom) outnumbers the genuine 'wheat ', so it is much less then 33% are real Christians.
Jesus' real followers will be hated because of being neutral in world affairs.
This neutrality does Not sit well with the political powers in charge and tries to persecute them.

 

[URAVIP2ME]

There are dozens of other ways of believing, interacting with and encountering the Divine.

Yes, but for genuine 'wheat' Christians there is only one way of believing/interacting/encountering........ - John 4:23-24