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In The UK 2030, It's Good Bye Jesus, Hello Buddha

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Anyone who has ever lived in London knows that it is teeming with Indians, North Africans, Russians and Asians.  The Britians are all ex-pats living in Hong Kong and -- if they are lucky enough to know something about oil (or tourism) -- are working in Rio de Janeiro.  That's partially why by 2030, the United Kingdom's Christian population would have been overrun by Muslims, Hindus and Buddhists, according to a report by the House of Commons.  It's goodbye Jesus. Hello Buddha in the UK within a generation.

The House of Commons study found that while Christianity has declined, other religions have seen sharp increases in the flock. The Daily Mail gave a rundown of the numbers on Friday, actually: In the last six years, the Muslim population rose 37% to 2.6 million; Hindus by 43% and Buddhists rose most of all in percentage terms, up by 74%.  The numbers of Christians and Jews fell slightly, according to the report.

That has a few Members of Parliament getting their Bible Belt Republican on.  A group called Christians in Parliament said that public policy was promoting "unacceptable" discrimination against Christians.  Where is News of the World where you need them!? This is a cover story! On Friday, the group's chairman, former Tory justice minister Gary Streeter, said Christians were being "steamrollered" in British society by rabid secularism.  They found that in 2010 there were around 41.1 million Christians in Britain, a 7.6% drop since 2005. There were around 13.4 million atheists and agnostics, up 49% over the same period.

The number of Christians around the world has nearly quadrupled in the last 100 years, from about 600 million in 1910 to more than 2 billion in 2010, according to an extensive study on global Christianity, published by The Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life in December. (For full Pew report click here.) Nevertheless, the world’s overall population also has risen rapidly, from an estimated 1.8 billion in 1910 to 6.9 billion in 2010. As a result, Christians make up about the same portion of the world’s population today (32%) as they did a century ago (35%).

This apparent stability masks a geographic shift in today's Christians. Although Europe and the Americas still are home to a majority of the world’s Christians, around 63% today compared to 93% in 1910, the faith has grown enormously in sub-Saharan Africa and the Asia-Pacific region, where there were relatively few Christians in 1910. The share of the population that is Christian in sub-Saharan Africa climbed from 9% in 1910 to 63% in 2010, while in the Asia-Pacific region it rose from 3% to 7%. Christianity today – unlike a century ago – is as global as Buddha, if not more so.

I found the article on The Times of India on Monday.  The best part about the read was skimming the 1,000+ comments.  Here are a few. (I mean, what else would you expect from a story like this one...)

Many Centuries ago, an Evil Muhammad (Curse Be Upon Him) sunk himself to solve the mystery of God....Every country faces division or fights for Islamic freedom wherever Muslim viruses are there. Islam is the Curse of the Devil Allah and Rapist Killer Muhammad !! -- WorldPeace 2020. Of course. What else would the writer call himself?

To ppl who claim atheism is the best, read Times of India report, "One in three British teenage girls 'sexually assaulted.'" This is the bad side of atheism. -- Payback Time.  I guess he doesn't know any Massachusetts Catholic choir boys. I corrected his spelling of atheism in respect for the non-God.

NO THE FOLLOWERS OF THE FIRST MAN ON EARTH ADAM WERE "MUSLIMS". THE FOLLOWERS OF MOSES,JESUS,NOHA,KRISHNA,RAM(IF TRUE),BUDDHA ALL THE PROPHETS WERE MUSLIMS. -- Correction.   This man is screaming mad.  He obviously doesn't realize that the Muslim religion started after Christianity and is the newest of the three Middle Eastern religions. Which means that there was no such thing as a Muslim on Day One.

An aside - I wonder if Britain was ever 'Christian'. Their Bible is a version written by their king and not a religious authority. The royalty of Britain is even more jealous than the Biblical God.--Aurav.  Touché. White gloves being put back on hands.

And lastly...don't worry Christians, even the Hindus no longer have faith the size of a mustard seed.

I was once a hardcore Hindu but slowly & surely my belief in my faith & religion as a whole has gone down. Everything is not that as it seems!--Aparna

See: The World Map Of Christian Religion--Pew