Islam to become world’s most popular religion this century

Mar 2, 2017 19:47:20 GMT @miccee said:

Christianity is in rapid decline in many countries where it is the majority religion. I suppose you could liken the situation to 2 different forms of disease. Let's say Christianity is a nasty strain of flu, but Islam is MRSA. There is a range of 'antibiotics' which are still effective in curing Christianity - i.e. education, science, wealth. However, none of these 'antibiotics' seem to be having an effect on Islam. In fact, militant Islamist terrorists tend to be more highly educated than average, and terror attacks are often masterminded by those with a fairly advanced scientific education.

"Let's say Christianity is a nasty strain of pneumonia, but Islam is MRSA (methecillin resistant staphelococcus aureus). There is a range of 'antibiotics' which are still effective in curing Christianity - i.e. education, science, wealth. However, none of these 'antibiotics' seem to be having an effect on Islam."

I had to fix that; influenza is a virus and antibiotics have no effect on viruses.  Just to make the analogy work.  But it is a good analogy for the two mainstream religions. 

Now, Radical Islam is a whole 'nuther animal... like the Andromeda Strain.  And, to be fair, the Christians, during the Crusades and the Holy Inquisition, were just as brutal towards other religions, especially Islam, as they carried on a Christian 'jihad'.  And there are still small groups of radical Christians that would be just as nasty as radical Islamists, but there aren't enough of them to mount an attack.  Westboro Baptist Church comes to mind.