Data Is Beautiful - Worlds Largest Religious Groups 1945-2019

[Gromit]

I am sure this will spark some debate

[Khandro]

n. //Lying to yourself is no recommendation.//

Lying is something done to others, one cannot lie to oneself.

[pixie374]

It absolutely can.... read AB a bit more x

[ummmm]

Oh yes, one can lie to themselves on a daily basis.

[naomi24]

Khandro, some people do indeed lie to themselves.

[maggiebee]

Indeed they do Naomi

[naomi24]

maggiebee, don't tell me, tell Khandro. I know people lie to themselves.

[Khandro]

We're going off on a tangent here, but self-deception isn't lying.
Lying requires knowledge of what is true & consciously deviating from it.
Thinking you are clever when you're not is simply being mistaken.

[naomi24]

//Lying requires knowledge of what is true & consciously deviating from it. //

Yes - and that's exactly what people who lie to themselves do.

[Khandro]

Bye-bye!

[naomi24]

Bye.

[Ellipsis]

I'm surprised that the number of Jews is so low. I would have guessed that there were more Jews in America alone than it turns out are in the world.

[Khandro]

Ellipsis; //I'm surprised that the number of Jews is so low.//

The silence at the end of this is quite extraordinary;

[naomi24]

Excellent post, Khandro.

[jno]

alternative figures are available.

The video shows Christians and Muslims on a par in 2010 (if you combine all Christians and all Muslims).

Yet this Wikipedia graphic for 2010 suggests Christianity was still well ahead in mumbers

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_religious_populations

And the same here for 2015:

https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2017/04/05/christians-remain-worlds-largest-religious-group-but-they-are-declining-in-europe/

It's always good when "facts" differ so much, it means everyone has a chance to believe whichever suits their prejudices. Very democratic.

[mibn2cweus]

Unfortunately it only takes one individual devoted to a religious ideology that demands retribution for noncompliance to create problems.

[Theland]

So true Mibs.
It is so plain that our leaders refuse to properly acknowledge it.