Is Christianity Really Growing in Africa and China


Each year new numbers show declines in Christian number in the U.S. and Europe. Europe now polls less than 50% Christian. 

Defenders of the faith claim growth in Africa and China. While there are numbers justifying this there are also questions about what is going on in those parts of the world. As an overview, numbers are falling fastest among young people in the U.S. Why would not whatever is happening to young people in the U.S. not be happening to young people around the world? The phone and internet is available everywhere.

Antidotally, there is reason to doubt Christianity, or a Western version of it, is growing among young people in Africa and China. The Priest in the link laments couples in Africa are chosen to not marry. We know that is the pattern in the U.S.

In China, the government is determined to manage religions. It appoints some of those at the highest level. This makes humous the Catholic myth that Jesus told Peter to run the church. The government has decided it will be the "rock" upon which the church is built.

I've read Catholics in both Africa and China are not much interested in the fervent anti abortion politics of the U.S. It's said quite often here the any "real" Christian is deeply anti abortion. So, do are the new Christians in China and Africa "real Christians?"

There is a litany of claims made by some branches of Christianity that are either bogus or highly suspect. We can start with the view one has to been against abortion and gays to be a "good Christian." Add to that only certain select branches of the faith correctly interpret what the Bible means. At the top of its suspect propaganda is growth of the faith in Africa and China. 

The healthiest thing anyone can do at hearing claims of the faith is to be suspicious. 

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