The Stranger most of the time can award itself the title of fastest growing readership in Seattle, can it not?

Oh, and I'd only watch the show if that "Dark-Sided!!!!" woman from Wife Swap or Spouse Switch--or whatever its name is--was on it.

PS, Christianity, you totally need to lose at least 30 lbs before you could ever be considered America's Next Top Religion. This ISN'T America's Next Top PLUS-SIZED Religion.

Islam claims it is the fastest growing, but this is based on BIRTHRATE not actual conversions. Remember - you're Muslim if you're born into a Muslim family. They don't wait for you to accept Islam on your own. There are very, very few conversions of Westerners to Islam. I also doubt that other non-Muslims (i.e., Buddhists, Hindus, etc.) are eager to convert either. The truth is that thousands upon thousands of people leave Islam every year. But their stories aren't told and no one is keeping count. Also, most Muslims who leave Islam keep it very secret since apostasy is punished by the death penalty in Islam.

The growth of Mormonism in Latin America probably has a lot to do with the decline of Catholicism - as well as very aggressive missionary work done by the LDS church. I don't know as much about the spread of Mormonism as I do Islam, but I suspect that their conversion numbers are inflated as a matter of course.

The fastest growing "religion" in the world today is actually SECULARISM. It isn't a religion in the traditional sense, but more and more people are leaving behind the superstitions and claims of traditional religions as they come to understand more and more about the world and the role that science plays in our understanding of the world.

Argh!!

Pastafarianism!

Just look at the increase in pirates - it was on the news today, worldwide it's increasing rapidly, as the Flying Spaghetti Monster lets the pirates reduce global warming.

Someone has to do something. Luckily, we weren't made in His Image.

Are these self identified believers really believers in God or believers in belief in God? Are they actually practicing or adhering to the tenents of their religion or do they have a unique "personal faith" that is loosely based on dogmatic law? Is there really any accurate measurement for what a person "believes" or do we have to take what they say to be true? I mean I know that religion is the cornerstone of morality and is thus incapable of producing liars...but come on, can't we please go back to burning people who believe in magic on the stake?

You can try prying my atheism from my cold dead hands.

Judaism believe you have to be born to a Jewish mother to be a real Jew, therefore God creates as many Jews as is needed at the time. Judaism will never be the religion of the billions of poor loosers out there slaving away in third world factories. Leave it to the Christians to try to convert those idiots.

Judaism is for those born to justice and truth. That's why there's not many Jews but we is rightous!

A show like this would create a fair deal of controversy, leading to high ratings and at the very least get people talking about things that are never really questioned aloud in modern society. Maybe it would help us all find a common ground to meet each other on and finally stop treating other human beings like animals.

a boy can dream...

Issur - it took you more than 11 hours to take the bait. Where have you been, you raving lunatic?

The problem is the extremely poor rate of retention of newly baptized converts coupled with defections, estimated at more than 100,000 per year, of longer-term members. Even after these folks leave they are still counted in the membership numbers. People come and go, but the church only counts the additions. As a result the official membership statistics become more and more divorced from reality over time.