"Fastest growing" is a questionable proposition at best, as well. In terms of sheer number of new converts, Christianity is growing faster. If you count non-religious/atheism/or "other" as a religion, then their numbers are growing WAY faster. If you look at % growth then there are many religions growing much, much faster including Falun Gong despite oppression in China. Islam has the largest number of new adherents, in absolute terms, by *some* estimates... but typically only because birth rates in Muslim countries tend to be higher, and it's hard to gauge how many people are leaving a religion they're born into in countries where doing so is grounds for execution or imprisonment.
If you say so. But they are different sects of the same religious tradition. For that matter Islam could be treated as a branch of Christianity, and Christianity a branch of Judaism.
Anyway I was just explaining where this idea that Islam is the largest religion in the world comes from. On charts that assert this they usually list Sunni Islam first with 1.5 billion adherents and Roman Catholicism second with 1.3. If you count all Christians together they have about 2.2 billion and all Muslims together have about 1.8 (both as traditionally categorized)
Dammit. Not knowing many Japanese first names that begin with 'I', I tried Ryo's dad, Iwao. Turns out, it's actually the same name as one of Ryo's best friends, Ichiro.
Isis ll be mad now as her name is nowadays used as the name of the terrorists ISIS. I am a Muslim Egyptian and I really feel sorry for her and wish that the ISIS be burned in hell for they are killing in the name of my beautiful and peaceful religion which is totally innocent from what they claim.
At this point I call and raise with Voltaire's comment on the Holy Roman Empire: "Neither holy, nor Roman, nor an Empire." ("ni saint, ni romain, ni empire.")
Again with the American sports that the rest of the world doesn't care about. I know it's an American site, but those questions do stick out to me as being more specific / less general knowledge.
Not all Americans know the answers, either. Some of us just aren't big sports fans, whether it's FIFA or NFL. However, learning new things is always good so I grit my teeth and keep at the sports quizzes until I get them all correct. I actually surprised my soccer-playing grandson by knowing the teams for some of his favorite FIFA players.
Back in the 50s Mad Magazine (from which I learned almost everything I knew at the time about high culture, including "Don Giovanni") ran a parody of "Moby Dick," beginning with the line "Call me Fishmeal." If you ask me it was an improvement over the original.
better yet, answers starting with "i". Because "I answers" made me think of someone talking in a bad accent (or perhaps some sort of extraterrestrial, like the coackroach like thingies in man in black) (Or ofcourse a lolcat...or dog(e) not to exclude them)
Wow, I loved that the Iditarod actually made it into a quiz! I've been following that race for years, and I don't think I've ever seen it come up in popular media. Nice to see it got some recognition!
I was about to comment the same way! Canines are pointy, incisors are the flat edge 'biting' teeth at the front. Maybe 'front teeth' would be a better clue for this answer?
Anyway I was just explaining where this idea that Islam is the largest religion in the world comes from. On charts that assert this they usually list Sunni Islam first with 1.5 billion adherents and Roman Catholicism second with 1.3. If you count all Christians together they have about 2.2 billion and all Muslims together have about 1.8 (both as traditionally categorized)
What a great clue.
Or, I don't know - I never actually finished the book...
Inability to sleep: Why I am here now.