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One-third, three-tenths, over three-tenths

Another editor updated the lead to state that 2.4bn is "three tenths" of the world's population; previously it read "one third". I updated to "over three tenths"; the best sources I can find peg Christianity at a consistent 31.2% to 31.4% of the world population (see for example https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2015/04/02/religious-projections-2010-2050/, which is cited herein). It is incorrect to peg the 2.3-2.4bn number (from 2015-20 sources) against the 2023 global population, but 31.4% is not one third. I think "almost one third" would be the best wording and least awkward. Thoughts? Jtrevor99 (talk) 02:09, 20 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Counts of religious people are inevitably biased upwards, due such factors as parents claiming newborn children to be religious, and people who were once in a church still stating that on a census, when they haven't attended for years. Fractions in tenths seem unnatural to me. I propose "around 30%" for our article. HiLo48 (talk) 04:11, 20 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
While reputable groups like Pew try to adjust for factors like those you describe, "around 30%" works for me. Jtrevor99 (talk) 16:06, 20 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Languages

There has been a fair bit of editing to and fro regarding the languages field in the infobox, and it is much better if we discuss it here and gain a consensus. It should either refer to the languages of the original texts (in which case Latin should be removed) or official non-vernacular church languages (in which case Old Church Slavonic and others need to be included as well). StAnselm (talk) 17:40, 3 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Wrong information

Jesus Christ wasn't founder of Christianity. Saint Paul was real founder of Christianity. 27.123.255.202 (talk) 10:44, 24 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

"Who Founded Christianity? Some Say Jesus; Some Say Paul. What If Neither Did? The Answer Will Surprise You".[1] Thinker78 (talk) 03:48, 25 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

References

Christianity should be considered a polytheistic religion

Because they continue to say "trinity" this should make Christianity a polytheistic religion regardless of how much Christian propagandists would like to spin it. The trinity is a repeat of what past polytheists believed in such as the Greek, Hindu and Egyptian trinity which Christians hypocritically describe as polytheistic. Elias Ziad (talk) 02:29, 6 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It is not propaganda. Please familiarize yourself with Trinity to understand why you are mistaken. Your personal opinion also does not override a supermajority of RSs on the subject. Jtrevor99 (talk) 03:28, 6 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
This is a common Islamic view of Christianity. Here is not the place to be making theological arguments. Epa101 (talk) 22:38, 20 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I'm not willing to argue theology on a wiki talk page as it is not relevant. Christianity is a monotheistic religion. Also, the Christian concept of the Trinity is a unique one, comparing it to certain forms of Hinduism makes some sense, but it cannot be compared to Egyptian or Greek polytheism in good faith. Besides, calling Hinduism polytheistic is only true for some sects of Hinduism. GramCanMineAway (talk) 23:04, 21 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 18 February 2024

Removing the image of Joseph Smith Ilovemyawesomecat (talk) 05:25, 18 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Not done There is no compelling reason to remove relevant content. Jtrevor99 (talk) 05:31, 18 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]