Why is christianity is losing popularity in Europe and USA ?

Janga said = "But, why are Christians so bent out of shape when people do not belong to their religion or believe in God? If you are a christian, why not be satisfied that you believe in what you think is right and let others believe in what they want?" and its a very key point IMO..I honestly feel that is the key reason WHY its losing popularity...Christians (some NOT all) are SO demanding, negative, narrowminded and pushy they are ACTUALLY pushing those NOT in that religion FARTHER AWAY from it....I'm all for talking about religion, comparing notes, discussing etc etc but when it becomes a battle to convert me/condemn me/be disrespectful to me/harrass me etc etc ...the other person is done and all they've succeeded in doin is pushing me even farther away... Lets face it...NOBODY likes being told they are "being decieved by Satan" or a "follower of Satan" Nobody likes being told they are "selfish and prefer being a sinner because its *easier*"...Nobody likes when they are harrassed over and over EVEN THOUGH they have politely stated on numerous occassions that they have no interest in converting for whatever reason..and the list goes on... I truly feel its the fundie Christians that are to blame in all honesty...

i think its because of all the atheists "coming out of their closets" also there is a huge rise in education levels around the world.

The reason is the success of the secular and evolution movement and to combat that, we should send missionaries to Europe. The Reformed Churches have sent missionaries to the former Soviet Union where things are just as bad there, people living in hovels, children abandoned, but no one cares because these children have red and blonde hair and green or blue eyes and pale faces, not dark haired and eyes. Secularism has taken such a hold in Europe that the population base is shrinking. It is time for a wakeup call. Already persecution threatens what Christians there are in Great Britain and favoritism is given to Moslems, and other non-Christian beliefs. We have to fight secularism, by writing about the danger, letters to the editor, on our websites and blogs.

It might be declining because despite a fairly decent percentage of christians being good and wonderful folks there's an overwhelming amount of them who're bigots and plain old jerks. There's a load of reasons they're that way too, and it does not in any way reflect on the religion itself..it just reflects on them as people. And everytime they explode on someone who's just asking questions they spook some religion seekers away. Why no one's talking about it? Pride, I reckon..either that or their heads are so up in the clouds they just haven't noticed yet..either way *shrugs*

I think that these days there are so many people who are not religious or not affiliated with a particular religion. That, coupled with the fact that Islam is the fastest growing religion in the world is probably the reason for the decline of Christianity. But, why are Christians so bent out of shape when people do not belong to their religion or believe in God? If you are a christian, why not be satisfied that you believe in what you think is right and let others believe in what they want? I'm not directing that at you personally, just christians in general.

I have a PhD in religious studies and have traveled much of the world, furthering my studies by actually experiencing various religions, churches, temples etc. Christianity is rapidly decreasing in 'popularity' for a number of reasons. Mostly, Christianity is losing followers because of the amount of control, judgment and hatred that comes from many outspoken Christian leaders. The general public is getting smarter, more educated and overall kinder. So they step away from Christianity. Christianity was not always so fiercely controlling and hurtful to people who did not claim to be Christian. A major study recently revealed that non-christians (and ex-christians) stayed away from Christians due to the dogmatic, "our way is the only way" messages. Plus, the hypocrisy (anti gay because "the bible says so", but not following things like the bible's support of slavery, womanizing, incest etc.) Then people who defend Christianity, but do not have sincere educated rebuttals, those who have not read the entire bible and compared the various versions etc., they discredit Christianity as well. The bible itself has been reinterpreted SO - MANY - TIMES that we are now reading verses and lessons that have nothing to do with the original scripture. --And people have NO IDEA about what they are fiercely/aggressively defending! You cannot take one verse exactly literally, if the original verse had a totally different meaning in the first place, and then decide to ignore other verses.. and THEN decide to judge others, with a fiery venom for not being Christian. ...So, why is Christianity losing popularity? Because too many Christians are mean and judgmental, controlling and uneducated. --To be blunt, those are the factual reasons. Christians are not inviting to outsiders. They are not nice or compassionate toward people outside of their own dogmatic circles. ...Sad.