To Banjo Paterson.

You mentioned Islamic populations as a concern, and that Islam has more children then Christianity. However I'm not worried, because of a few reasons.

One is that there is a growth of Christianity in nonchristian nations.

http://www.conservapedia.com/Growth_of_Christianity_in_China

A Wikipedia page on Christian growth includes several Islamic countries that are known for perscution of Christians, or at the very least illegal for Muslims to convert to Christianity. Even there, there is surprising growth to Christianity from Muslium backgrounds. Though the site thinks Islam is growing faster, the data it shows especially in Islamic countries and Islamic communities is worth noting.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_population_growth

The second reason I'm not worried about Islam overtaking Christianity is because Christianity is a stabilizing religion, whereas Islam too often is not only at war with other nations and even has some religious groups advocate to overthrow the nation they are in; it is also too often at war within itself. The sad reality of Islamic migrants fleeing their homelands due to intense fighting and civil wars is not to go unnoticed.

However a third reason why I'm not worried is due to my faith as well. If God is real (He is), and if the Christian church is also from God (that would require more research to conclude then the more readily available ways of disco inning that God exists), then Christianity is not going to disappear. In fact throughout history I've heard that several famous people say that Christianity (or religion as a whole) is going to be tossed, yet it never is.

To put it another way. I don't believe the conclusions of the Pew research, because I acknowledge there are other factors to religious adoption and religous conversion then just hertiage.

To Banjo Paterson.

Sorry I almost glossed over one of your points. That the social and religious landscape in Australia is likely different then it is in the US.

That is probabley true, but I don't think that affects any of the points I've made on this topic, nor does it affect much of the positions I've made on OLO, as a whole.

I'm actually surprised in how much the landscape in politics discussed on OLO, is comparable to things I see and hear in the US as well. Even to the pro-trump anti-trump demographics (that one especially surprised me, and continues to surprise me).