Any Particular Religion?

Abstract

In some 98 per cent or more of cases the religion to which anyone adheres (or against which they rebel) depends upon where they were born. Someone born into a Christian family in the United States, Britain, Uganda, Brazil, or anywhere else is very likely to become a Christian (practising or nominal) rather than a Muslim, Hindu, etc. Someone born into a Muslim family in Egypt, Indonesia, Pakistan, Iran, Turkey, or anywhere else is very likely to become a Muslim (again, practising or nominal) rather than a Hindu, Buddhist, Christian, etc. Someone born into a Buddhist or a Sikh family is very likely to become a Buddhist or a Sikh, and so on round the world.