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It's about Apple fanboys. [[Special:Contributions/62.195.79.12|62.195.79.12]]
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: And how is that? [[Special:Contributions/173.44.98.247|173.44.98.247]] 05:52, 1 September 2012 (UTC)
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What if I just started my own religion. Technically speaking it had 0 members, and then I joined it. Would this mean a growth of infinite percent? Also, a flaw with using percents is if a religion has one person, person a, and then person b joined it, it would have 100% growth. Then person b or a (doesn't matter which) leaves. The religion has increased by 100% and decreased by 50%. Now, you can't really add percentages, but I have just grown 50%! Ha! By adding no people! Then if the one tha left, comes and leaves again, I have grown by 100% this year. --[[Special:Contributions/98.221.139.80|98.221.139.80]]
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:''Technically'', if you start your own religion, you start out with 1 member (yourself)... unless you invent a religion you don't actually believe in, and then suddenly, um, {{w|Drinking_the_Kool-Aid|drink the koolaid}}. ...;) -- [[User:IronyChef|IronyChef]] ([[User talk:IronyChef|talk]]) 15:37, 3 September 2012 (UTC)
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::OK. I create the religion. Leave it, and come back. It has grown by ∞ %. --[[Special:Contributions/98.221.139.80|98.221.139.80]]
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::: You left it?  How do we know you weren't excommunicated? ;-)  Also, along the lines of ''if a tree falls in the woods and nobody is around to hear it...'', if a religion has nobody following it, does't it cease to exist?  BTW, ∞ is not a numerical quantity, so ∞ % isn't really possible, even if the growth is infinite. -- [[User:IronyChef|IronyChef]] ([[User talk:IronyChef|talk]]) 05:19, 5 September 2012 (UTC)
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The xkcd religion! Nice one, Black Hat.--[[Special:Contributions/98.221.139.80|98.221.139.80]]
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The "claims to be fastest-growing religion" Wikipedia page is now a redirect to {{w|Growth of religion}}. I would change the link in the explanation, but, I'm not sure which section it should go to. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.216.45|108.162.216.45]] 03:18, 23 November 2013 (UTC)
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:I did update the link and moved it into the section Trivia. --[[User:Dgbrt|Dgbrt]] ([[User talk:Dgbrt|talk]]) 19:20, 23 November 2013 (UTC)

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It's about Apple fanboys. 62.195.79.12

And how is that? 173.44.98.247 05:52, 1 September 2012 (UTC)

What if I just started my own religion. Technically speaking it had 0 members, and then I joined it. Would this mean a growth of infinite percent? Also, a flaw with using percents is if a religion has one person, person a, and then person b joined it, it would have 100% growth. Then person b or a (doesn't matter which) leaves. The religion has increased by 100% and decreased by 50%. Now, you can't really add percentages, but I have just grown 50%! Ha! By adding no people! Then if the one tha left, comes and leaves again, I have grown by 100% this year. --98.221.139.80

Technically, if you start your own religion, you start out with 1 member (yourself)... unless you invent a religion you don't actually believe in, and then suddenly, um, drink the koolaid. ...;) -- IronyChef (talk) 15:37, 3 September 2012 (UTC)
OK. I create the religion. Leave it, and come back. It has grown by ∞ %. --98.221.139.80
You left it? How do we know you weren't excommunicated? ;-) Also, along the lines of if a tree falls in the woods and nobody is around to hear it..., if a religion has nobody following it, does't it cease to exist? BTW, ∞ is not a numerical quantity, so ∞ % isn't really possible, even if the growth is infinite. -- IronyChef (talk) 05:19, 5 September 2012 (UTC)

The xkcd religion! Nice one, Black Hat.--98.221.139.80

The "claims to be fastest-growing religion" Wikipedia page is now a redirect to Growth of religion. I would change the link in the explanation, but, I'm not sure which section it should go to. 108.162.216.45 03:18, 23 November 2013 (UTC)

I did update the link and moved it into the section Trivia. --Dgbrt (talk) 19:20, 23 November 2013 (UTC)