If anything that Church turned to Mosque is a sign of the "decline" of religion. In this case; Christianity.
Yes, its a sign of decline of religion, but its a sign of decline of a particular religion-Christianity & not a sign of decline of religion in general. Religions have risen, flourished, declined & died out throughout history, the mid east is full of dead faiths, there are plenty of other dead faiths in the world. That certainly hasn't signified any decline of religion in general, just the decline & deaths of particular religions & other religions promptly came in to fill their place.
Of course, it might happen that the world as a whole becomes religion free in the future or largely secularized & apathetic to religion & remains so for a long time in future, but since this is a relatively novel phenomenon, we really can't say.
At the moment it seems that in Europe, churches converting to mosques is simply a sign of what has always happened, mid east temples had become Churches in the past, those churches had then been converted to mosques-its a replacement of one faith by another not a decline of religion in general.
Yes, it's true that the Christian world is ahead of the Muslim world when it comes to abandoning their religion. But frankly that is nothing for Muslims to be proud of. It only means that most Muslims are still too brainwashed to realise that their religion is nonsense.
But I'm sure Muslims will begin to wake up eventually.
I too don't think that Christians abandoning their religion sooner is something Muslims should be proud of. Yes, Christianity too might be as non sensical as Islam, but as it exists currently-I can easily make out a lot of positives in the faith. The schools, hospitals, freedom of religion in Christian nations in general etc. In matters of the theology as well, I find Christianity better, even if its non sense. Jesus is a far better guy & there is no open ended command to kill all infidels, in Xtianity the NT & Jesus gets the upper hand, in Islam its the violent verses via the doctrine of abrogation. I do think there were positive features in the Christian faith itself which allowed it to reform & still remain.
The fact that you spend so much time here and feel the need to post things like this only reveals your own insecurity.
Yes, I am insecure-insecure & scared about terrorist attacks, the double standards of Islamic states etc. Whenever I see a big attack where 40-50+ people have been killed, I don't see it as any sign of reform, I just see some lives cut short & I think there's gonna be another soon, & the next one comes sooner rather than later. I dislike the fact that Saudi doesn't have a single Church, that apolytheist woman's family gets 3333 riyals but a Muslim man's family gets 100000 riyals if they're killed. I don't think non Muslims non atheists like speaklow, Baal or me are evil if we complain about Islam or are insecure about its effects. Quite a few Muslims feel Jews are out to rule the world due to tiny Israel, I fail to see why non Muslims who have suffered due to Islam in various parts of the world should stop feeling insecure.
I don't see any potential benefits that I could get out of a reformed Islam apart from safety from terrorism, but Islam won't do a favor by reforming, its a duty. I do readily see many stuff I can get from Christianity like great schools.
This is just my opinion.
Topic: Church Converted To a Mosque - North London