how long will it be?

Question

before all religon will be viewed as we view people that worshiped the sun trees etc.....mordern religon now will be laughed at and the way mankind is developing it is inevitable that it will happen...what will be the catylyst for change and when will it happen do you think. dont even start bible bashing at me as that will be a void answer and will not be considerd for points

Answer 1

It's something I've thought about before too, and I guess none of us know. I think it's inevidable that all religions will one day die as they all have since the dawn of time. People have always tried to figure out how we got here and we've always answered the question to the best of our ability based on the tools at hand in whichever time period.

What intrigues me is that in the modern day we have theories that are all but proven which try to explain these things. Such as evolution and the big bang. These are very interresting and are the best explanations we have of how we've got here so far. However, people are very stubborn. Even with these amazing scientific disoveries people still wish to pray to their ancient gods. So even though that virtually every theory about almost anything (including the world being flat, cotton being from sheep that fell from a flower, etc) that was thought up around the same time as most current religious books was wrong, people still wish to believe that these primitive theories on how we got here are somehow correct.

I guess over time people will become more intelligent on the scientific theories we have and those theories will become more and more concrete. Eventually silly stories with absolutely no evidence behind them to back them up won't be enough for people. I would hope that the human race one day stops being so ignorant and can see that there is a perfectly good explanation of how we got here that doesn't involve blind faith to invisible men in the sky. I know that this day won't come in any of our lifetimes though.

I suppose if I had to guess when people would realize how very possible the big bang/evolution are and how impossible their imaginary friends are... I'd say soon. Things are becoming more and more clear everyday about these things. I would hope by maybe 2,200 none of the primitive ways to control people will be in existence. However, with the stubborness and ignorance of most people I'd say more like 2,500.

Answer 2

I think that it's already starting. There's a definite shift away from the importance of religion in some cultures (the christian one for example)

Actually the beginning of the decline of the Christian faith began when the printing press was invented and everyone got their own copy of the bible and realized that the priests/ ministers had distorted the stories in the ancient text. They realized that they were able to worship Christ outside of the institution of the church, and that they wouldn't go to Hell for doing so. Jesus was wherever you prayed.

I don't believe that there's any one catalyst. I think that it's just the natural progression of North American society. Society has a whole is progressing towards a very material worldview, one where everything is disposable. Including our relationships. (i'm not saying that everyone is like that, but there are some)

What I find most intriguing is what effect the decline of religion will have on politics and law. (Since many of the earliest laws come from natural law, or the laws of the church.

Answer 3

Some English schools are now introducing Creationism into the Science curriculum. Rather than being a catalyst, it is another way of distancing religion from reality, and with more and more young people living in the real world, it will not take much for them to switch of the religion in their life. And this weill be a shame as religion has some pretty cool things - like christmas holidays, easter eggs, etc.

Answer 4

Humankinds thoughts are forever changing and evolving into different versions of the same thing. All the while adding layer upon layer changing the face of humanity as we know it. So eventually, yes, everything we do now, assuming it will be remembered for that long, will be looked back at as foolish, stupid, and ignorant. Just like we look back at how people thought the Earth was flat until the Renaissance. The catalyst for change will be when nature strikes back at us for pretending to higher than nature itself. I believe this huge natural disaster will come in the form of a meteor hitting Earth sometime in the coming years. This will cause universal Diaspora and ultimately bring us together as a species. This coming together will ultimately lead to great discoveries or at least new, more efficient, ways of looking at things like life.

Answer 5

You got a point its gonna happen at some point.

As soon as we realised where trees come from and how they grow we no longer needed a tree god

As soon as we realised wot the sun was we no longer needed a sun god

The idea of a 'god' will dwindle with the more we discover and can prove how it happens.

Although it will now actually take longer than before cos more is written down and people are no longer influenced by kings / rulers etc

Can u imagine a load of bible / koran bashers dismissing god cos we've proved the big bang?

It'll happen eventually but only when all the relious people see the real world

Answer 6

As we evolve, so will our perception of life and its meaning(a.k.a. religion). People often have trouble seeing their own flaws, so there is no doubt that future generations are going to look back on religion as it is today and laugh.Those future generations will also have religion, but in a different form. Today, we can see what intolerance can do to people.It kills and causes pain on a daily basis. If we begin to view ourselves as human beings instead of followers of different faiths, that is, we get rid of intolerance. we'll realize how alike we all are, and that all religions are basically the same. Once we understand that, religion will stop playing a role in how the world works. (I'm not sure this makes any sense, it's hard to put into words.)

Answer 7

I agree with you that is how it should be. Religion (of all so-called faiths) is the most disruptive force in our current world. These people are seriously deluded but are prepared to die for their belief. Definition of belief? don't know - something I think is true. Definition of knowledge? True belief - round and round in circles we go. As there is no such thing as empirical evidence we are trapped in the prison of the senses - our rationalisation only disturbed by the bombs of the fundamentalists of whose existence we have not yet convinced ourselves . .

Answer 8

The sooner the better I think - and I am no atheist. There is some evidence that the general populace is getting more intelligent
(tho' there is much anecdotal evidence to the contrary) ergo
the time may be approaching when it (they) see sense, but don't hold your breath!!!

Answer 9

It's impossible to say, but a safe bet would be when the next nuclear bomb is unleashed by some idiot or terrorist. At that moment, most of the world's population might well lose their "faith" in "God."

Answer 10

Re: england till i die: Er so where exactly did the trees, the sun etc originally come from? DUUUUH