Given how central religion has been to human culture, isn't it a bit implausible that it will disappear, or even just decline so far that it becomes irrelevant?
2007-01-07 20:56:39 · 12 answers · asked by Celeritas 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
It will never disappear. It's unfortunate, but it's true.
2007-01-07 20:58:49 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Religion is just one branch of ideology, like Buddhism, Capitalism, celebrity culture or football mania. It is ideology that has been central to humanity, and that can't change. But as priorities shift it is conceivable that religious versions of ideology will become less relevant for more people - as has happened over the last 200 years. It is NOT realistic to think that religion will disappear - but it is reasonable to imagine its decline from significance, among large swathes of the world's population.
I shoudl say, though, that with Christian fundamentalists in America, and the Islamo-fascists rising up all over the place, I'm not holding my breath.
2007-01-08 05:03:49 · answer #2 · answered by Bad Liberal 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
...Humans are creatures of worship - they will worship God, or sports, or themselves. Worship will not disappear; the true Gospel (i.e., 1 Corinthians 15:3-4, that Jesus Christ died for our sins, was buried, and raised on the third day) can become clouded, deluded, and even overrun by unbiblical traditions and false Gospels.
...I think true Gospel is less relevant in certain countries, and now other Gospels and/or religious systems are starting to take over (like in France and England). In a couple of generations, Islam will take over France, since the average French woman has 5 abortions in her life - this will cause the French population to decline, and Muslims are having large families, so they will have France before long.
2007-01-08 05:09:42 · answer #3 · answered by carson123 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Give it another 30 -50 years ..as science progresses ..and this generation slips quietly in to oblivion
..then yes..religion will be the thing of the past
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2007-01-08 05:07:23 · answer #4 · answered by JJ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
many organized religions have neen declining for years.
The mystic religions are growing very quickly.
the religion of belief just isn't meeting people's spiritual needs as well as they did in the past
2007-01-08 05:32:10 · answer #5 · answered by Rev. Two Bears 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no - basic human nature urges us to find similarities with eachotehr - and religion is an easy way to do so - also an easy way to control a group of people..
2007-01-08 05:00:39 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Religion will never die
God Bless You
2007-01-08 04:59:15 · answer #7 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
no, look how long it's been around, and others have tried to do away with it hundreds of years ago and it's still here ,so it's not going any where
2007-01-08 05:01:21 · answer #8 · answered by purpleaura1 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That will happen ....but only if the wackos in middle east don't blow the world up
2007-01-08 04:59:26 · answer #9 · answered by Brown guy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
as long as God exists, people will believe
im afraid religion will outlast the earth, and everything else, because god 'IS', per sempre
2007-01-08 05:00:35 · answer #10 · answered by NONAME 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋