Will the majority of America believe in atheism or christianity?

Question

In 100yrs

Answer 1

In 100 years? Who knows. There has been a strong push by the Dominionists to make the government more Christian, but there's already a backlash to it, as is evidenced by the last election that gave Dems majority in the House and Senate.

Politics always swings left and right. However, I think it always swings more liberal than it does conservative, because conservatism is against change, but change is inevitable.

Religion is rooted in that type of conservatism, because it opposes change in society. Religion likes to paint the world black and white and hold it to strict guidelines that were outdated centuries ago.

Atheism, on the other hand, promotes free thinking. It promotes discussion of issues based on fact, not superstition. This tends to make it more flexible to new ideas and more sustainable in the future society.

Answer 2

Good post-question. I think Christianity and atheism might go neck-to-neck a century from now, or edge out atheism by a very small percentage. Christianity, for the most part, has been a large failure. Although I'm a basic Christian and will not deviate from the basic Christian tenets, I have to face the truth.

Answer 3

America needs Christianity, just as the other nations need their national religions. It's just to scary to give up a diety who watches over them, guides them and protects them. I believe that as a national obession Christianity is on the decline, for no other reason, than that our kids are smarter, more willing to question blind faith or unquestionly follow the herd. We won't live to see the demise of Christianity, but fade away, it surely will, because the willing suspension of disbelief is no longer a viable option. What will take its place, is hard to say, but Atheism certainly will be more viable in the future!

Answer 4

exciting question. to respond to you, no, faith (both prepared and human being) will by no ability die out. you're striking once you assert that practise will lead human beings to the reality - what i hit upon alluring is that there is oftentimes this presumption that reality can honestly be valid without the ingredient of an energetic deity. As an atheist, why might want to you be in contact if u . s . of america will grow to be more effective religious? doesn't that basically advise that those "accessible" are expressing their attitude? also, no longer being a dictatorship, u . s . of america's electorate are loose to worship as they see in fantastic condition - or now to not. it truly is honestly good information for you, because it surely guarantees you your freedom to coach atheism. There are some international places contained in the international (in most cases contained in the middle East) the position you would possibly want to be burdened, punished, or maybe imprisoned for talking out adverse to that u . s .'s faith (in u . s . of america we do no longer have that project, as we've a real determination). i might want to seem at it his way, "ok, so i'm no longer a fan of this God ingredient in u . s . of america, yet a minimum of I do have the alternative to make that decision for myself". I say why no longer coexist (like that exciting bumper decal advertises), isn't that more effective useful than a dictatorship (Cuba, China, North Korea, etc.) ? basically imagine about it

Answer 5

America will probably still be very religious. I mean, 54% of the population believe that creationism is the true explanation of man's life on earth...

By the way, you don't BELIEVE in atheism. It's not really a belief. It's a LACK of belief. But I know what you meant.

For Chris R: most of Europe IS Christian (Catholic in Southern countries, such as France, Spain or Italy). In France, only 10% of people who have a religion (which means 5% of the population)say they are muslims. I don't know where you got your numbers, man!

Answer 6

That is THE big question, isn't it? If European history is any indication we will be Islamic before we are atheist. In fact, there are some semi-serious fiction books out there by famed author Robert Ferignio that hypothesis an "Islamic Republic of America."

Luckily we are not Europe and we buck the trends of that messy continent. We are exceptional. I think what we are seeing among young people is a revival of sorts that will leave America, 20 or 30 years from now, a much much more Christian country (which is saying a lot about a country that is already one of the most religious in the world).

Answer 7

I believe the majority believe in Christianity, but they aren't Christians. I believe in 100 years, it will be some other religion, if the earth lasts that long.

Answer 8

Sadly, it's the Christians who are loosing all their rights. In 100 years, I'm afraid that Atheists will have lost theirs too. The Muslims are taking over. That's because they are killing anyone who doesn't believe the same as them because their "religion" tells them to.If you kill all the Christians, Hindu's, Atheists, etc, you get to have the majority.

Answer 9

Hopefully people will gain in intelligence and wisdom therefore atheism will be prominent.

It is painfully obvious that only the most foolish, uneducated, dim-witted people believe in christianity.

Answer 10

If we are still here-probably atheism. Remember that the Jews went around the mountain for forty years, and still did not believe!