theists aren't going to like this one?

Question

religion was created as a way to explain the unexplainable. with the way that science is going, more and more things are able to be explained without the use of religion. do you think there will ever come a day when there is no longer a need for religion, and it no longer exists?

that's my philosophical question for the day

Answer 1

Behold the chain of influence at work!

In the beginning, the pile of collective accumulated human knowledge was very small. As time progressed knowledge begat knowledge and questions were discovered that could not be answered with the current level of knowledge. At this stage, religion entered into common practice. Religion is a form of knowledge and a form of expression but it is not the same as collective accumulated knowledge and contributes nothing directly to the progression of our species. It did introduce concepts into the human mind of morality, good, evil and that the actions of one person against another have consequences. This was an important function to allow progression and advancement to continue.

However, religion took on a life of its own and became so much more than its intended function. What was originally meant to be a gentle urging to encourage correct social behavior became an all powerful great plundering beast with seemingly limitless power of control over all humanity. Never the less, progression and advancement continued to increase but we now seem to have come to a somewhat inevitable situation where religion and the gaining of knowledge are conflicting.

Answer 2

There are only two genuine questions religion answers. Beginning and end. What happened before every thing, and what happens after every thing. It seems unlikely that science will ever be able to empirically answer these two questions, but one way or another, we all eventually get an answer, even if it's not the one we liked, or imagined.

Once you accept this truism, you really don't need religion to exist in the interim. So, the question becomes, will people ever be content to just accept life without wanting to know what lay before or what lies beyond. Probably not, so we shall always have religion, at least for some people.

Answer 3

Isn't funny that most responses above have Jesus in it????
Is Christianity THE ONLY religion in this planet???
Which means most other religions believe in science, but Christians do not!
Most scientific researches about the "Big Bang" has been proved (and on has just been discovered, read the news).
Not much has been proved about the Bible, like what actually these people had said, or did. Most of it was never written after the 1st or 2nd century A.D.
Religion is just for comfort and hope. Cannot see nor touch it.
Archeology is a science, and you can touch and see the discoveries.

Answer 4

Sadly, no. Even when the time comes and science does successfully explain everything there is to know and religious organizations begin to accept those thruths, there will always be some people that just simply need a constant sense of reassurance and moral support that organized religion offers.

Answer 5

Honestly, I don't think that the human race will exist long enough to learn everything there is to know about everything. The world will never become that disenchanted. There are always going to be questions. There are somethings that science may never be able to "prove". People are always going to be searching for answers.

Personally, my idea of "god" doesn't answer all the questions about the universe, but I still believe. My religious beliefs exist completely apart and outside of my scientific ones.

Answer 6

I think there will always be a need for having some sort of spiritualism or philosophy.

However, I fervently hope that the human race is evolving past the need for religious authoritarianism. People are slowly waking up to the fact that the popes, prophets, and other clerical folks are no more enlightened than you or I, and that your guess as to Ultimate Reality is as likely to be true as anybody else's.

Answer 7

As a scientist I can confidently say that science can't explain everything. There are logical and philosophical limitations to science, and the day when it can explain EVERYTHING will never come.

Sure, you'll see a lot of the superstitious stuff like creationism die off, but we'll never know what was there before the big bang, or why there is something instead of nothing.

Answer 8

Though science may one day be able to explain everything, You cannot say that one day there will no longer be religion. We humans have some innate nature to believe some great being or force that controls our lives and/or our surroundings, like luck, or in more refined and organized forms, religion.

Answer 9

I being a true christian do not agree with your definition of religion and am ok with disagreement. So, let me give you my definition of Religion. Religion is man's attempt to reach God in His own power, which is why My Faith is not in religion, but in a Relationship with Jesus. A Relationship is God reaching down to me thru His Son Jesus with loving arms to save me, guide me and love me for eternity. Science is man using intelligence, a gift from God to discover the world in which God gave us. But science has theories that fail and are not perfect and does not give us all the answers we need. Whereas, the Word of God is all Truth that is given by perfect God and never fails. Religion will always exist if you read Revelation where the False Prophet, the religious leader during the Tribulation cons most of the people to worship the Antichrist. God bless

Answer 10

Maybe if people can find something else that satisfies the different necessary functions of religion. Otherwise, religion will always have a place, regardless of science.