the Eygyptian gods about 2000-3000 years, how much longer do you think we're gonna have to put up with christianity? All empires fall eventually, and I'm thinking at some point when the apocalypse just doesn't happen and their savior doesn't return, people are finally going to understand it's all wrong. How long do you think it'll take?
2007-05-21 13:23:25 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
The tide is already turning. While we won't see Christianity and Islam die out in our lifetimes, I doubt either religion will be a major presence in the world even as soon as two or three hundred years from now, maybe sooner.
The growth of ideas has increased exponentially since the Enlightenment, when the first seeds of Christianity's demise were planted. While they were just philosophical back then, Nietzsche and Darwin and Freud (especially Darwin) killed the need for God over a century ago, and now no serious philosopher, scientist, or psychologist posits anything other than a naturalist system. Divine intervention is no longer needed in any field.
The God of the Gaps keeps shrinking. It won't be long before, like Lewis Carrol's Alice speculated, God shrinks into nothingness, never again to bother humanity.
2007-05-21 13:29:17 · answer #1 · answered by Minh 6 · 5⤊ 2⤋
Actually, there are still people in the world worshiping Greek/Roman Gods. And some Ra followers out there too. And believe it or not, People have always been the same about religion, some people are rabid believers, some Philosophers, some agnostic or Atheist. And if this isn't true, why did the Egyptian's have to put in some many traps for Tomb robbers. WOuldn't the faithful have been afraid of the wrath of God?
Since man climbed out of the primordial ooze, there has been religion and will continue to be and there will continue to be people like you who find it annoying or even oppressive.
I used to think things would get better when so and so lost his office, or retired or whatever, but the old regime trains the new! Christianity is better then the old religions - no one has to kill an animal or their kid or neighbor. Now we just give money. Maybe the next religion the one the replaces this one ( life abhors a vacuum) will be more to your liking, but don't think there is any hope of getting out of the religion thing that way, my dear. It was here before you and it will be here when you genetic line is gone. I'm not saying convert, I'm just saying get used to it.
2007-05-21 13:33:48 · answer #2 · answered by Cindy H 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God was always there. he's been there from the begining. he created the world. people were just ignorant alot of the time and didn't believe in him. Noah believed in God, Abraham believed in God. the people used to build statues and then worship the statue they built with their own hands as their God. Abraham brought reason to people, making them understand that something they created by hand could not have created them. God told Abraham to take his son to the mountain and sacrifice him(as a test of Abraham's faith) Abraham Loved and believed in God so much that he was prepared to do it, so God sent him a Lamb to sacrifice instead. Zoraster was a prophet of God.Zoroastrianism dates back thousands of years and some say it is actually one of the oldest prophetic religions. Moses Believed in God. (1485 BC) these are all prophets before Jesus Christ. because people's beliefs and lifestyles change over years, they forget about God, so God sends a new prophet every few thousand years to remind people about him, to bring them out of chaos and teach them about the after life and the higher power.
2016-04-01 01:23:30 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some form of Hinduism has been around for 4 or 5 thousand years. Some just really have sticking power.
2007-05-21 13:27:27 · answer #4 · answered by ? 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Gene Roddenberry gave us the answer. If you recall, he is the one who showed us the future through his series, Star Trek.
This is the future:
Men and women are equal, yet still distinguishable.
Money, greed and warfare ended when aliens made contact with humans and proved that all Earth religions were mythology.
Teamwork is wonderful.
So, all we have to do is survive until the 23rd or 24th century, and all will be well.
2007-05-21 13:32:44 · answer #5 · answered by nora22000 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Sadly, religious people do not understand what evidence is. The fact that their prophecies havn't been fulfilled does not deter them. Every year that passes without a return of chris confirms to them that it must be very soon now.
2007-05-21 13:30:53 · answer #6 · answered by Miltant_Agnostic 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Let me ask you a question. Is religious affiliation compulsory where you live?
I think not. So why not ignore those God fearing folk.
The main thing is that you yourself understand it's wrong.
After all, everyone must realise the truth for themselves.
You don't like being forced to endure religion and they dislike being forced to give up religion. Sounds fair to me.
2007-05-21 13:31:25 · answer #7 · answered by flugelberry 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
using the idea of eras and ages, I saw something one time to show we go thru ages ever 2500 or so years
the Egyptian Great Year uses astrology to support this, bronze era, gold era, fish era, bull era, water era, etc
ironically it was the advent of christianity in power that ushered in the Dark Ages
2007-05-21 13:28:30 · answer #8 · answered by voice_of_reason 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The pagan gods have lasted a lot longer than that.
Some existed since the days of Nimrod.
But they will finally all be forgotten when Christ rules the earth and puts ALL his enemies to death.
2007-05-21 13:28:15 · answer #9 · answered by rangedog 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Til the end of time. This earth as you know now it will be cast away along with sin and hate and death and those who will still reject God at then end of time. All will be cast into the Lake of Fire and a new earth will appear and will be called the New Jerusalem. Read Revelations 21
2007-05-21 13:30:48 · answer #10 · answered by tebone0315 7 · 0⤊ 3⤋