Why have no major religions developed in the last 1500 years or so?

Question

I wonder why those time periods were the ripest for religious development, and then, poof, nothing signifigant. Unless you count Scientology lol.

I count Mormonism and JW as "Christian"

I appreciate the neo-pagan ideas, but those are all based on belief systems that are millenia old.

Answer 1

You might want to read Karl Jaspers' writings about the "Axial Age". He observed that an era when several empires were at war also gave separate birth to a number of philosophers asking similar questions about the meaning of life. Karen Armstrong's "The Great Transformation: The Beginning of our Religious Traditions" is a decent summary of the ideas. Most of the following history has been a playing out of these ideas beyond their useful life. The ideas are still good but the institutions that arose under them became militaristic survival machines of their own. There is something in human nature that seems to prefer the simplicity of blind allegiance to symbols and slogans, over active application of principles to the problems of life and civilization. Any new "religion" would likely be just another iteration of what had been discovered before.

Answer 2

There are 13 million Mormons who are Christian but formed in 1830 by the direction of Jesus Christ. That is a pretty major religion & the fastest growing.

Answer 3

What you imagine of is the actuality others do now no longer. Why do you imagine of you're authentic? Islam is a non violent faith, human beings frequently confuse Islam with radical Islam (Terrorism, hatred and oppression) inspite of the easy incontrovertible truth that this does no longer propose you're awesome. optimum Muslims are peace loving and stay by ability of similar criteria to multiple different religions which have peace at their center. My difficulty is how the Koran has passages about maintaining itself, and the lesser Jihad, the position you're given the fairway mushy to kill any who attack you. it truly is in stark evaluation to the turn different cheek message of the Bible.

Answer 4

they were ripe not for religous development, but for religous coercion.

Leaders have always found it easier to get people to believe a religion toget them to do what they want. hinduism, christianity, judaism, islam are just a few examples.

its quite funny, how all these religions have been used to control the masses for centuries, and Now that we can actually go back and see this pattern people Still choose to believe.

but again, if it makes someone happy, and harms no one. they should be allowed to believe what they want.

Demosthenes

Answer 5

You should get out more.

Try
Sikhism: 23 million
Neo-Paganism: 1 million
Baha'i: 7 million
Rastafarianism: 600 thousand

Just to name a few.

Answer 6

Uh, well there was this one based on a false prophet that originated 1300 years ago, called Islam.

Then there was another one based on a false book that originated 150 years ago.

Then there was the one that was based on a set of false prophecies that started 120 years ago.

OH, you mean no one has risen from the dead since 1950 years ago.

Answer 7

Apparently, you have never been to Utah... or seen the commercials for the Mormons. That thing evolved in the last 200 years or so.

AND, since they feel perfectly justified in retroactive baptism, they have the fastest growing roster of (dead) members.

Answer 8

Islam started 1500 years ago (thereabouts). There's also Sikhism, Baha'I' Faith, and others. It takes a while for religions to grow big like this.

Answer 9

Mormons.... JWs...... yea there are some, it makes a few hundred years for a religion to catch on

Answer 10

what about Mormonism started in the early 1800's?