Do you think religion will just die out eventually, as people become more educated?

Question

Jeanmarie, I have a PhD in science, thanks very much for your opinion. And having gone through this experience at one of the best universities in the UK, I can safely say that many people with PhDs are certainly not educated.

Anyway, I don't mean education in the academic sense. The human race just knows more than it did 200 years ago, and people are free to make "educated" choices based on that knowledge. But of course, with a degree in science, you'll have deduced that.

Gui, did I say I thought I was more educated than religious people? No, please read the question.

Jane, sweetheart, I didn't target Christians. I know people who profess a strong belief in a Christian God, despite being very well-educated, and I also know very educated people who profess strong Islamic or Hindi beliefs. This is a general question, about all religions.

Answer 1

I don't know about *all* religion, but some will, yes. Remember the Greek and Roman gods? How about the Egyptian, Mayan, and Incan gods? Do you see anyone save for a few crazies believing that stuff now? And those were *highly* developed civilizations back in their day, like the West is now.

Of course, there will still be some believers, but they would probably be regarded as mentally insane, just like we would regard someone who SWORE ON THEIR LIFE that Zeus and Hera still lived on Mount Olympus, throwing thunderbolts at random people and raping hot women.

It'll die out, but probably not for another few centuries or so.

Answer 2

Once again we have a lack of knowlege and history.

MASS Education was started by Religion.

The peasants of the world were not educated. An educated peasant is a dangerous person.

The Congregationalists, Presbyterians and others mandated that EVERY child in the town be educated back in the middle 1600s.

In the 1700s the Religious decided the NEw World needed an institution of Higher Education so they founded Harvard.

Most Ivy League universities are Religiously based.

Without religion, you wouldn't be able to read or write.

Congress decided that the people were too stupid to elect a president, so they founded the Electorial College to make that choice.

In at least ONE election I know of the man who became PRESIDENT lost in the popular vote but WON in the Electorial college.

Establishing that the people don't pick the president.

This is due to the WINNER TAKES ALL state primaries.

That's how secularism works.

The Jews educated their children through the Temples where they learned to read and write.

That Catholics educated MOST of the Royal Familes between 500 and 1400.

There were a few state universities.

I forget exactly when. Sometime between 1300 and 1500 there was a woman who was trained by male doctors and worked as their assistant and nurse for years.

She started practising in France and the magistrate banned her from working (she was quite good at it and cured many people) and dragged her before the University of Paris whose male Medical professors questioned her and declare she was not a Medica and they banned her from working.

She was not from a weathly family, not male, therefore her brain was not fit for consumption by the masses, despite her excellent training from several accepted male doctors.

This is how the world worked until the turn of the 20th Century.

Answer 3

What does "people become more educated" mean?
Is it because now people use cell phones instead of tam-tams?
Is it because the knowledge of humans has grown?
Does it mean that, every time some researcher make a discovery, there's one thing left to find in this world?
Isn't science a "self-growing" subject?
When electronics was invented, it had offsprings: computers, cellphones.... will it stop one day?
Let's affirm that Science and Religion are not ennemies.
Most of the mathematics were invented by priests to "please" the gods: the Egyptian architects were trying to build the "perfect" temples, respecting proportions, Mayas made crazy calculus to find out about the sun cycles, Kepler made huge progress in astronomy because of his constant interest in God.
It is true that human beings feel a sense of power when they master a new technology and feel less dependent on their gods.
But science and religion cannot be opposed since science cannot prove or disprove religion and religion cannot explain science.
So, if ever we could consider ourselves more savvy, it wouldn't prevent us from being less religious.
Just look around you, religion extremists are on the rise : in the US, in the Middle East.
So the answer is clearly no: as long as there is at least one human being on this earth, there will be religion.

Answer 4

I understand your meaning of "educated". I always think of Earth as the center of the Universe, and how most people actually believed this, when I hear a comment like yours. Great question!

No. Religion is mankind's attempt to reconnect with each other and with the deeper truth that makes us human. This will never be answered in full, so religion in one form or another will always exist.

It isn't the same as the Earth centered Universe model because religion is about spirituality, and connection with other people. I don't think education--on any level--will ever find a final answer, so the question will always be open.

Answer 5

No I do not believe that. Please, instead of telling the world that evolution is proven science, give us facts! The fact of the matter is evolution has not been proven. If it had, it would be headline news for a month. Every piece of "evolution" proof has been refuted by secular science, not just Christian people. Even Darwin himself stated that there should be millions upon millions of bones and fossils to be discovered, yet no one can find them. Why do you think that is? The only reason a lot of people believe in evolution is bad science, but yet, many atheists ect...would rather believe in bad science then a creator. (which is entirely up to you)

Think about it for 5 minutes. One of the first laws of biology is "Life comes from Life". So text books have been lying to everyone for a long time. If you believe your biology, then life cannot just "happen". If it could, it would be springing up all over the place, just by chance. In your backyard, put in some dirt, water, I don't know, maybe a little bit of peanut butter, and see if life happens. Now granted, none of these things can contain single cell organisms (that is considered life), because that would contaminate your experiment. Now, wait and watch, then call CBS when life just happens.

Answer 6

Religion might. But there will always believers. For as educated as I may or may not be. "He who teaches the new whilst keeping the old alive is worthy of being called a teacher"

As for definition of believing: If science could tell me which neurotransmitters were responsible for which emotions and what the total amount of variables involved is, i might question Classical Acupuncture theory on their concept of Spirit. In the meantime. I know who I chose to believe.

Answer 7

We are getting smarter in a lot of ways there is no doubt. And more have left the true worship of God. One question I have is, is our society getting better or worse? I am thinking of the matters that are important to me such as family unity, morality and a stress free life. I am older and can honestly say that it was better 30 years ago than today. The main question I have is, will we die out because of the direction we are going?

Answer 8

No. Education and religion are NOT incompatible or mutually exclusive. There are very many people with higher educations that are very religious.

Do you realize that most universities were started as RELIGIOUS training centers? It is only in recent times that Atheistic people -- who have infiltrated the universities as teachers, professors, etc. -- are promoting their false beliefs in the "so-called" educated. I remember, when I was in collage, how they twisted the truth to promote their ungodly views.

However, all false religions will cease at the return of Jesus Christ.

Answer 9

Eventually, most likely in our lifetimes, there will be a single religion - the oft-spoken of One World Religion of the Antichrist. Look for it to come out of Rome under the auspices of the Pope, though not necessarily the Roman Catholic religion.

Jews and Christians will be so hated by this time that the masses will flock to this new religion because it will be the perfect religion for all those who despise the Judeo-Christian ethic.

Answer 10

Lets hope that religion will one day die out and common sense will prevail
George Bush
Bin Ladon
Saddam Hussein
Idi Amin
Pol Pot
The Spanish Inquisition
Maggie Thatcher
Adolf Hitler
Tony Blair
To name but a few and what do they all have in common (Guess)