Is Christianity going to fizzle out just like every other religion has?

Question

Religion isn't a new thing, but Christianity and actually all other religions are relatively new. You don't see anyone worshiping Roman gods or Egyptian gods now a days. Is Christianity just going to be an ancient religion in 2000 years?

Back up your answers with some info for a change. I think it will go out just like every other religion... probably faster. I think current religious faith is a lot less strong than the ancient religions.

chieko- I was careful to use the word "relatively" because 2000 years isn't too long of a time when you consider it from the dawn of religious belief. Also, just because america "the most powerful nation in the world" is by majority christian isn't too impressive considering it hasn't even been a nation for 250 years

Answer 1

As we evolve more and our thinking evolves, each generation will realize that there are no gods. It's hard for me to believe even today that people are fooled into believing such rediculous notions.

Answer 2

Aaah, I'm looking forward to reading the answers for this one...

Edit: "The reason that it is here and they are not is because it is stronger than what it has replaced."

Bwahaha. The reason that it is here and they are not is because Christianity is a fear-mongering religion...

"and the most powerful nation in the world is a Christian nation...hmmm...."

Ah, I see you already addressed this. Come on, lifespan-to-date of the US versus lifespan of Rome, or Greece, or Ancient Egypt? Hellooooo...

"Other religions fizzled out because they were based upon false gods or the people that held that religion were conquered. The fact that these 3 have been around for millenia is a testament to their status as true religions."

Sure, because, you know, the gods of Ancient Egypt were only around for a few hundred years (not), so they don't really count as religions... Come on--the only difference between "mythology" and "religion" is the number of people who currently believe in it...

"The God of the Holy Bible is called "great", loving, merciful, just, etc, etc., by His worshippers."

Yes, isn't it interesting how they like to pick and choose the nice parts of the bible when describing their god? They usually leave out the parts about hate, jealously, rape, murder, killing, slaughter (to include women and children), etc.

"Thinking about death, the universe, infinity, etc... is a very frightening thing to think about. The human mind has a hard time comprehending it, therefore we make up things to explain it all away so we can sleep more peacefully."

Aaaah...the voice of reason, finally.

Of course Christianity is going to fizzle out. Just like the United States will probably collapse one day too, just like ancient Rome, Greece and Egypt. Probably it will wane and fall into obscurity because of shifting cultural conditions and values, just as with any other dejected religion of the past...but even if it should happen to last as long as humanity itself...well, the human species isn't going to last forever, either.

Answer 3

The reason that it is here and they are not is because it is stronger than what it has replaced.

And there are plenty of Jewish believers in the world, who's religion is at least as ancient as the ones you cited. Christianity is built upon the strongest of any ancient religion, Judaism, which still exists.

While it's hard to predict that far into the future, the increased growth rate of Christianity (slowed in the West, but speeded up in Asia and Africa) indicates that it is not going anywhere soon.

Answer 4

Christianity is not a new religion and neither are most other religions today, including Judaism and Islam. We all basically worship the same, one, true God. Each has been around for thousands of years. Other religions fizzled out because they were based upon false gods or the people that held that religion were conquered. The fact that these 3 have been around for millenia is a testament to their status as true religions.

Answer 5

Realize, that within any other writings concerning gods, of the past, there is no reference made to a relationship with those gods of any culture but the Christian one or those specifically, where God was involved within their lives. No where, will you find references being made to the pagan gods of any culture, involving a relationship. The God of the Holy Bible is called "great", loving, merciful, just, etc, etc., by His worshippers. You cannot find references made to Roman, Egyptian, Greek, Nordic or any other god apart from the God of the Bible. This is why it hasn't fizzled out after thousands of years because there is substance in the relationship with the God of the Holy Bible. It will continue that way forever because it is for real !!!

Answer 6

info u said.. well all u need to do is see how all religions evolved (natural phenomena) and what purpose they served (unity of grps of people against aliens). Now, under the threat of Globalization, this unity begins to break. and if a new religion doesn't "evolve", they will all be forgotten as soon as the one-nation-one-humanity is established. As for the moral laws that the religions created to keep the small societies going, the answer to that is Human Rights, coming from human reasoning and not something beyond our intelligence.

Answer 7

Is Christianity just going to be an ancient religion in 2000 years like Buddhism and Hinduism are now?

Maybe so.

Answer 8

Religion can serve a purpose because it acts as a mental crutch to those who aren't strong enough without it.

Thinking about death, the universe, infinity, etc... is a very frightening thing to think about. The human mind has a hard time comprehending it, therefore we make up things to explain it all away so we can sleep more peacefully.

In that regard, religion is no different than people taking anti-anxiety medicine.

Of course ... one big difference between the two is that people don't regularly kill each other over anti-anxiety medicine. :)

Answer 9

Actually you are wrong. The numbers seem to defy what many felt. Religion is on the rise. This I found in the book the Dawkin's delusion by Alister Mcgrath who is a former athiest and scientist who now teaches theology at Oxford.

Answer 10

But the God of Abraham, Issac, and Jacob has been worshiped since before the Egyptian gods. And yet he is still worshiped today by the Jews and by Christians who believe that he came to this earth and was born to a virgin woman...

Answer 11

Actually religious beliefs aside, more people today are turning to God then anytime before in recorded history. People see the news and think the end is near. They are turning to God across the world.