More and more people are leaving organised religion and living their lives according to a simple set of moral principles. These are people that 10 years ago dragged me and others to church. It seems only the infant religions like Islam, Mormons etc actually still get the religous fervour like the old days. So is religion dying, and is that such a bad thing if it is? And do we truly care to save it?
2007-12-14 02:03:48 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
not sure if dieing is the correct word-religion with its outlandish claims has opened itself up to ridicule and people can take only so much of being laughed at then they give up-when it was taken serious many more were inclined to state a belief for fear of being thought strange or evil by their neighbors-i dont think it will die for a long time but its impact on society will be greatly lessened as more realize that what it preaches just doesnt hold water---just my thoughts-smile and enjoy the night
2007-12-14 02:14:41 · answer #1 · answered by lazaruslong138 6 · 6⤊ 0⤋
Consider the numbers below and the fact that religious people are becoming ever more powerful in politics. Major religions ranked by number of adherents. Christianity: 2.1 billion Islam: 1.5 billion Secular/Nonreligious/Agnostic/Atheist: 1.1 billion Hinduism: 900 million Chinese traditional religion: 394 million Buddhism: 376 million primal-indigenous: 300 million African Traditional & Diasporic: 100 million Sikhism: 23 million Juche: 19 million Spiritism: 15 million Judaism: 14 million Baha'i: 7 million Jainism: 4.2 million Shinto: 4 million Cao Dai: 4 million Zoroastrianism: 2.6 million Tenrikyo: 2 million Neo-Paganism: 1 million Unitarian-Universalism: 800 thousand Rastafarianism: 600 thousand Scientology: 500 thousand And that doesn't even count all the other obscure religious teachings. Religion will never die out. Thumbs down? OK, just remember to tighten those blindfolds!
2016-05-23 22:28:08 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To those who have been well educated in the science and history of mankind and the universe...it becomes more and more difficult to hang unto ones religious beliefs. I keep hearing "It's a matter of faith"...and so it will go on. However, even some of the most intellectual thinkers of current times...some of which have experienced what they consider "A Miracle"...continue to question themselves as to whether or not there is a greater power that we as humans will never understand. I find it difficult to just dispatch my own religious beliefs because of the numerous miracles that have happened in my life. I do not claim to be any sort of intellectual although I am a person that ...for as long as I live...will continue my thirst for knowledge. At least on 3 separate occasions...my mind became aware of certain knowledge...possibly even a so-called voice...informing me to do something which in the end actually saved my life or at least kept me from a possible fatal event. If it had happened only once...I could have just credited it to luck or instinct...but 3 times and actually more as I recall...I will continue...still questioning...but still believing in something far greater than we humans. Still so many questions yet my religious beliefs go on. If anyone would like to hear of my own "Miracles"...ask and you will receive.
2015-07-12 07:17:55 · answer #3 · answered by ? 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Religion isn't dying...it's either evolving or reverting to something infinitely more frightening than it has ever been since the early middle ages. I for one am heading for the hills if that happens. Religion isn't such a bad thing so long as it's used as a beacon of hope for the practitioner. When it's used to force others into a set of beliefs, or used as a weapon to micromanage someone outside the particular religion, then it isn't something good.
2007-12-14 02:14:37 · answer #4 · answered by erin A 2 · 11⤊ 2⤋
Old religious ideas will die out, and new ones will arise. Anybody who supposes that any religion enshrines the Truths of All Time is simply short-sighted. Everything changes.
Case in point: the "Creationists" who cling to the idea that the earth is 6,000 years old and evolution is a farce, because they foolishly imagine that religion depends on it. If Christianity is to survive, it will eventually have to admit its errors and adapt itself to new knowledge. After all, that's exactly how it's survived this long. The evolution "debate" is Copernicus all over again.
I don't think "religion," in the sense of man's deep-seated need to know the things he doesn't know, and have control over the things that are out of his control, will ever die. But it WILL change, and that's good. Life is dynamic, not static, and so must be man's conception of "Truth."
(Note that in the sense I've defined it, "religion" only really differs from science in that it traditionally looks to "supernatural" explanations rather than "natural.")
And now all the troglodytes clinging jealously to outmoded ideas can thumb me down, and then regurgitate their standard bilge about how only Jesus saves, or whatever.
2007-12-14 02:08:33 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 17⤊ 1⤋
A famous science fiction writer (I can't remember which one) once said, "The future is already here, it's just very unevenly distributed." We now have space stations, artificial hearts, interfaces between human brains and computers, etc. etc. but if you go to Africa, as I have, and see people still living in mud huts with thatched roofs, you will know that religion isn't going away any time soon.
2007-12-14 02:16:56 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 7⤊ 3⤋
While I consider myself an Agnostic most of the time ... I believe that Religion will never go away...
There is a Social Need for it and if it were not there someone would invent it. Religion provides many with the safety net that they need to continue on.... and people have a right to believe as they wish.
2007-12-14 02:09:42 · answer #7 · answered by edzerne 4 · 5⤊ 7⤋
Science will prevail!
2014-04-11 10:56:35 · answer #8 · answered by ? 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
What you might perceive as dying religion is really changing religion.
2007-12-14 02:10:21 · answer #9 · answered by Mandy 2 · 3⤊ 7⤋
When religions live, people die.
2007-12-14 02:15:36 · answer #10 · answered by Buke 4 · 12⤊ 2⤋