Are we living in an age where religion is soon diminishing?

[Zeev]

And good time - before religions destroy what ever is left of humanity.

Time for humans to evolved pass this infantile need to have "God - translators for a fee"

After all this is all they do - Claim to understand God - to know the only way to explain it to the believer - and to charge heftily for the privilege.

Move on Humanity !!

Put all religions on the cross - pun intended.

 

[FredBauder]

As disasters mount and people are helpless before rising corporate and governmental power more and more people will turn to religion, “Religion is the opium of the people; it is the hope of the hopeless, the heart of a heartless world” Karl Marx

 

[ToddA]

In my experience, what religion is left is more lip service than actual belief. Very few people, even those who profess religion, actually follow its tenets. I don't blame them (most religions have some pretty nasty tenets), but yes, we're seeing religion become less and less important to daily life.

There's also been a sharp increase in those who are unaffiliated with any organized religion but still deist in some way, as well as outright atheism. So yes, I think, finally, it may be coming to an end. But anything that big and that entrenched, and that has done so much to insulate itself from rational criticism and debate, will be a long time in dying off. It's not going to go away tomorrow, or probably within our lifetimes. But the way things are going, it will ultimately go away.

The reason is simple-we know more than we did. People used to make up gods to explain lightning, because they didn't know how it works and were scared to death to say "I don't know." So they made something up. Now we know it's static electricity and a sonic boom, so no one tries to explain lightning with gods anymore. We know the real answer.

But the main thing is to learn that "I don't know" really is the only correct answer if you really don't, and that there's no shame in not knowing something. That means there's exploring to be done, not that you should just make something up and believe it without testing it experimentally.

 

[clusium1971]

No, religion has endured and will continue to endure.

 

[Stella]

unfortunately, yes....if only i had time to explain why thats not a good thing..

 

[britwalshy]

With the rise and quite frankly bewildering strengh of Islam, a religion that preaches that we should reject science and follow the literal word of Allah (whoever he is) which is gaining more converts apparently by the Year, I am inclined to think that we are entering a new dark age.

theres no use looking to dear old western USA they are as loopy about Christianity as the Muslims are about Islam but at least they don't reject progress and science