Will religion fade out? Options

[*Steven*]

I think eventually religion will just fade out.

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Nope. People need religion. There are so many who don't want to search for an answer or an explanation to the unexplained, and religion is a very easy answer. Why did this happen? Oh, god's will!

So, will religion fade out? Maybe organized religion? Ideas? Thoughts?

[MissHygienic]

Hmm, this is my non-religious take on it.

My plain answer: No. Few spend the time to examine why they believe what they believe. Most understand what they believe and may study it thoughtfully and not hesitating to declare their opinions. A child's mind is like an empty hole waiting to be filled with information, and whatever is installed first has the best chance of staying permanently.

The majority of Christians are so because they were raised by Christians. The majority of Muslims were raised by Muslims. The majority of Hindus were raised by Hindus. Even those who reject their own religion later on in life hold traces of their religious beliefs because they grew up around it. Whether it be saving your virginity until marriage, wanting to have a family right out of high school, or that abortion is always wrong.

Religion is far too universally popular to fade out. Religion is a powerful tool in which certain beliefs or ideas are no longer about the world at large, but is something woven into people's personality and mind. The beliefs become part of them at a deep, intrinsic level. I think a lot of people find religion to be absolute unlike the rest of the world. Nothing God says can be faulted; every word in the Bible is 100 percent true.

Whatever gets into a mind first, stays the longest. Adults are more than happy to teach children what to think, but rarely teach the child how to think. Critical thinking requires asking a lot of questions. Critical thinking requires gathered evidence to reach a quality conclusion rather than saying something along the lines of, "Because I/God said so."