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?

[brooklyneast05]

as long as poor, weak, and ignorant people exist, so will religion imo

[kryogenix]

as long as poor, weak, and ignorant people exist, so will religion imo

There's no pride in being able to claim you don't believe in something because there's no evidence in it. A 10 year old can figure out that much. Having true, developed faith in a religion and living your life based on that faith takes much more willpower and discipline. You're full of shit if you think people like... say, Shaolin Monks or Mother Teresa have less discipline than your average internet atheist.

in my opinion there's a good reason that poor and uneducated people tend to be more religious that rich educated ones. in call cases is this true? no of course not.

Could it be that once man has achieved heaven on Earth, he forgets that his real goal should be heaven after death?

science will always exist, because people will always strive to understand the world around them. religion in my opinion doesn't explain things, religion doesn't advance. science closes more and more gaps the further we go. god is going to run out of places to hide, but as long as there are scientifically ignorant people, religion will be ok.

The truth doesn't change, therefore dogma doesn't change. Science is man's attempt to understand the world. Man is imperfect so science is imperfect and needs to be refined.

And you're misunderstanding the relationship between science and religion. There shouldn't be an antagonistic relationship between science and religion. Who is the father of Modern Genetics? Who made the Big Bang Theory?

The Church isn't afraid of science, why is science afraid of the Church?

Formerly, when religion was strong and science weak, men mistook magic for medicine; now, when science is strong and religion weak, men mistake medicine for magic.

-Thomas Szaz

[NoSex]

There's no pride in being able to claim you don't believe in something because there's no evidence in it. A 10 year old can figure out that much. Having true, developed faith in a religion and living your life based on that faith takes much more willpower and discipline. You're full of shit if you think people like... say, Shaolin Monks or Mother Teresa have less discipline than your average internet atheist.

Given the amount of people that rather explicitly and loudly believe in something despite an utter lack of evidence, I actually think denying such a behavior and categorizing it as foolish and absurd is something to be proud of. I mean, a lot of different things take all sorts of willpower and discipline - flying those planes into the World Trade Centers and drinking the purple Kool-Aid for example - but that doesn't necessitate that one should be prideful of said dedication and or that others should admire those who hold it. Either way you cut that nasty ass cake, your argument reduces to, "People should be proud of closing their eyes and vehemently refusing to open them! I mean, that takes so much effort and time! Belief in things for which there is no evidence is so cool!"

Shaloin Monks are boring and Mother Teresa is a bitch - seriously.

[kryogenix]

Given the amount of people that rather explicitly and loudly believe in something despite an utter lack of evidence, I actually think denying such a behavior and categorizing it as foolish and absurd is something to be proud of. I mean, a lot of different things take all sorts of willpower and discipline - flying those planes into the World Trade Centers and drinking the purple Kool-Aid for example - but that doesn't necessitate that one should be prideful of said dedication and or that others should admire those who hold it. Either way you cut that nasty ass cake, your argument reduces to, "People should be proud of closing their eyes and vehemently refusing to open them! I mean, that takes so much effort and time! Belief in things for which there is no evidence is so cool!"

Shaloin Monks are boring and Mother Teresa is a bitch - seriously.

Stop and think about what you just said. You're comparing prayer and fasting to terrorist acts.