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?

[ersatz]

I don't really care what belief system is forced onto a person. I care about the fact that it was forced. One can be born into a Christian, Buddhist, Sikh, Muslim, Jewish, atheist, whatever family and not have anything forced on them. Personally, when I have children, I'm not even going to introduce them to religion until I can see that they have the mental capacity to handle making such a decision on their own. Obviously they'll hear about it from their friends, and when they ask about it, I will tell them that they don't need to worry about it. Once they're older and I can observe that they understand what's going on, I'll give them some books and they can think about it and make their own decision, whatever that is, because I would have a problem if my child just followed whatever I did because I was their mom. I would be much, much prouder if they came to the same decision on their own, or, better yet, contradicted me and came to a different conclusion. That shows that they're thinking.