Religion may become extinct?

Cobbydaler · 22-03-2011, 22:18

In certain countries according to these researchers:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-12811197

Interesting stuff...

**Maggy J** · 22-03-2011, 23:01

Frankly what people believe in will just change direction.

People may not believe in religion but there are still plenty who believe in ghosts and supernatural phenomena such as crop circles and little green or grey men.

idi banashapan · 22-03-2011, 23:06

if it cannot be explained / proven, it will have a following. it's all about having faith in something - believing in something.

**Paul M** · 23-03-2011, 00:00

All dinosaurs eventually become extint.

yesman · 23-03-2011, 00:42

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Originally Posted by Paul M

All dinosaurs eventually become extint.

But, who will run this website once you have gone ?

**Paul M** · 23-03-2011, 01:11

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Originally Posted by yesman

But, who will run this website once you have gone ?

/reaches for Ban button ...

Peter_ · 23-03-2011, 05:56

It has been extinct in my life since the age of 5/6 due to my parents sending me to a High Church of England school, not with any intent I hasten to add but because it was the local school, I hated everything about it and left a lasting impression of the futility of an enforced religion.

Sirius · 23-03-2011, 06:37

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Originally Posted by Paul M

All dinosaurs eventually become extint.

**Russ** · 23-03-2011, 07:33

I can see organised religions diminishing in some parts of the world but people will always have spirituality and that can never be removed or legislated against.

papa smurf · 23-03-2011, 07:55

its a bit like the Panda's sad story - destined for extinction but a few people trying to keep them going for a few more years -eventually all things outlive their time and are replaced by something more adapted for life .
if things don't evolve they die out ,i wont miss all the crap done in the name of God and religion i quite look forward to the peace and quiet .
the question is what would all the interfering power hungry control freaks do with themselves if there was no religion to base there lives on ? how would they control the rest of us ???

Gary L · 23-03-2011, 08:56

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Originally Posted by papa smurf

the question is what would all the interfering power hungry control freaks do with themselves if there was no religion to base there lives on ? how would they control the rest of us ???

Put themselves in an authoritative position.

I'd like to see religion wiped out. I just know we'd all get along.

**Chris** · 23-03-2011, 09:13

I'm not surprised that there is a model to predict the decline of social organisations as described in the OP link and I'm not surprised that model shows terminal decline of Christianity as a social construct in Western democracies. Those of us on the inside of that construct have been aware for decades that times are changing

What the somewhat hysterical headline on this story has failed to account for is that Christianity has survived for two millennia in plenty of places where you could be executed simply for owning a Bible or meeting the wrong group of people at the wrong time or place. In other words, there is more to the survival of a faith group than its social appeal.

Christianity may well all but vanish as a major aspect of British culture, but extinct? History proves otherwise.

Gary L · 23-03-2011, 09:21

I think a lot of people class themselves as a Christian wrongly. they may say they're a Christian due to the simple fact that they're not a Muslim. they may think they're a Christian because they got married in a church or attended a church. they may have liked the sound of the church choir.

but that doesn't mean you're a Christian. if you were to involve the question of 'do you believe in God' after the 'Christian' question. you'd probably get a lot that don't actually qualify afterall.

heero_yuy · 23-03-2011, 09:22

I think there'll always be a sizable minority for which an organised religion of any type will always be necessary to their lives if just to make them feel significant.

As to the current religions: I believe they're a passing phase and some new ones will take their places as mainstream. One only has to look to history to see that great religions accompanied great civilisations, ancient Egypt had it's religeon, (Actually several over the millenia I believe) so did the Greeks and their Olympian gods, Rome before it embraced Christianity had a range of Gods as well.

**Maggy J** · 23-03-2011, 09:38

You sure people will stop having any faith?