RE: Is religion Dying?
January 28, 2012 at 2:42 pm
(This post was last modified: January 28, 2012 at 2:45 pm by Anomalocaris.)
(January 28, 2012 at 12:44 pm)KichigaiNeko Wrote: Just a thought....
The Abrahamic religions may be in sharp decline but as TSQ has observed there are so many other "Activist, Cults and Movements" that people can blindly adhere to fabricating every observable evidence of religious fervour you would see in the fundies of the abrahamic religions. It would appear (superficially at least) that humans NEED something to be religious about...whether it be the environment, animal welfare, or human rights; people will make these things their life's work and "pray at their idols daily"
Abrahamic religion is only on the retreat in relatively advanced economies with a historic memory of sectarian violence. In response to this both of the bigger Abrahamic religions have been expanding very aggressively into under-developed, under-educated parts of Asia and Africa, on the principle that in the long run, for the interest purely of the religion and nothing else, 2 suggestable idiots gained that can be persuaded to breed a lot more than makes up for one educated person departed who has a critical mind and a stronger sense of responsibility to his fellow man than to a idiotic scripture.
It's no coincidence that the fastest growing segment of Christianity - christmatic christianity - is also by far the most unapologetically superstitious, anti-intellectual and moronic even amongst Christians.
