If we're going to be talking about averages for religion, wouldn't it require a more comprehensive view of the subject than just considering christianity in its current form as a whole? Like, say, all those cults and dead religions and denominational splits and religions destroyed by other competing ones? What would the average lifespan of religion be if we made sure to account for all the outliers, like Heaven's Gate, and so on?
Speaking of violently competing religions though, that's a fairly good retort, I'd say: even if science has a lifespan of thirty years, it doesn't turn around and devour itself the same way religion does. Scientific theories die peaceful deaths, while religion has a tendency to die violently.
Speaking of violently competing religions though, that's a fairly good retort, I'd say: even if science has a lifespan of thirty years, it doesn't turn around and devour itself the same way religion does. Scientific theories die peaceful deaths, while religion has a tendency to die violently.
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