Do you think that one day religion will become a thing of the past

[Kingpin]

I guess, to me, this desire to sweep god belief under the rug just seems a little bourgeois, a kind of fussy concern for orderliness.  Whether it embarrasses you or not, god belief played an enormous role in our becoming what we have.  I'm far more concerned to understand how that worked than I am to hide it.

Great point WTW and absolutely right.  The God belief has spurned a great deal of who we are.  I've even heard the argument that the advancement of sciences by Newton, Kepler and Galileo was because of their belief in a creator.  I can't remember where the quote is from (I think CS Lewis) but it goes something like, "Men became scientific because they expected Law in nature and they expected Law in Nature because they believed in a Law Giver."