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

[God of Mr. Hanky]

I've even heard the argument that the advancement of sciences by Newton, Kepler and Galileo was because of their belief in a creator.

Newton, by all accounts, even was a fundamentalist. But that doesn't change the fact, they were, for the most part, persecuted by religious authorities. Keppler wasn't. I even have to leather bound calendaries from 1647 and 1649 with a preliminary by Johannes Keppler. My father found them when he was setting up shop right after the war.

But that aside. I would add what I always say when this is asked. I don't even think, it's desirable for religion to vanish. The void would be filled by some other unknown ideology. Many people always look for direction. What I wish for is fundamentalist religion to vanish, since it mostly does harm. Not belief as such.

The void may be filled by professional mental health counselors, and then there would be significantly less misdirection of those in search of direction. Said people may even find their own way.