There seems to be an evolutionary process at work in the major religions of the world. Few truly polytheistic (dinosaurs among religion) religions remain powerful, having been supplanted by their more radical and aggressive (mammals among religion) monotheistic progeny. There seems a push toward extinction, as evidenced by the rise of atheism in the public view, and how well it tends to get on with science.
The larger question seems to be: Will mankind evolve enough to let religion run its full course toward extinction, or will the outdated beliefs destroy (or at least massively hamper) its chance to do so in some holy nuclear disaster?
Although, on second thought, such a disaster might do just the right thing in bringing people full-speed modern and ready to see religion for the species-suicide it is.
The larger question seems to be: Will mankind evolve enough to let religion run its full course toward extinction, or will the outdated beliefs destroy (or at least massively hamper) its chance to do so in some holy nuclear disaster?
Although, on second thought, such a disaster might do just the right thing in bringing people full-speed modern and ready to see religion for the species-suicide it is.
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