Atheism is unstoppable.

[EgoDeath]

I completely disagree. But to each their own.

PRJA93

Disagree all you like.  If religion were going to fade away, it would have done so by now.  Religious people have a tendency not to trouble themselves with things like reason and evidence, so all the actual knowledge we can muster will never trump faith, not completely.

But I do agree with you as far as religion getting smaller and having less influence as time goes on.  I just don't see it ever being eradicated completely.

Boru

Yea. That's nonsense. People may have said, in the 80s, "If they were going to legalize gay marriage, they'd have done it by now!"

So yea that's silly.

You're writing as though all religion is a failed attempt to do what science does better. While I hope those parts of religion will go away, I think we have to recognize that the various religions provide other things which science by definition can't.

Religion evolves and adapts. Many types are fully compatible with science. 

And, sad but true, sometimes the countries where science is well developed use their knowledge to kill more effectively. The survivors in the attacked areas may well see the products of science as evil, and the protection of their god as comforting. That's not going to change any time soon.

You seem to be assuming that I'm saying either religion or science can fulfill human needs, and nothing else. Which is not at all what I'm saying.

Also, so what if religions are compatible with science? They're still useless, whether or not the proponents of that religion are aware of it. And my argument is that everyone will see the pointlessness of religion at some point.

People seeing products of science as "Evil" has to do with their perception of the world, not with science. 

What need, exactly, do you think religion fills that NOTHING ELSE in life can fill? That's the question.