(August 16, 2012 at 11:16 pm)padraic Wrote: Religion will exist for as long as it meets at least one human need. That some kind of religious belief remains ubiquitous in most countries suggest religion remains relevant for the majority of human beings.
It is interesting to observe that religion declines in direct proportion to affluence,education and the democratic process .IE freedom of religion and conscience.
I have not yet seen any convincing evidence that religion is redundant or indeed that the world would be noticeably better off without religion.
I have. The weaker religion has gotten, the better things have gotten for the average individual. Look at medieval Europe for evidence of that. Heck, ya just stated that. Now if you refer instead to spirituality, which is a personal thing, as opposed to religion as an organized belief system, then yeah, that'll probably never go away.
