(December 26, 2009 at 12:42 am)theVOID Wrote:(December 26, 2009 at 12:32 am)Rhage Wrote: In short, no, religion will never end. People need it to believe they are good people. Even if all current religions went poof tomorrow, more would still crop up to clog the universe.
Religion may never die out completely due to the individual liberties we should all be guaranteed, preventing anyone from being forced to believe or disbelieve any given position, but it will inevitably diminish into a minority position as our collective understanding of the natural world increases, the gaps that God occupies will continue to vanish and the correlation between education and lack of religious belief will continue to grow.
I agree that we should all be granted our individual liberties, hell,I exercise them daily. One of the liberties I exercise is the freedom of (from) religion. I value it.
Yes, religions will diminish, but never really cease to exist. Believe what you will, just don't tell me how to live or think and we'll get along famously.
Nothing is your own except the few cubic centimeters inside your skull. - George Orwell
