will these religions ever come to an end?

[TruthWorthy]

Theism to theism is not a significant step because it really only involves finding a religion that more closely matches your take on the world. Atheist and theism differ by a basic belief, not just rulesets regarding an existant belief in god. Your question, "How self absorbed is a person who lives for their self image, and never for growth and learning the new?" is hard for me to understand and sounds mostly like self-help material. What I mean by that is it is double speak to sell books. It could also be applied by either atheists concerning theists or theists concerning atheists.

If you spend a great deal of your time working for "growth and learning the new" it all depends on what that means to the individual as far as where it lands you on the "self-absorbed" spectrum. For example, if you look for personal growth and new ways to expand your mind through drug use it could be argued that you are a very self-absorbed person.

Rhizo

Maybe self absorbed vs. growth and learning was a poor representation. Maybe more precise is intraspection (within group members, ideals, knowledge) vs. searching external, outward, interrelational perspectives. Looking at own ideas as objectively as possible instead of the latter, absorbtion, brain washed, repetitiveness - hence never solution oriented but content with what's available to the point that which is available is never questioned only memorised - repeatedly, until it is second nature. That sort of ignorance is what I'm refering when I say self absorbed