(February 15, 2015 at 5:18 pm)Metis Wrote: I'd like to think one day everyone would wise up and leave the twilight zone, but I'm increasingly doubtful its ever going to happen and a fight no one can ultimately "win". The Theists are going to be round a while yet and while the number of liberal ones might rise the number of Atheists isn't.
What do you think?
As a european, I'm not so sure the number of atheists isn't rising.
The way I see it, around here most teens, these days have no belief in the god boy. They're aware of some people believing in it, but they just can't go with it... too much nonsense.
As these youth become the parents of tomorrow, theirs kids will be brought up on even less religious influences... eventually, there will be a generation with no awareness of what religion is, unless it is taught at school.
These blank slates will be prime targets for the con artists of the future... I guess it wouldn't hurt to teach history of myths at the primary school level, to prevent such blankness and instill the notion that myths are as true as witches and faeries and leprechauns and... well... myths.
