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Poll: What is the main religion (or lack of) in 100 years?
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Christianity
9.09%
1 9.09%
Islam
0%
0 0%
Atheism
72.73%
8 72.73%
We won't make it that long
18.18%
2 18.18%
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What will be that main way of religion in 100 years?
#41
RE: What will be that main way of religion in 100 years?
From the Encyclopædia Britannica:

Quote:dominus, plural Domini, in ancient Rome, “master,” or “owner,” particularly of slaves.

It doesn't get much more fascist than that...

Quote:The name became the official title for the emperor, beginning with Diocletian, who reigned from ad 284 to 305; and thus he and his successors are often referred to as the dominate (dominatus), as contrasted with the earlier principate (principatus) of Augustus and his successors. Some earlier emperors, such as Caligula (reigned ad 37–41), however, also had used the title. By Trajan’s day it was the common form of address to the emperor.
In the Latin church, Dominus was used as the equivalent of the Hebrew Adonai and the Greek Kyrios, to refer to the Christian God. Dominus in medieval Latin referred to the “lord” of a territory or the overlord of a vassal. It was later used as a respectful form of address (Spanish don, Portuguese dom) and for the clergy (Italian don).
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#42
RE: What will be that main way of religion in 100 years?
(February 7, 2012 at 2:09 am)Rokcet Scientist Wrote: But why would you even want to 'dominate' in the first place? That's an imperialistic, even a fascist attitude! Why would you want to be more or better than other people (except in sports or arts)? You even use a religious verb to describe that situation: to 'dominate' = to be the Lord...

So if you consider yourself an atheist you will need to rethink this whole 'domination' thing, Slappy!

Enough of this! To "dominate" means to "win", which in this case means "become the majority". There's nothing wrong with that.

Also, who are you to say that an atheist can't want to rule over people? That has nothing to do with the definition of "atheist".
"Sisters, you know only the north; I have traveled in the south lands. There are churches there, believe me, that cut their children too, as the people of Bolvangar did--not in the same way, but just as horribly. They cut their sexual organs, yes, both boys and girls; they cut them with knives so that they shan't feel. That is what the Church does, and every church is the same: control, destroy, obliterate every good feeling. So if a war comes, and the Church is on one side of it, we must be on the other, no matter what strange allies we find ourselves bound to."

-Ruta Skadi, The Subtle Knife
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#43
RE: What will be that main way of religion in 100 years?
(February 13, 2012 at 11:29 am)AthiestAtheist Wrote: who are you to say that an atheist can't want to rule over people? That has nothing to do with the definition of "atheist".

But everything with the definition of fascist.
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