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What will be that main way of religion in 100 years?
February 6, 2012 at 9:19 pm
what do you think will be the main religion/ lack of in 100 year? Christaniy, Islam, Athiestism or we wont make it that long?
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RE: What will be that main way of religion in 100 years?
February 6, 2012 at 9:28 pm
I am jealous of the future every day that I don't get to be in it and I'm stuck in the tail-end of the dark ages of religious oppression.
I think Atheism will dominate if we're talking 100 years.
Atheism vs. Some Kind of Deist bullshit will probably be the main battle.
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RE: What will be that main way of religion in 100 years?
February 7, 2012 at 12:12 am
Within the next 100 years, nearly every living thing on this planet will be dead.
Live every day as if already dead, that way you're not disappointed when you are. 
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RE: What will be that main way of religion in 100 years?
February 7, 2012 at 12:43 am
(February 7, 2012 at 12:12 am)JohnDG Wrote: Within the next 100 years, nearly every living thing on this planet will be dead.
Unrealistic, because even if we blew ourselves up, life would continue to survive without humans in it....
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RE: What will be that main way of religion in 100 years?
February 7, 2012 at 12:59 am
(This post was last modified: February 7, 2012 at 1:00 am by passionatefool.)
Well Lets hope in 100 years, Atheism will be the vast majority and the dominant view.
(February 6, 2012 at 9:28 pm)Hitchslap Wrote: I am jealous of the future every day that I don't get to be in it and I'm stuck in the tail-end of the dark ages of religious oppression.
I know exactly what you mean.
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RE: What will be that main way of religion in 100 years?
February 7, 2012 at 2:09 am
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(February 6, 2012 at 9:28 pm)Hitchslap Wrote: I think Atheism will dominate if we're talking 100 years.
Dream on! The enlightenment started 400 years ago, and atheists are still a small minority!
Perhaps in a 1,000 years. Never in a 100.
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!
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RE: What will be that main way of religion in 100 years?
February 7, 2012 at 2:22 am
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(February 7, 2012 at 2:09 am)Rokcet Scientist Wrote: Dream on! The enlightenment started 400 years ago, and atheists are still a small minority!
Perhaps in a 1,000 years. Never in a 100.
Atheism didn't have the amount of influence, not even close. Science, technology or evidence is fairly recent to aid the corner of Atheism, that's why it took that long. It wont take nearly as long to spread from this point forward. A lot of people will be moved out of their fringe faith, and there's a lot of fringe-believers out there.
And of course a believer of supernatural crap is going to say Atheism is going to take a long time, you're as scared of it as Bill O'Reilly is when he says Atheism is dying. HAHAHA not even close. And it's not a small minority, you've been fed false polls that ask misleading questions about religion. You could probably get the average number of Atheists in America alone to about 15% but that doesnt include agnostics and spiritualists, they would just put them under the religious category. And in Europe its over 50% and up to 85% in a few countries. Youre the one dreaming if you think Religion has a place in the new world Science and reason are putting together...without religion's help may I remind you, and they also hinder the Science/Technology. Do you have any idea where we would be without religion? Traveling space regularly would be a reality without the scientific oppression religion caused.
(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!
Do you wonder why I have as many Reputation points as you with about 3/4 less posts?  Just playing. But, Domination was a figure of speech. Domination in the colloquial sense would also imply that I would want Stalinism to come back with the Communist party back in power based on Socaial Darwinism. You're just as dead wrong about this as you are about religion.
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RE: What will be that main way of religion in 100 years?
February 7, 2012 at 2:38 am
(February 7, 2012 at 2:09 am)Rokcet Scientist Wrote: (February 6, 2012 at 9:28 pm)Hitchslap Wrote: I think Atheism will dominate if we're talking 100 years.
Dream on! The enlightenment started 400 years ago, and atheists are still a small minority!
Perhaps in a 1,000 years. Never in a 100.
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!
it's probably not a linear thing. 100 years ago functional atheists were probably a small minority amongst what were the developed countries in the world back then. Today they are at least a very large minority amongst all developed countries except for US. Today perhaps 11 out of 100 people in the world live in developed countries. In 100 years, it will be at least 3-4 out of every 10.
But in absolute numbers, there will probably still be more Christians and Muslims, mainly in the world's less developed places.
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RE: What will be that main way of religion in 100 years?
February 7, 2012 at 2:44 am
I will be long dead in 100 years, so could not care less what religion will dominate,if any,nor if the human race has gone extinct by that time.
The dominant religion as never made an iota of difference to the behaviour of our species.We will always be the same aggressive, greedy,and stupidly self destructive animals we have always been.
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RE: What will be that main way of religion in 100 years?
February 7, 2012 at 2:48 am
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(February 7, 2012 at 2:22 am)Hitchslap Wrote: (February 7, 2012 at 2:09 am)Rokcet Scientist Wrote: Dream on! The enlightenment started 400 years ago, and atheists are still a small minority!
Perhaps in a 1,000 years. Never in a 100.
Atheism didn't have the amount of influence, not even close. Science, technology or evidence is fairly recent to aid the corner of Atheism, that's why it took that long.
BS! It is empirical science (scientific insight) that started atheism/humanism. 400/500 years ago. With Erasmus, Galileï, Kepler, Copernicus, Huygens, Newton, c.s. It wasn't 'fairly recent' at all!
Atheism has had half a millennium already to germinate and grow! It hasn't gotten far yet.
Quote:It wont take nearly as long to spread from this point forward.
You don't know that, so that is pure wishful thinking, a.k.a. projection, a.k.a. auto-suggestion, a.k.a. self-hypnosis...
If the past half millennium is any indication atheism isn't going anywhere soon!
Quote:A lot of people will be moved out of their fringe faith, and there's a lot of fringe-believers out there.
Projection.
Quote:And of course a believer of supernatural crap is going to say Atheism is going to take a long time
If you think I am "a believer of supernatural crap" you need to brush up on your comprehensive reading skills.
Quote:you're as scared of it as Bill O'Reilly is when he says Atheism is dying. HAHAHA not even close.
Double projection.
You seem to mix up all this stuff into a very messy fantasy.
Quote:And it's not a small minority, you've been fed false polls that ask misleading questions about religion. You could probably get the average number of Atheists in America alone to about 15% and in Europe its over 50%.
References please? Links? Please illustrate your claims. Without it it's just more unfounded projection, wishful thinking.
Quote:Youre the one dreaming if you think Religion has a place in the new world Science and reason are putting together...without religion's help, but also its hinderance on that Science.
Huh?
Can you rephrase that gibberish please?
(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!
Quote:Do you wonder why I have as many Reputation points as you with about 5/6 less posts?
No. I couldn't care less about 'reputation points'.
But they are very important to you, apparently.
Quote: Condescension is fun huh?...
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