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RE: What date do you estimate atheism will overtake theism in the world population
September 8, 2017 at 7:50 am
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(September 8, 2017 at 7:44 am)Anomalocaris Wrote: (September 8, 2017 at 7:41 am)mh.brewer Wrote: Tomorrow.
What??????
Look, if theists can be delusional then so can I.
Why not today then?
No shower, no coffee, no poop yet. I do have some priorities that are impervious to delusion.
Being told you're delusional does not necessarily mean you're mental.
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RE: What date do you estimate atheism will overtake theism in the world population
September 8, 2017 at 8:05 am
(September 8, 2017 at 7:41 am)mh.brewer Wrote: Tomorrow.
What??????
Look, if theists can be delusional then so can I.
It's happening everywhere man!
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RE: What date do you estimate atheism will overtake theism in the world population
September 8, 2017 at 8:13 am
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People will abandon religion around the same time they abandon homoeopathy, astrology, crystal healing, tarot... Never!
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RE: What date do you estimate atheism will overtake theism in the world population
September 8, 2017 at 8:18 am
...the same year international communism takes hold.
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RE: What date do you estimate atheism will overtake theism in the world population
September 8, 2017 at 8:39 am
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Yep, exactly the same moment all vain gullible women the world over stop buying ridiculously overpriced face creams!
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RE: What date do you estimate atheism will overtake theism in the world population
September 8, 2017 at 9:32 am
(September 7, 2017 at 10:31 pm)Coveny Wrote: For many years now I've felt like the world is losing its religion quite literally. Polls around the world show a trend of fewer and fewer theists. So much so that in some countries atheism is the majority. However on the global scale theism still dominates atheism. We do see the young are far less likely to be theists, and the numbers of atheists there lend support to my idea that theism is dying. So the question is this at what year do you think atheism will become the majority on the global stage?
Today neither atheism or theism dominate.
Today materialism dominate.
Most people today wouldn't care less whether God exist or not.
With the imminent collapse of the capitalism which is just a question of when, plus the disasters caused by climate changes that are wrecking the planet, the wars, the poverty, the injustices and all other evils most people will dump both materialism, atheism and religions in favor of spirituality which is the only solution out this disaster that we are experienced right now and that will exacerbate more and more.
Those who will survive this disaster will certainly dump all the rubbish that they worship so far in favor of a drastic change for the better.
This is my understanding. 
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RE: What date do you estimate atheism will overtake theism in the world population
September 8, 2017 at 9:56 am
In the course of 7 years atheism has doubled from 1.6 to 3.1 in the U.S. That's an impressive change.
http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/201...-atheists/
The article covers some of the other issues with defining athiest and the misuse of the term in general.
On the world scene we see much the same.
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/...-religion/
The article goes into some of the roadblocks to a wider acceptance of atheism.
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RE: What date do you estimate atheism will overtake theism in the world population
September 8, 2017 at 10:39 am
There's a continuum of belief to non-belief.
While in the past, I think a good case could be made the peak of the curve was lodged pretty tight towards the 'pious' end of spectrum. Nowadays, it would be tough to find anyone that I would consider 'pious', the slackerism and cherry picking of strictures to comport to is absolutely endemic now.
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RE: What date do you estimate atheism will overtake theism in the world population
September 8, 2017 at 11:06 am
In Europe? In the Far East? In North America? Or World-Wide?
Certain places are embracing the change more quickly than others. These places (like Scandinavia) have higher standards of living: better education, health care, better work environments. Places that still struggle with poverty are more religious.
I can hope that most of America will be atheist by . . . oh . . . 2040. It's possible. But there will be pockets of believers, and all sorts of alternative woo popping up everywhere.
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RE: What date do you estimate atheism will overtake theism in the world population
September 8, 2017 at 11:52 am
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(September 8, 2017 at 11:06 am)drfuzzy Wrote: In Europe? In the Far East? In North America? Or World-Wide?
Certain places are embracing the change more quickly than others. These places (like Scandinavia) have higher standards of living: better education, health care, better work environments. Places that still struggle with poverty are more religious.
I can hope that most of America will be atheist by . . . oh . . . 2040. It's possible. But there will be pockets of believers, and all sorts of alternative woo popping up everywhere.
I think America will increasingly segregate into areas of atheist majority in more productive, educated, wealthier and more highly cosmopolitan areas on the coasts, and more religious hinterland dominated by those who can't and won't improve themselves, but who nonetheless feel entitled for heritage, racial and ethnic reasons, and resent those who could usurp them through skill, flexibility and merit.
(September 8, 2017 at 9:56 am)Coveny Wrote: In the course of 7 years atheism has doubled from 1.6 to 3.1 in the U.S. That's an impressive change.
http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/201...-atheists/
The article covers some of the other issues with defining athiest and the misuse of the term in general.
On the world scene we see much the same.
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/...-religion/
The article goes into some of the roadblocks to a wider acceptance of atheism.
What is encouraging is not necessarily suitable for linear extrapolation.
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