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Religion will dramatically shrink
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RE: Religion will dramatically shrink
(June 9, 2011 at 8:25 pm)Ashendant Wrote: I claim that the Gaddafi will fall somewhere around 2 to 5 months from now on

Let's see if i'm either a liar or i can guess the future

between August and December

What if both the Russians and the Chinese were to get involved?

Better expand it down to July and up to june of next year... just in case.
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#12
RE: Religion will dramatically shrink
When that happens is when the world is coming close to a end.
And in heaven is your Sustenance, as (also) that which ye are promised - Surah Adh-Dhariyat
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#13
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(June 9, 2011 at 6:47 pm)Epimethean Wrote: There seems to be an evolutionary process at work in the major religions of the world. Few truly polytheistic (dinosaurs among religion) religions remain powerful, having been supplanted by their more radical and aggressive (mammals among religion) monotheistic progeny. There seems a push toward extinction, as evidenced by the rise of atheism in the public view, and how well it tends to get on with science.

The larger question seems to be: Will mankind evolve enough to let religion run its full course toward extinction, or will the outdated beliefs destroy (or at least massively hamper) its chance to do so in some holy nuclear disaster?

Although, on second thought, such a disaster might do just the right thing in bringing people full-speed modern and ready to see religion for the species-suicide it is.

Good point,

It will come down to something worst than the second world war in death tolls, Since Nuclear War is Mankind's greatest threat, It just might be that Lord Satan pushes the red button (they always blame Satan). My guess I will take a 100 million death a one place to clearly point out religion’s evil to the masses. It takes about 80% of the consciousness of the people to change THINGS as in most parts of human history, as Governments protect every conceivable evil known to mankind
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#14
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Funny Eternity, the less religious a country is, the higher the income and lower the violence.

Anyway, side note, Gaddafi was winning the ground war, sadly. And those other revolts, who knows if they have democratic view points, as of now even the Gaddafi rebels could be muslim extremists. Same could be said about the Egyptians.

Back on topic, I wish religion would disappear but that is very wishful thinking, as long as there are those who brainwash their kids into believing it will be here for a while.
If god created all of us in his image, he must have been a real pussy and an irrational idiot to boot. Think about it, humans are fragile as can be, any living thing could kill us. Not to mention the fact that humans are the only species to kill over even the slightest differences.
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(June 9, 2011 at 8:20 pm)Cinjin Cain Wrote:
(June 9, 2011 at 6:26 pm)Castle Wrote: I’m a Clairvoyant, in 30 years of predicting dozens of major world events.
Only one questionable wrong prediction was of GW Bush second fixed election.


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No, I really don't think you are.

And please spare me your countless completely unverifiable stories of flashing images, mysterious dreams, or outright visions of the future.

I'm sorry, but you now have about as much credibility with me as bible-toting, stone-throwing, blood-shedding fundies.

I would expect some of those responses, from people who do not understand how tap into higher energy and from the few that have develop its growth
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#16
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While I agree that religion is shrinking, I doubt it will become the minority in 20 years. I do know that the current younger generation is the least religious of any that's gone before, but I would be surprised if the country was 50/50 atheist to theist in 20 years. In the past 20 years the percentage of atheists in this country has only gone from some 10% to maybe around 15-20% today. The word "atheist" is still a dirty word in American society, so there may be a lot of closeted atheists out there who are afraid to be open about it, so the number could possibly be higher.

I am heartened by the fact that actual church-going Christians are such a low percentage of the total population, but I don't think we'll see Christians being a minority in our lifetimes. Sorry, but claims of clairvoyance aren't going to convince me otherwise. I'm as skeptical of ESP and clairvoyance as I am of religious beliefs.
Christian apologetics is the art of rolling a dog turd in sugar and selling it as a donut.
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(June 9, 2011 at 8:55 pm)Foxtrot Uniform Wrote: Funny Eternity, the less religious a country is, the higher the income and lower the violence.

Anyway, side note, Gaddafi was winning the ground war, sadly. And those other revolts, who knows if they have democratic view points, as of now even the Gaddafi rebels could be muslim extremists. Same could be said about the Egyptians.

Back on topic, I wish religion would disappear but that is very wishful thinking, as long as there are those who brainwash their kids into believing it will be here for a while.

NOTE

7.In the USA out of 400 Universities and colleges survey they were 67% somewhat religious and other survey said 87% were somewhat Spiritual.

8.Most people I ask, tell me they Spiritual rather than religious, check out if that is true in your Country

About 80% of the world is Religious that will take a lot of shrinking to de program the brainwashed. The 3% atheist will not have the voting power or the history background to change much, although the non religious and most people of little faith in religion are very strong now, They have more spiritual sided views rather than religious views, Like the students Surveyed in the US college and Universities that are 87% spiritual sided (spiritual just being the 99% unknown world and universe) will replace people of little faith in Religion

It’s unstoppable for Faith head to reverse the slow moving spiritual age.
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(June 9, 2011 at 9:02 pm)Castle Wrote: I would expect some of those responses, from people who do not understand how tap into higher energy and from the few that have develop its growth

That's good you expect it, cause that happens a lot with delusional people. **Issuing Castle another PID** {Perceived Intelligence Downgrade}
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(June 9, 2011 at 9:02 pm)Doubting Thomas Wrote: While I agree that religion is shrinking, I doubt it will become the minority in 20 years. I do know that the current younger generation is the least religious of any that's gone before, but I would be surprised if the country was 50/50 atheist to theist in 20 years. In the past 20 years the percentage of atheists in this country has only gone from some 10% to maybe around 15-20% today. The word "atheist" is still a dirty word in American society, so there may be a lot of closeted atheists out there who are afraid to be open about it, so the number could possibly be higher.

I am heartened by the fact that actual church-going Christians are such a low percentage of the total population, but I don't think we'll see Christians being a minority in our lifetimes. Sorry, but claims of clairvoyance aren't going to convince me otherwise. I'm as skeptical of ESP and clairvoyance as I am of religious beliefs.

Check Foxtrot Uniform Wrote:
I posted some of your things noted, that may be answered
(June 9, 2011 at 8:42 pm)Eternity Wrote: When that happens is when the world is coming close to a end.

When dose the Mulim say when the world will End?

About 6 End of the World dates were set by Christian during my life time.
Still have not seen those 7 headed horny red dragans turning the earth into a bigball of burning crapDevilAngel Cloud

Why? because GOD LOVES YOU.
(June 9, 2011 at 9:33 pm)Cinjin Cain Wrote:


(June 9, 2011 at 9:02 pm)Castle Wrote: I would expect some of those responses, from people who do not understand how tap into higher energy and from the few that have develop its growth

That's good you expect it, cause that happens a lot with delusional people. **Issuing Castle another PID** {Perceived Intelligence Downgrade}

How much brain power does it take to instantly throw a non religious spiritual sided person in with all the credibility of bible-toting, stone-throwing, blood-shedding fundies.

Limited thinkers can spread a lot of delusional waste and low energy as much as any extreme bible thumper too.
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(June 9, 2011 at 5:22 pm)Castle Wrote: Religion will dramatically shrink within 20 years.

20 years? I doubt that. Perhaps in another few hundreds years.
I agree with you that religion is indeed shrinking, but at a slow rate. As Carl Sagan says; extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence, clairvoyance is not a proper type of evidence.

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Quote:"I think it's perfectly possible to explain how the universe came about without bringing God into it, but I don't know everything, and there may well be a God somewhere, hiding away. Actually, if he is keeping out of sight, it's because he's ashamed of his followers and all the cruelty and ignorance they're responsible for promoting in his name. If I were him, I'd want nothing to do with them."
— Philip Pullman
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