Probably won't happen in our lifetime, but that religion is losing favor gives me hope for evolving humanity. Religion is man made not god made. I believe religion has caused more separation and harm to humans than almost anything else.
Religion may become extinct in nine nations
A study using census data from nine countries shows that religion there is set for extinction, say researchers.
The study found a steady rise in those claiming no religious affiliation.
The team's mathematical model attempts to account for the interplay between the number of religious respondents and the social motives behind being one.
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The team took census data stretching back as far as a century from countries in which the census queried religious affiliation: Australia, Austria, Canada, the Czech Republic, Finland, Ireland, the Netherlands, New Zealand and Switzerland.
And in the UK:
Two-thirds of Britons not religious, suggests survey
Many wars and much civil unrest is due to fights against my god vs your god And in our young country, the United States of America, which was basically founded for freedom of religion, we are seeing how the different religious beliefs have been tearing us apart for decades. Seems its worse today than ever before.
Religion of a few has crept into our constitution which was suppose to protect the governence of ALL the people by keeping church and state separate. Religion is not suppose to influence laws for the people.
Religion is being used to exert all kinds of bad power plays on the populace. Religion seems to create Followers, Victims, Hatred and Weakness. A person does not need a religion to do good things, though many christians would argue that only christians can spread goodness and Know the right way. Any other belief system is considered the work of evil.
Our Bush warriors told us bad Muslims was the reason for the Iraq war. We know its for Oil. But its the Power hiding behind religion to encourage fear and support.
I'm against war and religion and guns.
A dkos member suggested to me in an old diary that pacifism was immaturity; that we have to be willing to fight wars to progress. Sad.
BUT, that many people in the world are now unshackling themselves from an old, primitive, destructive, divisive, belief system gives me hope that humans will evolve and finally accept the first lesson we all learned in a religion- God is Love. That was the only lesson I accepted and believe in. So in that regard, religion served its purpose for me. I learned that at 5. Why is it taking so long for so many to learn all we need to know about religion?
Peace.