| badgenome said: I'm saying that, if you're interpreting the decline of Christianity in western society as an indicator that we've evolved past our need for religion, we clearly haven't. So, even if you were to successfully eradicate every existing religion, I don't see any reason why the old ones wouldn't eventually come back or new ones wouldn't arise in the post-oppression era. I do think that you are too narrowly defining religion, but I don't think that hardcore fans are necessarily religious about their brand of choice. But if you were around here during the days of johnlucas and MikeB, you'd have seen that they certainly can be. |
Well, humans are religious by nature, I don't deny that. The question is though if that nature would make religions relevant (as in actively affecting societies) in the future just like they do now, or if that religious part of us would step aside in favor of science and disbelief. I, for instance, am not religious, but I'm still religious by nature just like everybody else. If more people followed suit they would not believe in gods or supernatural beings either, but still maintain their religious nature (which, as you said, will be evident on other occasions).
So, the question in the OP is basically if people will show their religious nature by worshipping gods and such or if they will go on an alternative route, like every atheist have. After this resurrection.
