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Wed 5 Nov, 2003 11:43 pm
Simple question. Which of the current crop of world religions will be around in a recognisable form in 1000 years time from now, and what features of them do you think contribute to their durability?
Or if you prefer, what characteristics of specific current religions do you think will contribute to their demise?
Regards
I think your poll is a bit lame, as you can only vote for one religion at a time.
Plus, I reckon all the mayor religion are going to last a few thousand years longer. What might be a more interesting question is: Do you think that humanity will evolve such that religion becomes generally regarded with the same disdain as superstition?
Iain
dduck wrote:I think your poll is a bit lame, as you can only vote for one religion at a time.
I agree with you... we can ignore the poll but still can discuss the later part of question...
what characteristics of specific current religions do you think will contribute to their demise and vice versa ?
Regards
PS... How to remove the poll from this thread
Is this leading up to yet another Sikhism is the perfect religion discussion?
IDEAL Singh wrote:what characteristics of specific current religions do you think will contribute to their demise and vice versa ?
I think that internally all religions are likely to sustain themselves ad infinitum. What I'm considering is the outside influence of science: as mankind discovers, explores the universe we'll reach a point where the concept, need, or purpose (in relation to our day-to-day lives) of a diety becomes empty and worthless.
Iain
dduck- We are of one mind on this issue. I was just about to write practically the same thing!
cavfancier wrote:Is this leading up to yet another Sikhism is the perfect religion discussion?
Have I ever said that Sikhism is the perfect Religion...? Just quote where I have made this claim... ?
I'm hoping that agnosticism eventually becomes the dominant philosophical perspective on questions of Ultimate Reality.
I doubt, however, that any of the major religions will "go out of business" so to speak.
Catholicism won't change at all, if the current Pope has anything to say about it...
IDEAL Singh, you are correct. You have never actually claimed that Sikhism is the perfect religion. I chose my words unwisely. I am not certain what "Christainity" is, but I did get a laugh. No Jews in 3000 A.D.?