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The Future of Religion

Posted on 8/5/18 at 7:19 am
Posted by Globetrotter747
Member since Sep 2017
4300 posts
Posted on 8/5/18 at 7:19 am
How do you see religion evolving over the next few millennia? Will the current major religions have staying power as knowledge and technology continue to develop exponentially? Will new theological beliefs likely come to the forefront?
Posted by RogerTheShrubber
Juneau, AK
Member since Jan 2009
259939 posts
Posted on 8/5/18 at 7:20 am to
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Will new theological beliefs likely come to the forefront?


My guess is mainstream religions will kind of merge with new age spirituality.
Posted by PrivatePublic
Member since Nov 2012
17848 posts
Posted on 8/5/18 at 7:21 am to
Knowledge is not expanding exponentially. We're mostly making up shite at this point.
Posted by DustyDinkleman
Here
Member since Feb 2012
18176 posts
Posted on 8/5/18 at 7:23 am to
My bet is on "Church Yoga"

Who doesn't like repenting for sins in the downward dog position?
Posted by BRgetthenet
Member since Oct 2011
117678 posts
Posted on 8/5/18 at 7:25 am to
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Knowledge is not expanding exponentially. Liberals and the MSM are mostly making up shite at this point.



Agreed
Posted by The Mick
Member since Oct 2010
43077 posts
Posted on 8/5/18 at 7:25 am to
It's fading for sure. My generation is much less religious than my parents was/is, etc
Posted by BowDownToLSU
Livingston louisiana
Member since Feb 2010
19222 posts
Posted on 8/5/18 at 7:37 am to
We go to church most Sundays . We ( wife and I) are both 51 . I would say it's around 70 % of people are over 40 years old or older .The younger generation doesn't go as much... that I've seen anyway
Posted by crazycubes
Member since Jan 2016
5256 posts
Posted on 8/5/18 at 7:38 am to
Until Jesus shows up again, the core of the Catholic Church won't really change. The core teachings are based on what Jesus taught us.

I'm not shocked that people are becoming less and less religious , the bible calls it out .

"I myself will gather the remnant of my flock out of all the countries where I have driven them and will bring them back to their pasture, where they will be fruitful and increase in number
Posted by Murray
Member since Aug 2008
14414 posts
Posted on 8/5/18 at 7:39 am to
Catholism will be teetering on the brink here and in other wealthy counties in the two generations or maybe a little less. They refuse to adapt to changing times and it may already be too late. Sad to see.
Posted by kywildcatfanone
Wildcat Country!
Member since Oct 2012
118936 posts
Posted on 8/5/18 at 7:40 am to
I don't believe in religion, I believe in Christianity.
Posted by CelticDog
Member since Apr 2015
42867 posts
Posted on 8/5/18 at 7:56 am to


When I was 19, I realized that the divine is, only.

The general public will be led by 100 charismatic truth tellers world wide.

There's only the One.

Posted by King George
Member since Dec 2013
5356 posts
Posted on 8/5/18 at 7:58 am to
Politics is the new religion. Its divides us and fills us with false hope like religion only wishes it could. And its priests and preachers care for us just as little as ever.

We better get our shite together before it's too late. Realize we are in charge and not some assholes we put on a pedestal.
Posted by airfernando
Member since Oct 2015
15248 posts
Posted on 8/5/18 at 7:59 am to
quote:

Future of Religion
Very few non Christians on earth

A lot of suffering morons in hell
Posted by Upperdecker
St. George, LA
Member since Nov 2014
30545 posts
Posted on 8/5/18 at 8:09 am to
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Very few non Christians on earth A lot of suffering morons in hell

You saying non Christians go to hell?
Posted by LeauxCountryTigah
Her Nether Regions
Member since Jan 2008
453 posts
Posted on 8/5/18 at 8:12 am to
My hope...Christianity, Islam, Hindu, etc. All wind up in the same place as the Roman and Greek mythological gods today. This will be because our technological and scientific advances will provide answers to questions that are largely filled in by dogma today.
Posted by MFPnorthshore
Member since Jul 2018
4 posts
Posted on 8/5/18 at 8:14 am to
1000 yrs from now, organized religion will be viewed and studied how we look at mythology today.

i'll use catholicism as an example. it has been evolving the last 50 yrs to become more inclusive and retain the paying membership and membership is still dwindling rapidly.

i see a lot of hypocrisy in organized religion. for example my in-laws are pro-life but for the death penalty.

i don't believe in grown up fairy tales. if there was a god, he would have already shown up to stop the genocide, torture, murder, rape, etc. i believe we have a better chance of UFO's landing on LSU campus and tailgaiting for the Bama game than god showing up.
Posted by elprez00
Hammond, LA
Member since Sep 2011
29365 posts
Posted on 8/5/18 at 8:15 am to
Here’s my two cents, take it for what it’s worth.

I grew up Southern Baptist and I very much believe that God is real. I was an every Wednesday and Sunday family.

Then I went to college and the church stopped ministering to me. That’s not a citation against specifically the church i grew up in more so towards religion in general. I found myself no longer in a target demographic. Kids ministry keeps parents in church. Parent ministry keeps parents attending. But we were the forgotten demographic. It’s tough transitioning from being a kid to an adult spiritually and without guidance I suppose I had a little resentment. And I think my situation is a microcosm of the problem churches of all denominations are facing right now. They assumed my generation would simply continue the cycle because that’s what they did. And they stopped ministering to us in possibly the most tormenting and difficult period of our lives.

Now I’m not going to one of those Holier Than Thou for two hours big tent churches. Not my style and it seems contrived. But that’s why you see so many of these mega non-denominational churches popping up populated by people under 40. Because they catered to the a la carte brand of Christianity.
This post was edited on 8/5/18 at 8:16 am
Posted by BurningHeart
Member since Jan 2017
9517 posts
Posted on 8/5/18 at 8:15 am to
The longer time goes on, the less religious people there will be.
Posted by Cooter Davenport
Austin, TX
Member since Apr 2012
9006 posts
Posted on 8/5/18 at 8:15 am to
The Future of Religion is God Emperor Trump.
Posted by RogerTheShrubber
Juneau, AK
Member since Jan 2009
259939 posts
Posted on 8/5/18 at 8:15 am to
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if there was a god, he would have already shown up to stop the genocide, torture, murder, rape, etc.


Or maybe you just have the wrong concept of "God"
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