Which Religions Will Die Out?

[LuisDantas]

You are not putting a lot of argument there in your fallacy.

The opposite argument can be made, it is entirely consistent with the concept and power of faith, love, that proof cannot be found.

Argument from Ignorance

Special Pleading

Wishful Thinking

Appeal to Faith

You cannot force somebody to love you or you destroy love.

Begging the Question

Failure to Elucidate

Wishful Thinking

Appeal to Faith

i.e. the very fact that the universe is such a mystery, that continually tests our curiosity to it's limits, is consentient with being a creative work.

Argument by Emotive Language

Prejudicial Language

Appeal to Faith

For an accidental mechanism to do the same would have to be chalked up to yet one more coincidence

Begging the Question

Magical Thinking

Prejudicial Language

Strawman Fallacy

Wishful Thinking

False Dilemma

Appeal to Faith

 

[Robert Landbeck]

Within the next thousand years, which major religious traditions of today (Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, Sikhism, Judaism, whichever others you'd like to talk about) can you see dying out entirely? If any.
Will your own religion die out? I imagine not

I'll be interested to hear people's opinions.

 

[ChristineES]

With freedom of religion returning to large parts, billions of people of Asia, I think atheism is dwindling as a belief system there.

Atheism isn't anything new. One of the reasons Socrates was put to death about 2500 years ago was because he was an atheist.

 

[Robert Landbeck]

It is obvious, at least to myself, that all existing tradition, whatever their claims, do not carry within them the potential for guiding mankind to any greater moral conception of itself, do not offer the insight to make us appropriate stewards of the natural world, do not carry the moral authority to end conflict and injustice. In short, nothing that exists under the hubris of 'religion' offers the means to progress for our species. And thus has no valid reason to exist or continue.

I expect them all to be superceded by that event known as 'judgement'. For it is my position that such a judgement will offer the means to 'Raise' our human condition, to a moral reality, outside the potential of human nature or evolution. And thus is a man created in the image and likeness of God. And that is true religion! The Final Freedoms

Within the next thousand years, which major religious traditions of today (Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, Sikhism, Judaism, whichever others you'd like to talk about) can you see dying out entirely? If any.
Will your own religion die out? I imagine not

I'll be interested to hear people's opinions.

 

[Nakosis]

More than likely I expect them to evolve. They might however start calling themselves something else though.

For example Eckankar and Scientology seem modern versions of Hinduism.

 

[Conceivia]

Speaking of Atheism, Atheism is also a religion.

I would say that if, as the Bible predicts, we achieve World Peace, I would expect that most people would pretty much have to accept that God does exist.

Most people claim that World Peace is not possible so if and when we prove them wrong, that would qualify as a miracle. Especially since I'm pretty sure the method will show proof that does exist.

Actually, I think, once we achieve World Peace, pretty much everyone will accept the one true God, and the one true religion. At that point, there will be pretty much no denying it... ok, maybe complete idiots still won't accept it... However, I suspect those people will die off, through their own actions.

Tony

 

[Jumi]

Speaking of Atheism, Atheism is also a religion.

How can that be? Is Theism also a religion? What are the basic tenets?

 

[Kirran]

We don't really have a term for this fairly amorphous ideology common in the West, which is atheistic, physical materialist, rejects the supernatural etc. I think this is what people often refer to as 'atheism'.

 

[Awoon]

Within the next thousand years, which major religious traditions of today (Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, Sikhism, Judaism, whichever others you'd like to talk about) can you see dying out entirely? If any.

Will your own religion die out? I imagine not

Other side of the coin, which ones do you think are likely to flourish, grow, spread? What'll be the changes to such religions as they grow? Might they include religions that are currently pretty small, like the Baha'i Faith, the Rastafari movement, Raelianism, Cao Dai?

I'll be interested to hear people's opinions.

The religions that operate by money will die out.

 

[George-ananda]

I don't see any of the major religions dying out completely but evolving to a more modern understanding. I think the western religions (particularly Christianity) will evolve more towards eastern religions. Islam might lag behind modernization for some time longer.

 

[Kirran]

I don't see any of the major religions dying out completely but evolving to a more modern understanding. I think the western religions (particularly Christianity) will evolve more towards eastern religions. Islam might lag behind modernization for some time longer.

In what way(s)?

 

[George-ananda]

In what way(s)?

I think the dogmatic aspects of Christianity (original sin, atoning death, exclusive salvation, etc.) will get de-emphasized as they do not accord well with modern logic and reason. More emphasized will be the love and compassion of Christ and the search for Christ in our own hearts.

 

[LuisDantas]

More than likely I expect them to evolve. They might however start calling themselves something else though.

For example Eckankar and Scientology seem modern versions of Hinduism.

Poor Hinduism, being compared with freaking Scientology! Why are you so mean?

 

[LuisDantas]

We don't really have a term for this fairly amorphous ideology common in the West, which is atheistic, physical materialist, rejects the supernatural etc. I think this is what people often refer to as 'atheism'.

Isn't that "skepticism"? Calling that a religion is all-out ridiculous, though.

 

[cataway]

die out is really the wrong phrase . what is going to happen is it will be made illegal. you can expect government squash it out of existence.








at least it will try

 

[SomeRandom]

More than likely I expect them to evolve. They might however start calling themselves something else though.

For example Eckankar and Scientology seem modern versions of Hinduism.

Scientology is the modern equivalent (or seems to be) of Hinduism how exactly?

 

[Jumi]

Scientology is the modern equivalent (or seems to be) of Hinduism how exactly?

I was wondering the same question. Having read some Scientology works, only way can think that it would work is if just about every religion is also modern equivalent of Hinduism, including Christianity and Islam.

 

[Kirran]

Isn't that "skepticism"? Calling that a religion is all-out ridiculous, though.

No, I don't think it is exactly skepticism. There's a definite set of worldviews and assumptions going into, basically revolving around physical materialism and current scientific proofs. I don't think it's ridiculous to call it a religion, although I wouldn't personally.

 

[SomeRandom]

I was wondering the same question. Having read some Scientology works, only way can think that it would work is if just about every religion is also modern equivalent of Hinduism, including Christianity and Islam.

Lol right?! Like seriously!

 

[LuisDantas]

I was wondering the same question. Having read some Scientology works, only way can think that it would work is if just about every religion is also modern equivalent of Hinduism, including Christianity and Islam.

Scientology can only barely and IMO unproperly be called a religion. It is remarkably similar to Spiritism, though, despite a very unsimilar origin. Which is one of the reasons why I don't call it a religion.