Desert Snake
Veteran Member
That is your theory that emotions alone are determining religious belief, certainly not my perspective.
Never even heard that idea in an actual argument.
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Will Atheism Ever Be The Dominant Religion?
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That is your theory that emotions alone are determining religious belief, certainly not my perspective.
Never even heard that idea in an actual argument.
syo
Well-Known Member
i hope this will never happen.
Desert Snake
Veteran Member
No indication that that is ever going to happen.
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Guy Threepwood
Mighty Pirate
Well It was- in USSR, North Korea and Communist China,
So I'd say it depends entirely on how much freedom of other beliefs is oppressed in the future
No, I predict a declining role for both atheism and traditional religions. I see increasing growth of beliefs that are now considered eastern and New Age. I have seen this trend in just my lifetime.
Jeremiahcp
Well-Known Jerk
I am fairly sure that the only reason Kirk joined Starfleet was to seek out new beautiful alien women and boldly go where no man has gone before.
Jeremiahcp
Well-Known Jerk
And I am sure you see everything. Talk about ego.
Jeremiahcp
Well-Known Jerk
Yes, we all know you hate atheists.
I think the non-religious are growing in number so it wouldn't be a bunch of atheists in religions.
Guy Threepwood
Mighty Pirate
not at all, I used to be one, and I know and love many, they are overwhelmingly intelligent, thoughtful, well meaning people.
How do you feel about theists?
leibowde84
Veteran Member
I don't think that atheism can accurately be described as a "religion" according to any of the definitions of the term. But, that being said, I think that atheism (which includes modern agnosticism) will continue to grow.
re·li·gion
rəˈlijən/
noun
- the belief in and worship of a superhuman controlling power, especially a personal God or gods.
- a particular system of faith and worship.
- a pursuit or interest to which someone ascribes supreme importance.
leibowde84
Veteran Member
If an emotion isn't logical, isn't it best to try to shake it or ignore it? I, for example, suffer from clinical depression. Many times I feel so terrible that I can't get myself out of bed, dreading to do anything but sleep. But, it is always best for me to ignore that emotion (sadness, emptiness, etc.) and get moving. For, once I get moving and doing my thing, the bad emotion/feelings tend to dissipate.
I've seen this as well. Slowly more and more people are starting to understand what sages have been saying as recorded in the Bible and the works of Kabir:
Luke 17:21
Neither shall they say, See here! or, see there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you.
Kabir:
I laugh
when I hear that the fish in the water is thirsty.
Man wanders about without purpose
to Mathura or Kashi
Without the knowledge of the inner spirit,
Like a deer that runs listlessly from forest to forest
In search of the musk which lies within its own navel
All men of the three worlds,
even sanyasis, munis and yogis
Are infatuated by desire and a slave to the mind
Just as a large bee is infatuated
by the buds of a lotus in the water,
The immanent and unmanifested 'Hans' is in my heart,
Which is worshipped by
Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva and 88,000 munis.
God is within
but people think that he is somewhere outside.
O! Irony of ironies!
Jeremiahcp
Well-Known Jerk
I have never made a promise to respect your opinions.
Jeremiahcp
Well-Known Jerk
The idea that emotion and reason can't work in tangent is just so shortsighted.
Jeremiahcp
Well-Known Jerk
Also this notion the religion equals emotions and atheism equals logic, is similarly just really silly.
Of course not. Atheism is not a religion, nor much of an element for building a religion around.
Whether atheist (or compatible) doctrines will ever reach such a situation is an entirely different matter, of course. I would say that such a situation is all but certain to happen eventually.
Jeremiahcp
Well-Known Jerk
Personally I think the invention of writing killed religion. It is just taking a few thousand years to die.
Isn't it already?