Do you think there will be no religion in the future?

I have disagreed with people. Either they didn't defend themself or I am arguing with them now. I do not respect idiotic beliefs.

Pannekoek- Philosophy is just as dogmatic and irrelevant to the real world as religion is.[/quote]

Well thats your philosophy I gather Very Happy

Why is what I said "qite a contradictory remark" Question

To touch back on the title of this topic, whether or not the major religions of today will be as prevalent within a century or so, or perhaps longer, is uncertain. What I do think is a safe assertion to make is that a few less mainstream belief systems might fall through the cracks: Jains, Shintos, Taoists, and Confucians particularly, just to name a few examples. And this is not to detract any kind of validity or virtue from these belief systems; it is simply an observation that these communities have grown very small, even within the countries of their origin.

What I think is an interesting point to make is that nations, such as the United States, where religious freedom is permitted and people are not forced to believe in one particular indoctrination of faith often have a larger population of religious people in them. Conversely, I think history has shown that states that have enforced a single belief system have bred distrust in religion. So I think if the major religions wish to survive in a more modernized world, and if they wish to raise their numbers, they must learn to not interfere with the state, make peace with Western culture, and stop trying to indoctrinate people so tenaciously.

Nevertheless, I don't think that there will ever be a time where there is no such thing as religion, unless we reach a time where man no longer wonders if there is anything beyond what he experiences in the corporeal world. New ones may rise, old ones may fall, and some may persist, but I just don't see man moving beyond the idea that there is more out there, because I don't think he'll ever know if there is or, most likely, isn't.
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"Therefore the Master says:
I let go of the law,
and people become honest.
I let go of economics,
and people become prosperous.
I let go of religion,
and people become serene.
I let go of all desire for the common good,
and the good becomes common as grass."

-- Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching

Have you read any Das Kapital, Grundrisse, Communist Manifesto, or the Critique of the Gotha Program? Excellent literacher
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"The market is not an invention of capitalism. It has existed for centuries. It is an invention of civilization"
Mikhail Gorbachev, June 8, 1990

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The Communist Manifesto - yes

Des Kapital - Il read it prop when I get time.
I have an idea of what its about.

Im actually reading a book of social sciences published in the USSR in the 1980's, gives a good insight into their perception of the nature of problems they where facing at the time.

Have you ever read a book that isnt about socialism ?

The condition for the disappearance of false happiness is the presence of real happiness aka communism.
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"The market is not an invention of capitalism. It has existed for centuries. It is an invention of civilization"
Mikhail Gorbachev, June 8, 1990

accept green or die!!!

my name is evyindur H haarde