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Permalink Reply by Val Wuthrich on February 22, 2013 at 10:51am

Yes.

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Permalink Reply by Ray R. on February 22, 2013 at 6:26am

Religion will , unfortunately , exist as long as people fear death .

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Permalink Reply by Val Wuthrich on February 22, 2013 at 10:52am

And Hell!

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Permalink Reply by Logicallunatic on February 22, 2013 at 11:44am

Irrational woo thinking will always predispose people to believe all kinds of absolute nonsense. The internet is a good antidote to this at least in the developed world. However, I do believe anthropomorphic monotheism will eventually die out. 

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Permalink Reply by Strega on February 22, 2013 at 12:57pm

I think Asimov had a great answer to this, when he wrote "The Last Question".  Here is the plot summary, which even though it is only a summary, captures the story wonderfully...

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Permalink Reply by Mat Waldie on February 22, 2013 at 2:03pm

Well if growth is any indicator Islam will overtake Chrisitianity in the next century. the Bahai faith looks like the only new Abrahamic religion that has a chance, although very small. trends do look similiar for that religion for widespread adoption asimilar to it's predecessors. Although some of the tenents of that religion will inhibit fast growth. the numbers are still relativley low. 1.7% growth or about 130k new Bahai's every year. this does not look to out pace "non religious" affiliated people. the "non religious" does seem to be the fastest growing population in europe for many years now and seems to out paces even islam. So right now i would bet on islam with a dark hourse being the bahai's.

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Permalink Reply by Ron V on February 22, 2013 at 2:13pm

Made me think of this:

“If every trace of any single religion were wiped out and nothing were passed on, it would never be created exactly that way again. There might be some other nonsense in its place, but not that exact nonsense. If all of science were wiped out, it would still be true and someone would find a way to figure it all out again.”

Penn Jillette

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Permalink Reply by Unseen on February 22, 2013 at 2:17pm

Don't fool yourslf. There will always be people who need the crutch of magical thinking.

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Permalink Reply by Emperor Milos on February 22, 2013 at 3:41pm

Religion will always exist in one form or another.

Even Christianity has evolved over the 2000 years it has been around.
The church may go away, but the belief in the supernatural will stick around for a long, long time.

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Permalink Reply by _Robert_ on February 22, 2013 at 7:34pm

I agree, why stop now? Over 3700 supernatural beings, of which 2870 are considered deities. They are grouped in the following subcategories:
AFRICAN GODS
AUSTRALIAN GODS
AZTEC GODS
CARIBBEAN GODS
CELTIC GODS
CHINESE GODS
EGYPTIAN GODS
FINNISH GODS
GREEK GODS
INCAN GODS
INDIAN GODS
JAPANESE GODS
MAYAN GODS
MESOPOTAMIAN GODS
MIDDLE-EASTERN GODS
NATIVE AMERICAN GODS
NORSE GODS
OCEANIC GODS
ROMAN GODS
SLAVIC and BALTIC GODS
SOUTH AMERICAN GODS
SOUTH-EAST ASIAN GODS
TIBETAN GODS
And the Abrahamic gods, which includes the Jewish, Christian and Muslim god.

from:http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_many_gods_and_goddesses_are_there_in_...

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Permalink Reply by Diane on February 23, 2013 at 7:02am

Sadly, I think humankind will go on creating deities for as long as it can.  However, eventually, I believe, if our species is even alive at the time, one day this planet will no longer be inhabitable for one or more reasons.  Unless we can find a way to survive long-term in some extra-planetary way, all gods will be dead.

It is amazing to me how theists cannot or do not see that humanity, life on Earth, and indeed the Earth itself, is fragile and transitory in the big scheme of things.  Where will their gods be when all life on Earth is wiped out?  Nowhere, just like they were before life arose here and developed enough to dream up deities in the first place.

All of the various religions will be "mythology" then, having come and gone in a micro-instant of geological time.  Makes you all warm and fuzzy, huh?

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Permalink Reply by Val Wuthrich on February 23, 2013 at 11:10am

Yes.

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