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News: Christianity To Be Extinct By 2067
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This is good and bad news. Less religion is better, but Christianity is a religion that won't kill you for joking about their main character; meanwhile the one that does is silently growing.
Anyway, Europe slowly leading the world into the light again.
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Originally posted by Eric.
This is good and bad news. Less religion is better, but Christianity is a religion that won't kill you for joking about their main character; meanwhile the one that does is silently growing.
Anyway, Europe slowly leading the world into the light again.
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Don't let the media fool you, Christianity has been responsible for a LOT of people dying. Yeah, sure, most Christians won't ever kill anybody, but most muslims won't either.
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There have been other religions that were practiced for much longer than Christianity, and those religions are extinct today. Anyone who thinks that Christianity won't one day go extinct... Lol
I'd say it will last a little bit longer than 2067. I'd say it will last for maybe another 1,000 years. That's approximately 3,000 years of Christianity. Ancient Egyptian religious beliefs endured for 4,000 years. Get in line, Christians.
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Originally posted by ClarksonSlays
Well in England it could be. I think Christianity along with religion in general in the first world will continue declining from here on out.
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I can't believe England forced Christianity down our throats and made everyone convert yet they're the first to let it go. The Christians in the US transformed Christianity into something sinister and are monopolizing it.
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Originally posted by Frozen99
People will still believe in God, they just won't go to church.
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Probably this.
And we may not even call God by that name. Maybe all of the world's religions will dissolve into one united form of spirituality and people will finally start getting along with each other peacefully. (I can dream.)
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Originally posted by Mexi
There have been other religions that were practiced for much longer than Christianity, and those religions are extinct today. Anyone who thinks that Christianity won't one day go extinct... Lol
I'd say it will last a little bit longer than 2067. I'd say it will last for maybe another 1,000 years. That's approximately 3,000 years of Christianity. Ancient Egyptian religious beliefs endured for 4,000 years. Get in line, Christians.
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I'm just hoping history doesn't repeat itself this time. Who knows what crazy event could happen in life that will cause people to form a new religion equal in levels of violence for another millennium.
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Great.
Christians are generally conservative. Less christiniaty will mean less republicans, or at least republicans/conservatives moving more to the left of the spectrum (or becoming social liberal like the conservatives in my country).
The biggest problem is the huge population growth in poor countries. Both for their economies and for the growth of religion in absolute numbers. We need to help African, South Asian and Middle Eastern countries give education to women (lowers birth), teach about condoms and give free, good condoms. It will also help in the fight against HIV.
I wouldn't say religion causes all violence. I think patriotism does. People who now fight in the name of their religion would without religion fight in the name of their country (eventhough there would be way less countries without religion - Yugoslavia, Benelux, North Ireland, etc.).
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Originally posted by Beatfreak
I'm just hoping history doesn't repeat itself this time. Who knows what crazy event could happen in life that will cause people to form a new religion equal in levels of violence for another millennium.
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It's called nationalism, and isn't really a religion but equally dangerous.
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Originally posted by Mexi
There have been other religions that were practiced for much longer than Christianity, and those religions are extinct today. Anyone who thinks that Christianity won't one day go extinct... Lol
I'd say it will last a little bit longer than 2067. I'd say it will last for maybe another 1,000 years. That's approximately 3,000 years of Christianity. Ancient Egyptian religious beliefs endured for 4,000 years. Get in line, Christians.
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The main reason why past religions like animistic and polytheistic religions died out is because they were defeated and superseded by monotheism. Monotheism is at the top of the ladder in the evolution of religion. And Christianity is the most encompassing of all religions. It has incorporated and refined various elements and teachings found in other religions and therefore is the religion that has the most global appeal.
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I have nothing against religious people (I have religious friends ), but I consider this a good thing.
Religion can be a good thing imo and it makes people happy when they have a hard time, but sadly many people have to force their beliefs on others and use their religion to justify hate. When religion stops existing, the world will be a better place. And when I say religion I mean these big religions like Christianity and Islam, people can still be spiritual without forcing what others should do and believe. That's just how I see it. You can do what you want imo as long as you leave other people alone. Today's religions are almost like propaganda to me.
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Good riddance
I don't think that will be the case, though, sadly.
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Christianity will fall to nonexistence in England in the year 2067
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Because statistically the number of Muslims is rising.
Probability article as always. No facts.
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Kinda of weird how as Christianity dies down the world is getting worse and worse as said in the book of Revalations
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Yay. Now we need Hinduism and Islam to start declining.
Nothing against religion but organized religion has empirically caused more harm than good
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Originally posted by Istan4R
Kinda of weird how as Christianity dies down the world is getting worse and worse as said in the book of Revalations
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I'm sure you're overlooking a thing called the middle ages. The Christians were engaged in the Crusades and spreading the plague while inhibiting science and banning the Jews.
I'll gladly take today's world over that Christian monopolized tkme
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Imagine by John Lennon....
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Roughly a 0% chance of that happening.
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Many empires have come and gone and the United States will be long gone and Christianity will still be here to help a indulgent world that seeks happiness in everything but is never satisfied until they find peace in Jesus (of course other faiths share in that peace, not saying they are wrong).
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Originally posted by Ari Auris
I'm sure you're overlooking a thing called the middle ages. The Christians were engaged in the Crusades and spreading the plague while inhibiting science and banning the Jews.
I'll gladly take today's world over that Christian monopolized tkme
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Many of the scientific discoveries where done by Catholic priests and supported by the Church, I have no idea where you are getting that false information. And don't give me that Galileo nonsense, the Church didn't support him at first because he didn't have the scientific proof at first and other scientists urged the pope to stop Galileo from continuing to teach his theory, NOT because of any religious reasons like many unread fools say.
To quote science historian J. L. Heilbron from the Univerity of California, Berkley, the "Roman Catholic Church gave more financial aid and social support to the study of astronomy over six centuries, from the recovery of ancient learning during the late Middle Ages into the Enlightenment, than any other, and probably, all other institutions." - J. L. Heilbron, Annual Invitation Lecture to the Scientific Instrument Society, Royal Institution, London, December 6, I995; quoted in ibid., p. 113.
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Originally posted by iStanGaga
Many of the scientific discoveries where done by Catholic priests and supported by the Church, I have no idea where you are getting that false information. And don't give me that Galileo nonsense, the Church didn't support him at first because he didn't have the scientific proof at first and other scientists urged the pope to stop Galileo from continuing to teach his theory, NOT because of any religious reasons like many unread fools say.
To quote science historian J. L. Heilbron from the Univerity of California, Berkley, the "Roman Catholic Church gave more financial aid and social support to the study of astronomy over six centuries, from the recovery of ancient learning during the late Middle Ages into the Enlightenment, than any other, and probably, all other institutions." - J. L. Heilbron, Annual Invitation Lecture to the Scientific Instrument Society, Royal Institution, London, December 6, I995; quoted in ibid., p. 113.
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The catholic church has done many terrible things, including 'blessing' Hitler's weapons.
I think in the future catholicism and protestantism will be about as big as Jehovah's and judaism, in the Western world. It'll never disappear sadly, but the sooner the better.
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