The topic is interesting and is bound to kindle our emotions! We are in Kali yuga..Irreligiosity, agnosticism, atheism and hatred for God is bound to rise! As per various Hindu saints deceit, falsehood, lethargy, sleepiness, violence, despondency, grief, delusion, fear, and poverty shall prevail in Kali Yuga. However spiritual salvation is possible in this Yuga by surrendering to God. Other religions too proclaim the benefits of praying to God
Atheists are growing across the board from Japan to European countries to traditional religious societies such as Brazil & Ireland. However this surmise falls flat in USA where the religious population is growing. It is noticed that when natural disaster strikes or where there is poverty religion thrives..Fear plays an important role
Author delves into psychological, neurological, historical, cultural and logistical reasons for belief in God..One point which I disagree with him is his explanation that fertile societies are more religious compared to less fertile ones..How about India where fertility is reduced artificially but religioisty among Indians have not reduced in that proportion
Will religion ever disappear?
19 Dec 2014
Atheism is on the rise around the world, so does that mean spirituality will soon be a thing of the past? Rachel Nuwer discovers that the answer is far from simple.
A growing number of people, millions worldwide, say they believe that life definitively ends at death – that there is no God, no afterlife and no divine plan. And it’s an outlook that could be gaining momentum – despite its lack of cheer. In some countries, openly acknowledged atheism has never been more popular.
“There’s absolutely more atheists around today than ever before, both in sheer numbers and as a percentage of humanity,” says Phil Zuckerman, a professor of sociology and secular studies at Pitzer College in Claremont, California, and author of Living the Secular Life. According to a Gallup International survey of more than 50,000 people in 57 countries, the number of individuals claiming to be religious fell from 77% to 68% between 2005 and 2011, while those who self-identified as atheist rose by 3% – bringing the world’s estimated proportion of adamant non-believers to 13%.
While atheists certainly are not the majority, could it be that these figures are a harbinger of things to come? Assuming global trends continue might religion someday disappear entirely?
It’s impossible to predict the future, but examining what we know about religion – including why it evolved in the first place, and why some people chose to believe in it and others abandon it – can hint at how our relationship with the divine might play out in decades or centuries to come.
For the full article Read:
BBC - Future - Will religion ever disappear?
Atheists are growing across the board from Japan to European countries to traditional religious societies such as Brazil & Ireland. However this surmise falls flat in USA where the religious population is growing. It is noticed that when natural disaster strikes or where there is poverty religion thrives..Fear plays an important role
Author delves into psychological, neurological, historical, cultural and logistical reasons for belief in God..One point which I disagree with him is his explanation that fertile societies are more religious compared to less fertile ones..How about India where fertility is reduced artificially but religioisty among Indians have not reduced in that proportion
Will religion ever disappear?
19 Dec 2014
Atheism is on the rise around the world, so does that mean spirituality will soon be a thing of the past? Rachel Nuwer discovers that the answer is far from simple.
A growing number of people, millions worldwide, say they believe that life definitively ends at death – that there is no God, no afterlife and no divine plan. And it’s an outlook that could be gaining momentum – despite its lack of cheer. In some countries, openly acknowledged atheism has never been more popular.
“There’s absolutely more atheists around today than ever before, both in sheer numbers and as a percentage of humanity,” says Phil Zuckerman, a professor of sociology and secular studies at Pitzer College in Claremont, California, and author of Living the Secular Life. According to a Gallup International survey of more than 50,000 people in 57 countries, the number of individuals claiming to be religious fell from 77% to 68% between 2005 and 2011, while those who self-identified as atheist rose by 3% – bringing the world’s estimated proportion of adamant non-believers to 13%.
While atheists certainly are not the majority, could it be that these figures are a harbinger of things to come? Assuming global trends continue might religion someday disappear entirely?
It’s impossible to predict the future, but examining what we know about religion – including why it evolved in the first place, and why some people chose to believe in it and others abandon it – can hint at how our relationship with the divine might play out in decades or centuries to come.
For the full article Read:
BBC - Future - Will religion ever disappear?
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