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When will religion disappear?

Two recent studies released almost simultaneously provide more hard evidence that religion is slowly losing its grip on humanity, even in the United States.

A survey data from 30 countries :

“…the % saying they were atheists increased in 15 of 18 countries from 1991 to 2008 with an average increase of 1.7 percentage points. For 1998 to 2008, atheists grew in 23 of 30 countries for an average gain of 2.3 points. Conversely … certain belief in God declined in 14 of 18 countries from 1991 to 2008 with an average decrease of 2.4 points and from 1998 to 2008 loses occurred in 24 of 30 countries for a similar average decline of 2.4 points. Likewise … never believing in God rose in 14 of 17 countries from 1991 to 2008 for an average increase of 1.6 points and increased in 20 of 29 countries from 1998 to 2008 by an average gain of 2.2 points.”

American Bible Society found that Americans are losing interest in the Bible. In just one year, the number of people who said they read the Bible to be “closer to God” dropped 9 percentage points from 64% in 2011 to 55% in 2012. Results show a drop from 75% to 69% of people who said “the Bible contains everything a person needs to know to live a meaningful life.” Those people who agreed that the Bible has “too much influence” in U.S. society increased from 13% to 16%, while those who thought the Bible had “too little influence” dropped from 54% to 47%.

A survey by Gallup found in 2011 that 40% of Americans are “very religious,” down from 65% in 2008. And new research on the Millennials—those between the ages of 18 and 29—show a 20 percent decline from those who were raised Christians and now no longer consider themselves such.

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  • 7 years ago
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    No.I do not think so.why?

    I had a Dislike for sports and games so I use to Be inside Our School Library and I use to read books on Various topics & One day our Teacher gave us an assignments on Egypt. From there I read about The history of the Nile valley civilization it fascinated me a lot.I read on Rome, Greece etc.I picked up some books in The Library on Religions Including Hinduism, Islam, Christianity, Judaism, Buddhism you name it...

    I found out that many Well known religions in our Ancient times were long gone ,debunked , extinct.But what fascinated me was that two religions that didn't come to an end that were Prolonging were Judaism & Hinduism.I mean think of it In the case of Hindus/South Asians when Zoroster was becoming a powerful prophet in Iran how did the Hindus still survived & thrived against the earliest Monotheistic religion, Then some King who ruled modern Afghanistan-India who became a Buddhist/ Made Buddhism the official religion in his empire then too Hinduism survived & Don't forget Sharia in India for almost 800 years & still unsuccessful in converting in mass numbers.

    British even tried But only succesful in some pockets. Even Today Hinduism Is majority why? I am not saying The invaders were unsuccessful in converting some but not in Mass numbers.

    The Jews even though lot of persecutions from The Egyptian , The surrounding Tribes in Middle east , The Babylonians, Assyrians,Europeans, The Muslims the Religion is still here Today.

    To answer your question as long as people have strong Faith in whichever religion it will never end.

  • Anonymous
    7 years ago

    The world authority on the rise and fall of religions, Toynbee, actually pointed to similar data to show that you are completely wrong !!!!

    "there will be no reason to suppose that Christianity itself will be superseded by some distinct, separate, and different higher religion which will serve as a chrysalis between the death of the present Western civilization and the birth of its children. On the theory that religion is subservient to civilization, you would expect some new higher religion to come into existence on each occasion, in order to serve the purpose of tiding over the gap between one civilization and another. If the truth is the other way round --if it is civilization that is the means and religion that is the end-- then, once again, a civilization may break down and break up, but the replacement of one higher religion by another will not be a necessary consequence. So far from that, if our secular Western civilization perishes, Christianity may be expected not only to endure but to grow in wisdom and stature as the result of a fresh experience of secular catastrophe.

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  • 7 years ago

    religions are good. People can even marry to people of different religions from theirs. There is nothing wrong with religions. If they disappeared, some people would still find other excuses to hate others.

  • 7 years ago

    it will never disappear and atheist are not gaining like you claim

    their even smaller of a percentage group

    http://www.gallup.com/poll/159050/seven-americans-...

    Seven in 10 Americans Are Very or Moderately Religious

    you used gallops numbers but ignored their statements and you printed your own statements which gallop never said

    survey done from jan.2 to nov 30th 2012

    very religious in america 40%

    moderately religious 37%

    nonreligious 31%

    Religiousness increases with age, albeit not in a smooth path but rather in stages. Americans are least religious at age 23 and most religious at age 80.

    The U.S. Remains a Largely Christian Nation

    Broadly speaking, the United States remains a largely Christian nation, although one in which an increasing percentage of adults say that they don't have a formal religious identity. More than three-fourths (77%) of American adults in 2012 identify with a Christian religion, including Protestantism, Catholicism, other Christian religions, and Mormonism. Among only those Americans who have a religious identity, 94% are Christians, with the rest spread across several other religious categories.

    religion is not declining as you are claiming

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  • 7 years ago

    Nope, and what you are saying is actually lining up with eschatology, study it alongside what you just said, without bias or any influence from any Philosophy or ideology (no excuses) and while you are at it? Study the Rise of Islam in Europe , Google Muslim Population in Europe, France in Particular, England and the United States.

    This studies are obviously done so from Bias sources and not accurate,allowing personal Biases to taint their results, Not surprising,

    Source(s): TR
  • Anonymous
    7 years ago

    Religion is slowly diminishing. Churches are here just to give a preacher a job.

    If love and money are the root of all evil, then why do churches want it?

  • 7 years ago

    February 1, 2025 at 4:37 PM.

  • 7 years ago

    Religion will disappear when God disappears and God is eternal.

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    Lv 6
    7 years ago

    Upon The Return of JESUS THE CHRIST all world religions, governments, and armies will be destroyed. There will be a totally new day for all whom survive down here the Wrath to come and for those returning with JESUS. This Kingdom of our LORD' has no end.

    JESUS BLESS YOU

    david stotler

  • 7 years ago

    Never fully.

    As long as there are emotional sentient beings, there will be some of them who subscribe to comforting myths, particularly those myths which are conveniently unfalsifiable.

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