Christianity 'could die out within a century'

I just want to repeat what MoonLoon said:
"Jesus never mentioned one word about a "Church". He simply asked for us to love one another, to help the needy, show compassion, and carry a spirit of forgiveness when dealing with our brothers and sisters, and respect the Father of all humanity.
Most angry poster's on this site are only aware of a modified version of the message Jesus was delivering."

Not if I can help it! It will be happening alot sooner than that!

Religious hypocrites are the true devil's advocates. Not that I believe there's a devil, but if there is one, they are the ones working for him.

all religion should disappear... maybe ppl will know there own true heart thew doin good and evil...

do good.. u get good for it

do evil.. watch out..

that simple look at the state the U.S is in..

hhmmmmmmm.

By the way, 96thdayofrage, Jesus is not still around. He died a long, long time ago.

Religion is a scourge on humankind. The sooner we evolve beyond it the better off we'll be as a species. Period!

Christianity is a billion-dollar business. That alone will insure it stays around. Hopefully it will morph into a 'kinder gentler' dogma.

I think your all over complicating it actually... it wont take long for human beings to realise that "Self appointed, Agents of God" no matter what particular "Brand" they are selling are only interested in prolonging their own ends. Organised religion was a simple tool to manage the uneducated sheep herders of the time into some sort of social order through fear and guilt. Once man realises this ... and the fact that he doesn't need some "Marketing manager" to tell him that he mustn't kill in order to be a good human, then these brands of religion are defunct.

Were almost there... we just need a little more confidence in ourselves.. and the churches will vanish.

We give far too much importance to these "brands" and not enough faith in ourselves... God didn't invent man in his image... God was invented and developed by "Brand" managers in Man's image. the sooner we realise this the sooner "Brand Zealots" will disappear.

you never know your luck!!

who knows what the future holds? Maybe one day people might be able to think for themselves. Sounds like wishful thiknin tho tbf :/

True religion within Christianity has been on the downslide, no doubt with the help of zealots like Roy Moore and Warren Jeffs. However, spirituality and belief in Jesus Christ has, as far as I'm aware of, not decreased. As we enter in to a more international world, there will be pressure for some facets of society to change their practicing religion, but I believe that one thing our generation has is tolerance for other sexes, races, and religions and coexistance will be easy and acceptable. And as far as the growth of Islam and Buddhism, it still remains that Christianity is one of the most easily practiced and (Of course I'm biased, but have researched other religions and attended several different ceremonies.) most gratifying religions to dabble in.

Good. Most people arent very good at practicing religion anyway.

Christians and Christianity has always been attacked and ridiculed from Day 1. All I can do for the people that attack Christians is pray for them. Living your life as a Christian is a burden. Carrying the weight of the Cross is a burden I am willing to bare.

You only need organized religion until you find spirituality within yourself. I predict that not only organized religion, but many of the control structures that now exist in the world will come crashing down in time. Like the government as we know it, definetly religion, and the unspoken class system that people deny existing in America!

Religion has no importance as a word. The Respect to/from those who choose to have a "peaceful" religion or no religion, means it all.

God wants spiritual fruits not religious nuts!

Yeah, water, food and art.
These things are more important than magic.
Then again, that's some serious magic the fourth branch is using on the uneducated populations these foggy days.

Oh I want to marry a Hindu gal
she'd be the one
oh please be the one
It's been so long
the American type o' women and dates is gone
they've been battered too long
kyant stretch that dollar so long anymore
they are attractive but retro-broken by the 80's
by corporate, posh sweaters-religion and plastic babies with celphones...
oh woe is this loley soul!!!

I'm singin' that one drunk tonight!

Oh and then there's the evil that will make it even HARDER to meet women: refer to life-saving URL

I don't think the religions will "die out." I think the traditional Roman Catholic Church may fade away, but too many sects of Christianity exist for there to be a total lack of Christianity and Judaism in 100 years.

The Bible predicted this abandonment of Christianity. "A dog will return to its vomit" and "a washed pig will return to the mud".

Since when did the opinion of people in a random survey mean anything?

If 100% of people said they don't believe the sun sets in the west, does that somehow change the truth of the matter?

Controversial topic...I don't think Christianity/Judaism are likely to die out any time soon. You must keep in mind how many religion based colleges there are just in the United States, consider Catholic University in DC or Hebrew College in Newton Mass, the students there are devout in their religion. While I do see many churches converting to recreation halls, or theaters, the previous congregations most likely are still around but leasing a different building.

Well here's hoping!

I hear what you’re saying reaisan. I agree that humans should treat humans as human, not as cast offs of a particular sect.

But, this is not reality. Until one religious sect dominates, (very evolutionary of them), we all will continue to feel the effects of their ambition. Bomb this, kill them and the shit continues…

It's a matter of time, it will soon be over, the jesus/god/holy ghost fairy tale will be relegated to mythology where it belongs.

Hopefully it takes less that 100 years though, I don't know if these religious nuts will lets us survive that long.

"Religion will not die out."

Hail Zeus!!

how could they say that its gonna die out in 200 years when the bible says the end of the world is nearer than that? looks like someone hasn't been doing their homework! frauds liars! don't believe the hype.

i bet some whakd out religious authority came up with that one.... BS.

wishful thinking by those obsessed about hating it

It was just a fad. Get over it guys.

I wouldn't go as far as saying it would die out. Within the next century you will not see true Christians caught up in the skies, as they are raptured into a new state. Those left behind will be hunted down as if they were criminals. Judaism will play a prominent role from Isreal.

thank "god"!

it seems that tradition has a knack for enduring so although religion may be conceived of differently i'm sure people will still be Christian in 100 years. Furthermore given the probability of devastation, drought, flooding, starvation etc. predicted to accompany future overpopulation, climate change, food/water scarcity and whatever else is coming our way, i would imagine a lot of angry confused people will turn to religious explanations in the future.

unless of course wiki-ality and Current enlighten us all to the scientific explanations for future devastation, then future people will just be pissed off at us and atheists.

Why? Whats happening to the world?

well seeing as how we choose our religion based on what our spiritual needs are, it makes sense that as the world changes, as we change, our spiritual needs will change. simple.

religion is a tool for those who need help accepting or comprehending the "ways of the world" (sorry, couldn't think of a less cheesy phrase)

socialism will eventually (and hopefully peacefully) replace barbaric religions like the abrahamic faiths. besides wasn't jesus supposed to be back by now? or like...sometime in the next 40 years? that'll be the nail in the coffin when, surprise surprise, nothing changes (except maybe the suicide rate)

cheers

Something to think about:

He was born in an obscure village
The child of a peasant woman
He grew up in another obscure village
Where he worked in a carpenter shop
Until he was thirty

He never wrote a book
He never held an office
He never went to college
He never visited a big city
He never travelled more than two hundred miles
From the place where he was born
He did none of the things
Usually associated with greatness
He had no credentials but himself

He was only thirty three
His friends ran away
One of them denied him
He was turned over to his enemies
And went through the mockery of a trial
He was nailed to a cross between two thieves
While dying, his executioners gambled for his clothing
The only property he had on earth

When he was dead
He was laid in a borrowed grave
Through the pity of a friend

Nineteen centuries have come and gone
And today Jesus is the central figure of the human race
And the leader of mankind's progress
All the armies that have ever marched
All the navies that have ever sailed
All the parliaments that have ever sat
All the kings that ever reigned put together
Have not affected the life of mankind on earth
As powerfully as that one solitary life

Dr James Allan © 1926. For more information and other versions see SJVIS

I think if we don't abandon all the major world religions based on salvation, we'll all go extinct.

This world was not made for us, and we do not own it. We are subject to the same rules as every other species we share this planet with.

Salvationist religions have steered us down a path toward destruction, Christianity leading the pack the whole way. If we use our minds (which got us this far in the first place) we may stand a chance at surviving.

this is not surprising in any sense at all. Europe in its entirety is drifting further and further away from centers of Religiosity, with the viable exception of practicing Muslim immigrants. The utter irony of this conundrum is the fact that for multitudes of centuries the European people were engulfed in Christianity, and were by default defined by the Clergy's inexorable show of power and prestige. The United States remains somewhat of a pariah in comparison, being somewhat of an apex of Christianity. But while Europe drifts away from the faith other regions, in particular Latin America will remain entrenched in religion.

Man has tampered with religion so much that they can not get back to the true spirit of it. This idea of religion disappearing is not the issue, it's us forgetting the true meaning.

this is not surprising in any sense at all. Europe in its entirety is drifting further and further away from centers of Religiosity, with the viable exception of practicing Muslim immigrants. The utter irony of this conundrum is the fact that for multitudes of centuries the European people were engulfed in Christianity, and were by default defined by the Clergy's inexorable show of power and prestige. The United States remains somewhat of a pariah in comparison, being somewhat of an apex of Christianity. But while Europe drifts away from the faith other regions, in particular Latin America will remain entrenched in religion.

For better or for worst, I extremely doubt it. Traditions of christianity exist in many parts of the world, and I think the change in traditions due to the creation of newer generations will be at a much slower rate than they predict. Traditions and long existing cultural values don't die out so quickly.

I am sure that the present practice of Christianity bears little or no resemblance to what Christ taught, I am sure that the customs and usage one hundred years hence will again have made some wild change. Maybe for the better.

Religion is not always a bad thing. Like everything in life and humanity, there's a balance of good and evil. Religion, whether Christianity or Islam or Jehovah's Witness, it's how you use religion, and put it out for the good of others, to not curse, or put threats on our decisions against the Bible. Religion is to better YOU. I believe the world is gonna change in a century just like it always has for the previous centuries before us... and honestly all civilization fear change... because there's a fear of the unknown...

Sorry to encourage more fear into your trembling soul... Idk what's gonna happen in the future if Christianity is gonna flourish or continue on... but it's gonna be a BIG change....

Haha.. Thank God for individualism... and the free mind....

sounds like wishful thinking to me.

with the increasing strength & frequency of terrible natural disasters in poor countries & the enormous bankrolls of the church continuing to be the main sources of relief the loss of u.k. & european christians will almost definitely be recouped by the rise in the number of poor brown people giving into the church's plans for continued global domination.

http://current.com/items/89038568_the_dwingling_of_the_baptists

I posted a story that contradicts this a little bit, but it's about the USA, not the UK.

Intimidation has been Christianity’s greatest promotion method, shame is second. Shame: to make someone feel inferior, to ostracize, a state of disgrace or dishonor.

Guilt has been Christianity’s greatest "control the masses" method.

“A religious man fears to do wrong, an honorable man finds it beneath him.” - Unknown

Being an honorable human, toward other humans, should replace all dogma.

As far as I can see, Intimidation, Shame and Guilt are used much more frequently than Compassion, Charity and Love. Thus, you have more people everyday calling BS.

I know a lot of nice Christian people who's faith make them great people.

To be fair i know a lot of Christian people who's faith makes them ignorant and obnoxious.

To me it appears that ignorant and obnoxious people don't need a bible to be ignorant and obnoxious.

But I mean, it helps.

If religions made sense they would have a longer shelf life. I think people yearn for spirituality so there will always be a faith of some sort. I am personally an atheist but think people should be able to believe whatever they want even if it's nothing at all, and not be judged for that. Atheists often have better morals and compassion than so called Christians from my personal experience. But the real issue is religious influence on law and government which I thought was unconstitutional but Bush seems to have forgotten about that piece of paper that mentioned separation of church and state.

If only Christians practiced Christ consciousness, none would be excluded, and all would evolve toward loving thy neighbor as thyself... One day may-be we will see the truth, and the truth will set us free to edify each other... Won't that be the day of resurrection! I'm all for Jesus' faith in mankind.

i feel that religion has definitely become less and less popular, especially within my own generation. however, christianity has been around for eons so i'm not sure if it's going to be dying out anytime soon. plus, there are always the religious zealots that refuse to let go or even doubt god at all (ever seen the movie, jesus camp?)

I think that world leaders will always cling to the Christian religion, if not for any other reason but for something on which to blame their bad decisions and reasons to fight a war. Christianity will probably never go extinct, just as war will probably never end.

It is sad to me because I have my own modified set of beliefs that are a combination of Christian beliefs and many other things. I hate how degraded Christianity has become and how some people have taken it to such extremes that are actually contradictory to the whole message...

It amazes me that ascendancy and the lack of humility among the Christian leaders is not quelled by the followers. Oh, that’s right, “followers”. Christians call for Muslims to stand up to their zealous leaders, yet won’t do the same. Bush’s favorite philosopher is Jesus, yet he’s a war monger and is revered by 30% of Christians in the US (so the approval polls show). Bin Laden also started a war (jihad), and is revered by Muslims as standing up to the Christians. Queue the madness.

Bottom line, Muslims are using the very same tactics used by Christianity, intimidation and terror, to perpetuate it’s cause. (The inquisitions were acts of terror against the populace.)

Foot note to correct my earlier post: Although toleration was give to Christianity in 311CE by Constantine I, Christianity did not become the legal religion of the Roman Empire until the reign of Theodosius I (379-395). At that point not only was Christianity made the official religion of the Empire, but other religions were declared illegal.

and the bible will be placed in the fiction section at your local library, where it belongs

good. one down thousands to go. release the chains that bound you by those in control acting as puppeteers.

This is the best news I've heard all year!

Christianity will never die anywhere in the world.Once there is evil, good will always be present.

i do believe denominations will disappear because our generation doesn't necessarily agree with indoctrination, but as far as the tenets of Jesus they will remain. As long as there are sick people, oppressed people, people wanting to make the impossible possible Jesus' legacy will continue.

I'd be surprised if it lasted that long....I believe that science takes precedence over religion. People just need to get educated!

The homo sapien in it's present state of development needs it's dogma and substitute parents - unless there is a radical evolution of the brain in that time (which is quite possible) then the large dogmatic, rules based religions will remain.
An equally likely scenario is one that the main dogmatic organised religions ultimately aim for - catastrophe from over population.

Damn that long? Make it come sooner.

religion is anachronistic just as nationstates will be soon enough.

Fat chance, Christianity is still strong in the U.S. and all over Europe. Countries like the U.S. will always have a strong impact, socialy and politically, on the U.K.

It's definitely possible. It seems as we gain knowledge and access to information the need for all powerful super beings decreases. Welcome to the "information society".

It's good to see old dogmas go away, being replaced by a new generation which doesn't really call it a religion, just a "faith". Even though I consider faith a meat limitation for me, some people use it to their advantage. Just make sure you control it, not the other way around.

Good riddance.

Just about all religions that existsed PRIOR to the invention of Judiasm have loooong since ended. Why shouldn't this one?

No one is practicing ANY of the old Roman religions, the old Greek religions, the old Egyptian religions, the old Viking religions, etc.

The few exceptions seem to be religions that, frankly, are more humane and spiritually mature such as taoism, Zen -- Eastern religions.

The religions that are more spiritual and more like philosophy have a role in a modern society.

Thor and Zeus really don't have a serious religious role in a 21st century world because they are waaaay to backward to be practical.

Christanity is a lot like old school hunter-gatherer religions -- nontribesman are evil, kill your enemies with a club, everyone must die, be nice only to those who worship same god as tribe, grunt! grunt!

Um, yeah. That type of primitive, backward old school religion went out of style waaay back when the Aztecs tore the heart out of the last remaining virgin and said, "You know what? I'm beginning to think this wasn't such a great idea! There must be a better way."

If it wasn't for MTV-ifying our national religion (c'mon, Christanity is our national religion and we all know it) I doubt it would have lasted even this long.

Ending the practice of human sacrifice only made our lives better.

Ending the Witch trials only made our lives better.

Transitioning Christianity out of our lives and replacing it with something more spiritually mature and enlightened can only be to our benefit.

Modern Christianity is a portrait of what thousands of years of political corruption looks like. It wasn't always about bile spewing. Hunger for power, control, and money is ultimately what corrupted the church. It's not about instilling fear into the hearts of it's members but sadly that's how it's survived for so long. It makes people feel guilty. When they feel guilty, they feel insecure. When they feel insecure they can use their bible as a weapon to take the attention off themselves and onto godless heathens that "threaten their existence" . Bible thumping is a diversion to hide a "Christian's" guilty conscience. But it's all about power and fear is a great way to get control over someone. The church is finally losing control and I think it's great!

It would be nice to see it go.....If only America would follow suit. Then the world would be much more tolerant.

Those without a religion tend to be angrier.

These comments seem to point to that as more fact than fiction.