Why has religion gone down in importance lately?
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It's because we as a society have shifted our focus to things that can be explained, science can give us the answers to the great questions. Not to mention that recent generations have a problem with trust; we live in an age where everyone is trying to scam us or lie to us and we find ourselves unable to believe in something without being reassured it isn't a waste of time. I'd say that it also has to do with the disappearance of the typical "nuclear family" structure and a more accepting attitude of things that don't follow the norm.
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We are becoming more free to to be able to pursue our own ideas and possibilities. We have started to become Posibilitists (a coined term from a scientist) We realize we don't know very much about the universe and are eager to explore and think for ourselves rather than have beliefs forced upon us.
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I think since there's so much more evidence that supports the evoultion theory now and there's so many religions out there that claim to be the right one and obviously if there was a god every other person who believes in another one will be wrong so the odds of you believing in the right one are kinda slim. so religion is just kinda stupid in my opinion that's why i'm a atheist
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One of the things that has been going on lately has been a rise in religious extremism. When that happens, a lot of people leave.
The average person doesn't want to be associated with a terrorist, a racist, etc etc, unless they actually are one also. Heavier religious extremism will cause more average people of that religion to look for another, or just quit following the religion. Where that's impossible, they just tend to pay lip service without actually worshipping. Going through the motions, as it were.
The average person doesn't want to be associated with a terrorist, a racist, etc etc, unless they actually are one also. Heavier religious extremism will cause more average people of that religion to look for another, or just quit following the religion. Where that's impossible, they just tend to pay lip service without actually worshipping. Going through the motions, as it were.
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Frankly religions cause to much problems, most wars are due to them (Crusades for example), it causes a lot of tension between people due to different beliefs.
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The implication that religous people adhere to their tennants of faith TO THE LETTER is preposterous. It is almost akin to saying that all black people FUCKING LOVE FRIED CHICKEN AND WATERMELONS, and that jewish people ARE GREEEEEDY FUCKING BASTARDS. The problem is that the people who actualy are (or at least pretend to be) are the ones who get the most focus.
It's the media's fault. It is the beast that feeds itself off the suffering of others, not knowing why it must. The cameras focus on the worst example of religious people, and people are turned off by it. They ask themselves if THAT is who they will be associated with and either leave the religon, turn themselves into the steriotypical religious extremist, or do the smart thing and try to not let it affect them (although it does. Everything that we witness affects us).
It's not just their fault though, its everyone's fault for expressing an uninformed opinion and saturating all media outlets with such ideas, and thereby presenting a plethora of uninformed ideas to people who wish to be enlightened. EVERYONE. EVEN ME. I REEK OF IT. HAHAHAHAHAHAHA.
It's the media's fault. It is the beast that feeds itself off the suffering of others, not knowing why it must. The cameras focus on the worst example of religious people, and people are turned off by it. They ask themselves if THAT is who they will be associated with and either leave the religon, turn themselves into the steriotypical religious extremist, or do the smart thing and try to not let it affect them (although it does. Everything that we witness affects us).
It's not just their fault though, its everyone's fault for expressing an uninformed opinion and saturating all media outlets with such ideas, and thereby presenting a plethora of uninformed ideas to people who wish to be enlightened. EVERYONE. EVEN ME. I REEK OF IT. HAHAHAHAHAHAHA.