Never mind about all of the religions and their variants, just wait until Iran or N Korea produces a large viable fully nuclear warhead and then fires off multiples westwards.
Whatever is left with be residual and those surviving will have a very hard time.
true religion is what belief is within onesself, not what others try and force on you. I have my own thoughts on what I believe in, and it is personal to me alone
Culture and religion are not the same thing though CB. For instance in many religions you now see people wearing ultra-conservative âreligiousâ dress which is nothing like traditional cultural dress. Sadly it appears to be impacting women almost exclusively.
Iâm all for culture and traditions (so long as they are positive) and very much against outside influences born out of the whims of religious âleadersâ.
Very true Azz, but to some extent isnât culture often born of religion? I think sometimes itâs incredibly difficult to entirely separate the two although perhaps Iâm just unwittingly nit picking? Probably the way my mind works, more questions than answers 
I know what youâre saying, religion can sometimes become part of culture - but culture pre-dates religion, traditions were around before religious influences and will be long after it too (unless we annihilate ourselves 
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Some of the cultural things I like (not linked to religion) are things like food, dress, dance, hospitality etc 
Thatâs an interesting chart especially for a country with a state imposed religion. Youâd have to wonder what King Charlie is defending these days.
Australia is a secular country - Section 116 of the constitution deals with this. There are four prohibitions on the Commonwealth in this section:
Attendance is totally voluntary nowadays
Most likely the larger the local population becomes, the crazier it gets. One day the Crazy sheds will reopen and 24 hour Entertainment will run amuck ! Look at D.C. complete wackinessâ !
Another Frenchman was wise about religion.
"Men will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest.
Most religions and govts just want people to breed soldiers and slaves - they donât care about people, just numbers - the more they have the richer and more powerful they are. I hope humanity will one day wake up.
Civilized to Death by Christopher Ryan could be a good place to start for many, while not directly related it might help people see whatâs more natural (and that what govts/religion/âsocietyâ expect is far far far from what human nature does).
People always seek answers. Religion always shows up to give those answers. Why am I here? What is my purpose? And what happens when I die? All people want these answers which science cannot answer so religion steps in.
Best not seek answers
I would say these questions are purely philosophical in nature. But I am interested in exactly what answers religion provides, and what it has to justify these answers.
Yes, it will. As soon as we find the meaning of life.
Religion will never die out, weâll just replace it with something more up-to-date.
But we know that already, it is 42.
You reminded me of the TV series American Gods - have you seen it? Itâs about the old gods (i.e biblical gods) vs the new gods (TV / Tech etc). I reckon youâd like it! If youâve got Amazon Prime it should be on there.
Though maybe not watch it until your heart issues are sorted - some parts of it are very saucy! (One of the old gods is the goddess of, erm, âloveâ 
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