Whither religion?

[mahnmut]

We've often heard of the Evangelical segment of the electorate. Or the Mormon segment. Or the Jewish segment. But little is being told of the second-largest segment in America, and arguably the fastest-growing: atheists, or more broadly, non-believers. And they're rising worldwide. And surprisingly or not, being an open atheist may no longer be a

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[anfalicious]

We've known for some time now that the Catholic Church was actually a freaky sex cult, but after our Royal Commission into institutional child abuse, it's been shown that pretty much all religions are places for old men to protect each other while they abuse children. This really undermines their moral authority, because none of them have been spared; they were all doing it. It's really shown what religion really is: a bunch of old men protecting their own interests by telling everyone else what to do in the name of something that no one can prove doesn't exist.

I think there's a new culture war coming; on one side all the religious are sucking up their pride and starting to talk to each other so they can protect their right to defer to a magical sky wizard for moral and social authority whilst on the other side the atheists are getting big enough to be actually saying "ah, no, you don't get to use that as an argument in a modern society, facts or STFU".

The terrorism coming from white Christians in the next 50 years is gonna make these fundy Muslamics look like the IRA.

[geezer_also]

"The terrorism coming from white Christians in the next 50 years is gonna make these fundy Muslamics look like the IRA."

Hmm, I'm not sure on what you base that (totally irrational ;D) statement on; however, the wonderful thing about it is that only a few of us (generic us, since I won't be) will be around to point out how wrong you were.
Personally, I think that the 'Muslamics' will bring about the apocalypse way before then...oh say in about 25 years...but then it's highly unlikely I will still be around for you to tell me I'm wrong :D

[anfalicious]

An increasingly marginalised, heavily armed group who feel something has been taken from them? No reason to see them becoming terrorists. Sorry, lone wolves.

Most terrorism in the US is already white men.

I think islamic fundamentalism will largely wither and die over the next 25 years.