Do you think all people will be Atheists by 5200?

people always need something to believe in, and hope for, and those things have always varied, so I think they will continue to do so.

Really? So god’s like fairies, every time someone says “I don’t believe in god”, he dies a little bit?

No never! God is this World. without him, it wont exist. and what keeps this world alive is our faith! most ridiculous questions here but I guess we are all on different spiritual levels

bbb: Once again, what proof do you have for yours? Your statement contradicts the historical account accepted as accurate by nearly everyone, so the burden of proof lies on you.

Pshhh no. I dont think this earth will ever become’ a Godless society. Thats just…crazy.

Maybe a better question is, “Will religion change quickly enough to survive the advances in science and technology?” I think it most likely will but will be far different from the religions we have today.

Nope..As technology advances,human beings find that they have nothing to do.A sort of void.. The best thing that can fill it other than liquor is god..But form of god will change.It will more active forms like ‘hare krishna’ and other cult forms of worship.

Nope..As technology advances,human beings find that they have nothing to do.A sort of void.. The best thing that can fill it other than liquor is god..But form of god will change.It will more active forms like ‘hare krishna’ and other cult forms of worship.

No, I do not believe that, one because by then maybe humans will be extinct and everyone needs to believe in a religion or needs that closure of something else being out there except for just nothingness, its been proving believing in a religion (any) is better…etc

I don’t believe at any point the entire world will be Atheists. Thats a bit extreme. Maybe more people will become Atheist, but definitely not everyone.

TO SEMI 1900: “Religion itself has changed drastically since then. Around 3000 years ago, there was no organized religion; religious beliefs, practices and deities were localized and mostly polytheistic. Things like conversion, doctrine, and theology were not a part of religious life. In the next 3000 years, religion will go through many more changes”-

-You said that there was no organized Monotheistic religion 3,000 years ago, but the Vedic Civilization has been existing for billions of years and the Vedas itself were written billions of years ago. What proof do you have for your comment.

We won’t discover all the mysteries of the universe even in 3,000 years. Every scientific discovery poses more questions than it answers. I’m sure we will solve a lot of mysteries but we will uncover even more.

Man by nature is religious. I’m not sure what our religion will be like millenia from now but there will be some sort of religion.

“TO TOADLY: Wow that’s some crazy Sh*t man? How did you figure that out? People in the year 5200 will be able to recreate simulations of the Universe and they will be able to watch all 13.7 billion years within a lifespan of 80 years?!”

…am I missing something? He didn’t say anything of the sort.

If humans are still around then, I foresee some possible worlds:

1. Everyone will have augmented intelligence. The theory of everything will have been discovered, and even children will comprehend it. there will be no wonder left in regard to understanding nature and everyone will be an atheist as a result. Quantum simulations will have recreated our universe exactly, and so they will be able to explicitly watch how the history of religion evolved.

2. We will all be dumb as dirt, having relegated our care to machines. We will think of the machines as gods. Christians will have twisted whatever contemporary events are going on into a story as to why Jesus just has to come back any day.

3. Machine super intelligence will discover a real proof for a god, and everyone will be a theist.

I think people will always believe in a higher power. some need that in their life to explain the things they don’t understand. also, people will still rely on god to forgive them for mistakes they can’t forgive themselves for. no matter the advance in technology, unless we evolve into some species that relies solely on logic, theories of god will always thrive.

I believe that all things will be made new, way before that time.

“the Vedic Civilization has been existing for billions of years and the Vedas itself were written billions of years ago. What proof do you have for your comment. “

Well, off the top of my head, I’d have to say my proof is every historical record in existence up to this point.

As arachnid points out, what you’ve said about the Vedic civilization really has no proof whatsoever. It is true the Vedics were one of the oldest civilizations, with origins going back possibly 9000 years ago. However, to say they’ve been around for billions of years flies in the face of everything archaeologists have discovered about them.

Besides, how is this even relevant to the discussion? The Vedics in their religious life were polytheistic and offered sacrifices to appease the forces of nature. It’s basically how Hinduism started. They’re actually a good example of what I was trying to say about ancient religion.

I hate to say it, but you have yet to convince anyone that you’re not just making stuff up as you go along.

no. there is never going to be a time were everyone in the world believes in just one thing (wether that be believing in god, or not) there’ll always be people who dont beleive in god, just as much as there’ll always be people who believe in god