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https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/obs...-religion/
I feel it would decline, but I feel there would some resurgence of these declining religions sometime in the far off future.
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It seems to me that there is a flipside to this. Sure the number of people who are not religious is going up but of those who remain religious there is a growing number who are extreme in their belief. 45% of Americans believe the world is only 10,000 years old, or less. 60% believe Noah's flood actually happened. And to borrow a line from The Newsroom, America really does lead the world in the 'percent of adults who believe angels are real.'
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Another interesting factor in that graph is the slow but sure rise in 'other'; alternative and non-Christian religions are on the rise. Perhaps Cosmism and Universalism will become significant, or even Pastafarianism.
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10-26-2017, 10:49 PM
(This post was last modified: 10-26-2017, 10:50 PM by stevebowers.)
Christian religions in OA
http://www.orionsarm.com/eg-article/4625929c7a512
http://www.orionsarm.com/eg-article/461319ec3d445
http://www.orionsarm.com/eg-article/4ad470a85b05e
http://www.orionsarm.com/eg-article/47646a0f14612
And Universalism, which incorporates elements of the Abrahamic religions
http://www.orionsarm.com/eg-article/471feef0b5832
and Islam, which is another Abrahamic faith
http://www.orionsarm.com/eg-article/46662317b75a2
We don't have an article about Judaism, but we do have a world or two where there are significant numbers of believers;
also Gnosticism, Alan's particular favourite, which has Judeo-Christian roots
http://www.orionsarm.com/eg-article/46f96589c1b82
