mikkel_the_dane
My own religion
You make zero sense. Probably because you are once again misrepresenting me.
I don't "believe" in science.
You believe in truth and that it is useful. Remove humans and there would be no truth or useful.
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You make zero sense. Probably because you are once again misrepresenting me.
I don't "believe" in science.
Why is it in us? Whom do we blame for it? What made your Allah create it? Do not try to defend what is indefensible.
It already has been. Millenia after millenia.
Whenever "faith" is invoked, disagreement surely follows.
People within the same religion can't even agree on their "faith".
Faith is gullibility.
On faith, you an believe anything.
There is no such disagreement when it comes to say gravity, plate tectonics, radiation, etc.
The reason is simple. Those things are independendly verifiable and supported by well-established evidence and reason.
If science where faith based, we'ld have thousands of "theories" of gravity, just like we have thousands of "theories" of gods.
I think in 5000 years, there is not a single Christian or Muslim, or most of other major religions. There will be new religions. People follow those new religions.What do you think will become of major religions in the future? Will they change into something different? Will they die out? Will new ones form?
I think in 5000 years, there is not a single Christian or Muslim, or most of other major religions. There will be new religions. People follow those new religions.
I fully agree, only time will tell.Time will be our judge.
Below are some projections:What do you think will become of major religions in the future? Will they change into something different? Will they die out? Will new ones form?
I believe that in the future there will be only one religion, because that is what God has ordained for healing all the world.I would expect any future religion will be united under One God,
I believe that in the future there will be only one religion, because that is what God has ordained for healing all the world.
“That which the Lord hath ordained as the sovereign remedy and mightiest instrument for the healing of all the world is the union of all its peoples in one universal Cause, one common Faith. This can in no wise be achieved except through the power of a skilled, an all-powerful and inspired Physician. This, verily, is the truth, and all else naught but error.”
The Summons of the Lord of Hosts, p. 91
Nobody knows what that religion will be called, except God.
At the same time, however, the unaffiliated are expected to continue to increase as a share of the population in much of Europe and North America. In the United States, for example, the unaffiliated are projected to grow from an estimated 16% of the total population (including children) in 2010 to 26% in 2050.Below are some projections:
The Future of World Religions: Population Growth Projections, 2010-2050
Why Muslims Are Rising Fastest and the Unaffiliated Are Shrinking as a Share of the World’s Population
The religious profile of the world is rapidly changing, driven primarily by differences in fertility rates and the size of youth populations among the world’s major religions, as well as by people switching faiths. Over the next four decades, Christians will remain the largest religious group, but Islam will grow faster than any other major religion. If current trends continue, by 2050 …
These are among the global religious trends highlighted in new demographic projections by the Pew Research Center. The projections take into account the current size and geographic distribution of the world’s major religions, age differences, fertility and mortality rates, international migration and patterns in conversion.
- The number of Muslims will nearly equal the number of Christians around the world.
- Atheists, agnostics and other people who do not affiliate with any religion – though increasing in countries such as the United States and France – will make up a declining share of the world’s total population.
- The global Buddhist population will be about the same size it was in 2010, while the Hindu and Jewish populations will be larger than they are today.
- In Europe, Muslims will make up 10% of the overall population.
- India will retain a Hindu majority but also will have the largest Muslim population of any country in the world, surpassing Indonesia.
- In the United States, Christians will decline from more than three-quarters of the population in 2010 to two-thirds in 2050, and Judaism will no longer be the largest non-Christian religion. Muslims will be more numerous in the U.S. than people who identify as Jewish on the basis of religion.
- Four out of every 10 Christians in the world will live in sub-Saharan Africa.
The Future of World Religions: Population Growth Projections, 2010-2050
I don't think the world will ever unite under one religion, as I earlier reasoned out to Susan. I guess she disagrees with me.I see that is sound reasoning, it may take another dispensation or two!
Regards Tony
However, that in no way indicates that the Baha'i Faith will decline (or not grow) since it is such a small percentage of that lump.The Baha'is are lumped in with other religions, which is projected to decline as a proportion of the total population.
I think only Christianity will survive and all the rest of religions will die out. What do you think?
However, that in no way indicates that the Baha'i Faith will decline (or not grow) since it is such a small percentage of that lump.
Your opinion is based upon they way religious people are now, but it is not the way they will be on the future. What would have been the point of the coming of Baha'ullah if He could not even unite the human race, including uniting all the religions under one common banner? That is exactly what Shoghi Effendi said was the mission of Baha'u'llah and what was destined to happen during the His Dispensation. God holds our destiny in His Hands so what happens in the future is not about what people like or want, it is about what God wants, God's will for humanity.I will add here that I believe that it is unreasonable for everyone to believe in one religion at any time, given how different people have different opinions, and different spiritual susceptibilities. Is it reasonable that everyone in the world will be a true seeker? Some people will always cling to the former religion.
That is true. Christianity is growing slower that all the other Abrahamic religions, except Judaism, which is an ethnic religion. In contrast to universalizing religions like Christianity, Islam, and the Baha'i Faith, ethnic religions usually consist of beliefs and rituals handed down from generation to generation within an ethnicity and culture and they are not religions that tend to convert.Right now the smaller religions like Buddhism Paganism and Baha'i are growing, as Christians drop out of church to join with other religions.
He gives the commandment. Why did he not give a mind which would not generate hateful thoughts? Why the disruptive thoughts of this religion or that religion arise when he sends his prophets, sons, messengers, manifestations, mahdis. Your Allah is scheming devil. Says one thing, does something different.34 “A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. 35 By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.”
What I said was in sarcasm. No one can tell what will happen in future.So try the Muslims instead, if only one survives it'll be the Muslims.
He gives the commandment. Why did he not give a mind which would not generate hateful thoughts? Why the disruptive thoughts of this religion or that religion arise when he sends his prophets, sons, messengers, manifestations, mahdis. Your Allah is scheming devil. Says one thing, does something different.