We'll agree to disagree there. At some point another religion will come around that will attract a portion of those who aren't sure what they believe, or don't believe in anything. Then the number of non-believers will start to shrink and shrink and shrink, and the number who believe in organized religion will rise and rise and rise.

 

You are right, we have to agree to disagree.

With the spread and rise of Islam in Asian countries as well as domestic, I do not see religion dying or even declining. But I personally consider Atheism to be a religion.

 

You may be able to make the case that Christianity is declining in the Western World. I personally think the Biblical Teaching is declining within the Christian Church.

 

But religion itself will never die nor will belief in the supernatural.

 

Do you believe that belief in Evil is dying as well? If you believe in one, then you have to believe in the other.

There is actually lots of evidence to support it. I was recently watching a "science show" and they provided some empirical data. However, I don't remember which show.

 

For starters check this out:

 

This ratio is changing. According to a 2013 survey of 14,000 people in 13 nations (Germany, France, Sweden, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, Israel, Canada, Brazil, India, South Korea, the U.K. and the U.S.) that was conducted by the German Bertelsmann Foundation for its Religion Monitor, there is both widespread approval for the separation of church and state, as well as a decline in religiosity over time and across generations.

 

In response to the statements “Only politicians who believe in God are suitable for public office” and “Leading religious figures should exercise an influence on government decisions,” even in über-religious America only 25 percent agreed with the former and 28 percent with the latter. All other countries reported lower figures (with Spain at or near the bottom at 8 and 13 percent and Germany in the middle at 10 and 21 percent, respectively). Moreover, most of the countries in the survey showed a declining trend in religiosity, especially among the youth. In Spain, for example, 85 percent of respondents older than 45 reported being moderately to very religious, but only 58 percent of those younger than 29 said they were. In Europe in general, only 30 to 50 percent said that religion is important in their own lives.

 

Why the decline? One factor is the dramatic spread of democracy around the globe over the past half a century. Most people surveyed agreed that democracy is a good form of government, with no differences across religious faiths. One of the features of a democracy is the disentanglement of the sacred from the secular because in religiously pluralistic countries no one can legitimately claim special status by faith membership. Democracies also have higher literacy rates and mass education that lead to a tolerance for the beliefs of others that, in turn, lowers the absolutism most religions in the past required, thus undermining the truth claims of any one religion over others.

 

Is God Dying? - Scientific American

 

 

Also, check this story out again:

 

To answer your question because many people are free thinkers that were not brainwashed from an early age to believe this particular brand of fiction.

 

I did a quick search and found the following but in short about 20% of Americans are non-believers and among Americans under 30 it rises to almost a 1/3 of Americans are non-believers. Here is the info from the article:

 

Back in July, some readers might have been surprised when TheBlaze reported that one in five Americans now consider themselves atheists, agnostics or “nones.” While some may have dismissed the figure then or questioned its accuracy, a new analysis from the Pew Research Center’s Forum on Religion & Public Life confirms a growth in secular world-views — and a decline in religious adherence — among U.S. adults.

 

This morning, Pew announced its new findings that show a rapid increase in individuals who claim they are unaffiliated with a faith or religious structure. While approximately 20 percent of the nation’s adults fall into this category (19.6 percent, to be exact), the new proportions also show a startling result among America’s young people: One-third of those individuals under the age of 30 are unaffiliated.

 

 

Pew: 20% of Americans Are Now Atheist, Agnostic or Unaffiliated With a Religion | TheBlaze.com

I would attribute the age thing more with the upbringing than anything else. I don't think it is more people who don't believe in religion as to the youth not being forced per say to attend Church etc. as much as the parents of previous generations did. Religion will not be dead in 50 years.

 

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