Can't refute that. But even there, I believe things will change over time (a much longer time, granted) as even they become members of the wider world and their children are raised in growing numbers among us infidels.

There are always going to be fanatics, but I think that with time, the fanatics will be seen by larger numbers of even their own ethnicity as the fanatics they are. You can only kill so many people for so long before they get really sick and tired of being killed and decide to do something about it.

>In the western world, that truly seems to be the case. However, look at the Muslims and the rate of growth...
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>>There will always be some, but I do think there are fewer and fewer with each generation. Eventually, I believe the world, generally, will look at today's religions as quaint mythologies in the same way that we look at ancient Greek, Roman, Norse, etc. mythologies.
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>>We've already seen it happening. Back in the dim mists of time when science explained very little of the everyday world, almost everyone (if not actually everyone) believed in some god(s) or other. Fewer and fewer as science explains more and more.
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>>I think it's why religious leaders are becoming more and more desparate as more and more, they lose control over their flocks.
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>>>It makes sense to me, but I think religious zeal outweighs common sense. Otherwise why do children in very religious households grow up with firm religious beliefs that don't even make sense in today's world.
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>>>>>>Religon evolves as the human race does - and eventually (assuming humans don't kill each other off first) I think this perception of the existance of some supreme being will diminish over time, and someday instead of having a bunch of humans all suffering from this mass delusion we'll be wise enough to figure out our own moral standards instead of trying to establish our values based on 2000 year old work of fiction.
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>>>>>I disagree. I think if one religion doesn't take control of the world and force all others into hidden worship only, then the world will evolve into a place with many many religions with more diverse beliefs rather than the few major ones we have now with similar beliefs...
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>>>>I think it's almost inevitable, as more and more children grow up in a world in which science and technology are evolving at such a fast pace, that religion will devolve into smaller and smaller enclaves. The more that science can explain, the less need there will be for religion - especially organised religion.