Will religion become extinct in some future time?  What would possibly replace it?
916126
Forget about religion ! Even the current human civilization based on nuclear fission will not last long. It will give way to  a civilization based on bones & ashes. Religion will be replaced by spiritualism in which man will worship the God in his heart with the help of his mind.
333249
I think it would be naive to think that we are the only intelligent beings in this vast universe. Of course it would continue to exist. And as far as anyone knows, the boundaries to this universe may never be reached by human beings. Also, you are correct in your statement that human beings will become extinct. I say this because we only need to look at the dinosaurs. Excellent question!
365440
Get rid of EVERY religion. Think about it.
991185
It'll be a much more interesting place...we wouldnt need Christianity then :D
765950
I am not concerned about the survival of religions. I wouldn't worry if none of them survived. But I am concerned about the survival of humankind. Will these religions let it survive?
1032239
Depending on where you live, religion might be a choice or enforced. I agree to a point with what you are saying but, if people were to simply filter out and use ONLY the morality, spirituality and common sense religion CAN teach one, then I say teach away. Unfortunately the belief in the intangable is rampant even in this modern day and age.
2476
The problem is.. god does not exists.. so nothing will be changed...  \n\nBut the world will be a better place without fanatics....
945618
I highly doubt Christianity will ever be gone for good. But I do think that maybe eventually Christians could become a minority instead of the majority as they are now. I don't see it happening real soon.\n\nI hope this isn't one of those "We're being persecuted" arguments.  Because you can't be the majority and have all the power and say you're being persecuted or "taken out".  :) Christians are still the majority.
887672
Religion shaped history but the future belongs to science-the end of organised religion is near.
164039
yes the child will find religion. because religion is EVERYWHERE!!! unless he/she was totally seltered from all society, all his life, than sooner or later he/she will find a religion, it all depends on where in this crazy world this child lives would depend on what religion he/she will be preached about.
81072
Things will change and i think for good. Human beings will stop playing with nature.\n\nIn next 25 years the whole world come very close and there would not be any problems of race, cultures and terrorism as people will slowly realise that these things dont help a community to grow. \n\nScience will open new doors and we cant even think what all new things we'll see in next 25 years.
303170
I don't doubt that it would cause changes in some religions, however, unless these aliens could explain how we got to be here, I don't think it would make a major change to creation theology. Most moderate Christians, for example, will admit the distict possibility of there being other life in the universe. I personally hope there is. Otherwise, it would seem to be a colossal waste of space!
1130475
I think as we grow more and more as a society, that deontology - at least based on the absolute word of god - will disappear. Granted, we still have fundamentalist nations and whatnot that will probably always be like that, but western society as a whole is not there anymore, for the most part, and will continue to move away from that in the coming generation (or two)\n\nAs for utilitarianism, this generation is far too individual to really get anywhere close to that.  The me myself and I generation (which I happen to be apart of) wouldn't sacrifice anything for the greater good.\n\nAnd I think there is a balance out there between religion and utilitarianism, but I dont think we're likely to reach it.
542106
I do think the Internet is contributing to the decline of organized religion.  Before the 'net' the only people who really went to libraries to look in religious texts were people who planned on making it their life's calling.  Now like you said anyone can look at all aspects of it right from their own home.. for most the shine is off.. the mystery is gone.\n\nReligion in some form or another will always exist and I view these changes as a good thing.  Human beings were never meant to be stagnant.. we need to grow and change.  \n\nOf course many religions today will look at this as totally destructive and will contribute to some negative factor that their own religion ordains.
183073
I think they will. But humans will all (or mostly) be extinct by then. There's the controversial theory that robots evolve over time and they technically can't die, because they were never alive. So even if humans killed each other off or in some other way became extinct, robots would still be around. And if the evolving theory is true, they will be able to function on there own, as they see fit - maybe acting as humans do. They might form governments, fall in love, etc. If this ever were to happen, I think it would be a long, long way into the future.
472623
Well to describe how big the universe is, There are as many galaxys as grains of sand on a beach. I'm pretty sure we would find another body of life, The universe is endless as we know it. There may be another earth out there where dinosaurs are still the rulers of the planet but, even if we did have the technology the goverment would never tell us. It would cause to much religion chaos and destory them. The goverment likes religion its all about control of actions.
881761
Hi. You are pretty optimistic about the development of science without the wonder of the night sky. Assuming we were still a curious breed and tried to mimic birds then I would suspect the sight of the sun would start a new religion.