The only hope is evolution. Religion is rooted in the wetware, and resides physically in the brain. As we evolve a percentage of the population is born with ever shrinking god regions in the wetware. Those who cannot feel or understand faith, or do not sense an external force, do not participate in religious commune.
If this mutation is successful, changes in the population will eventually bear out a larger group of mutations, than earlier populations. I definitely believe its a genetic issue and one that will be identified fully in time, as our understanding of the brain evolves.
At some point we may release the baggage of our childhood and move out into the universe that beckons. But, as long as there are more people hell bent on believing the rapture is just around the corner, the less likely I believe our species can survive.
We have technology that can eliminate us, stories in the Bible, Quran, and Torah that predict our demise, and a world full of believers set on seeing it through.
Obviously, this does not add up to a Star Trek ending. Only science can save us. Hopefully, one day they will find this root of all evil and remove it from the population.
If this mutation is successful, changes in the population will eventually bear out a larger group of mutations, than earlier populations. I definitely believe its a genetic issue and one that will be identified fully in time, as our understanding of the brain evolves.
At some point we may release the baggage of our childhood and move out into the universe that beckons. But, as long as there are more people hell bent on believing the rapture is just around the corner, the less likely I believe our species can survive.
We have technology that can eliminate us, stories in the Bible, Quran, and Torah that predict our demise, and a world full of believers set on seeing it through.
Obviously, this does not add up to a Star Trek ending. Only science can save us. Hopefully, one day they will find this root of all evil and remove it from the population.
Maybe, just maybe, we will last that long.
I doubt it.