Popular new studies show that Religion is a dying concept and that, in Britain and other MEDCs (developed countries), less and less people in each new generation are becoming religious.
Some people, when asked why they aren't religious, refer to new videos such as Zeitgeist (hope I spelt that right) that suggest religious values are mostly the same for each religion, or that religion is a way of controlling people.
My personal view is, referring to events such as the Inquisition, that religion was developed purely and simply to give 'divine' power to those who chose to be favoured by the new god or have duties that, if tampered with, may lead to catastrophic result. I believe that this was a way of protecting previous religious and political rulers, and that now people realise this, they won't become religious.
I would like to hear your views on this subject, GamingAchilles
Now that I've watched Zeitgeist Part I: The Greatest Story Ever Told which was narrated by Peter Joseph, I can tell that:
#1 My work is cut out for me to personally refute or confirm the Astrological attributes of the Son vs the sun, "born of a virgin", "rising in the east", "visited by 3 kings", etc.
#2 Many people would take what was said on this film at face value without ever researching the truth for themselves simply because the BS is shoveled out so smoothly and sounds so reasonable when Joseph compares Jesus to Horus and Moses to Sargon.
That being said I find the "end of the world" phrase to be very compelling if it's truly a misinterpretation of "I'll be with you until the end of the age. And that age being the Age of Aquarius!
Thank you Gaming Achilles for this fun mystery to solve and thanks to Mage for providing the Atheist links to counterpoints of this film.
