bullethead
Of the hard cast variety
So Buddhism and Hinduism aren't better known?
Yes they are but they don't have the death tolls like the others.
So Buddhism and Hinduism aren't better known?
Countries with the best standard of living are turning atheist. That shift offers a glimpse into the world's future.
The basic idea is that as people become more affluent, they are less worried about lacking for basic necessities, or dying early from violence or disease. In other words they are secure in their own existence. They do not feel the need to appeal to supernatural entities to calm their fears and insecurities.
Before you go too far with your list, let me point out a few flaws in the authors overly ambitious "theory" of how things will go;
Standards of living are on the decline due to the monetary crisis in most every country on this globe.
Great idea, and partially true for a percentage of a population, but not for those of any religion that are faithful. Besides, as afore mentioned, we are in a global economic decline. Once powerful nations are being tossed into civil wars. Otherwise bastions of stability are now faced with riots by their own people as their governments are going bankrupt and struggling to maintain sovereignty.
So I'm not really sure what "world" this author is talking about, because this one is in a heap of trouble, and by using his own "thesis" humanity is going away from stability and security for the common man about as fast as can be possible.
Perhaps he has been smoking the good stuff and is dreaming of a Logan's Run Utopian type society that he saw on the Syfi channel or something, because the conditions necessary for his pipe dream to come true certainly aren't in existence today, nor will they be for the conceived future.
Which author are you talking about?
Did you not read the linked article in the OP of this thread?
(BTW – bullethead – post #125 – WOW! Excellent homework!)