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False: The invetion of the printing press slowed the evolution of language, the same occurs with Religion.

Posted By: Daedalus17
Date: Wednesday, May 9, 2012 at 02:23 pm

The printing press set the beliefs in stone. Additional inventions like computers and the internet help communicate these beliefs over large distances.

For this reason I think the variations on the major religions will be minor going forward. It will also be very difficult to start new religions that can get enough traction to get large.

For this reason I think religion will be very similar in the to today in the distant future. Only moderate changes will happen.

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NEW: True or False: In two thousand years from now (assuming the Mayans were full of $#!+), current religious views will be seen as we currenly view Greek Mythology?
TheRealU - -- Wednesday 9 May 2012, at 10:40 am [ID# 1357049] [reply]

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NEW: Judaism and Christianity are already over 2,000 years old so I say false! Greek mythology was much shorter! (nm)
Flyer - -- Wednesday 9 May 2012, at 10:43 am [ID# 1357051] [reply]

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NEW: I think you are mistaken...
Vegas Ute - Top 25 Poster -- Wednesday 9 May 2012, at 10:58 am [ID# 1357079] [reply]

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NEW: I think the pantheon of gods stretches all the way back beyond recorded history. (nm)
UtahUte72 - Top 25 Poster -- Wednesday 9 May 2012, at 11:44 am [ID# 1357131] [reply]

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NEW: I believe you are correct. The pantheon of Gods has likely been evolving throughout our entire 150k - 300k year existence as homo sapiens. We only know about the more recent belief systems through the invention of written language.
Puget Ute - -- Wednesday 9 May 2012, at 12:00 pm [ID# 1357141] [reply]

NEW: For those that wonder why people "need" religion so much, you will find this documentary fascinating.
leftyjace - -- Wednesday 9 May 2012, at 12:58 pm [ID# 1357169] [reply]

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NEW: I assume false... They may evolve and change, but current religious beliefs have endured major scientific discoveries and advancement in thought. By our nature we still yearn to reach outside of ourselves.
RedTide - -- Wednesday 9 May 2012, at 10:50 am [ID# 1357058] [reply]

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NEW: According to Glen Beck, we'll all be subjected to a muslim caliphate by then, so it won't really matter.... (nm)
UofUSportsGuy - -- Wednesday 9 May 2012, at 10:50 am [ID# 1357059] [reply]

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NEW: And we ALL know Beck is tapped into the truth pipeline. (nm)
SforkUte - Top 25 Poster -- Wednesday 9 May 2012, at 10:52 am [ID# 1357063] [reply]

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NEW: You can't stop him, you can only hope to contain him... (nm)
UofUSportsGuy - -- Wednesday 9 May 2012, at 10:54 am [ID# 1357067] [reply]

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NEW: Not too funny for France. 2040 they will be a Muslim majority and an Islamic Republic.
UTAH744 - -- Wednesday 9 May 2012, at 12:44 pm [ID# 1357162] [reply]

NEW: Is that the group that worships the Boogeyman? (nm)
Duhwayne - -- Wednesday 9 May 2012, at 11:01 am [ID# 1357084] [reply]

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NEW: Will the masses be worshiping Steve Jobs? (nm)
two utes - -- Wednesday 9 May 2012, at 10:55 am [ID# 1357068] [reply]

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NEW: Some of us already do... (nm)
UofUSportsGuy - -- Wednesday 9 May 2012, at 10:55 am [ID# 1357071] [reply]

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NEW: At least he is a "real man" two utes, we can only hope to be half the man he was. (nm)
SforkUte - Top 25 Poster -- Wednesday 9 May 2012, at 11:01 am [ID# 1357086] [reply]

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NEW: They will, and it may look something like this...
Crimsonute - Top 25 Poster -- Wednesday 9 May 2012, at 11:18 am [ID# 1357107] [reply]

NEW: Mark Twain said it well:
Puget Ute - -- Wednesday 9 May 2012, at 11:47 am [ID# 1357134] [reply]

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NEW: RE: Mark Twain said it well: (short)
Utelaw07 - -- Wednesday 9 May 2012, at 02:03 pm [ID# 1357203] [reply]

NEW: To answer your question, TRUE. If all religion was eliminated from the earth today and erased from our memories, and we had to evolve new religions to replace them, they would look significantly different in many ways than those we have today.
Puget Ute - -- Wednesday 9 May 2012, at 11:53 am [ID# 1357137] [reply]

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NEW: I thought Star Trek answered that question with silence on the subject. The atheist socialist anarchists don't even have money. (nm)
pangloss - -- Wednesday 9 May 2012, at 01:24 pm [ID# 1357179] [reply]

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NEW: False: The invetion of the printing press slowed the evolution of language, the same occurs with Religion.
Daedalus17 - -- Wednesday 9 May 2012, at 02:23 pm [ID# 1357227] [reply]

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NEW: I disagree with you because Google (and the intenet) is antimatter for dogmatic beliefs, but I really like your logic in your post. Overall you make a very good point. (nm)
Puget Ute - -- Wednesday 9 May 2012, at 02:43 pm [ID# 1357253] [reply]


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