Originally Posted by NewSith
I've read it all, just so you know, but my answer is going to be very short:
Religion comes from faith in miracles.
Faith in miracles comes from the lack of satisfaction with one's life.
Lack of satisfaction with one's life comes from the notion that we're taught not to be equal.
Result: Religion will always exist in a society where one thinks even one bit about himself and his condition.
If you look at most of the religious teachings, they all bear that same idea, people turning to religion are looking for.
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What if you take into account the idea that technology and knowledge can eventually eliminate scarcity, the central underpinning of every modern economic system? For instance, humanity utilizing renewable energy sources, possibly fusion energy, and harvesting the seemingly endless amount of minerals and elements from elsewhere in the solar system rather than ruining Earth?
If power and food and all the base necessities of life were to become 100% pervasive throughout all human societies, where would religion, as it is now, then fit in?