Timeline for Religion After the Discovery of a Multiverse
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| Aug 19, 2015 at 16:58 | comment | added | Vakus Drake | Yeah though I do imagine maybe a few percent of the religious population will end up losing their faith or converting to another religion more compatible with this discovery. But then again this question is asking for a time scale of at least a few decades so within that timespan a few percent of the religious population will have lost their faith anyway without any discovery like this. | |
| Aug 19, 2015 at 16:55 | comment | added | Dave Halsall | I agree, I can't see any single scientific discovery dealing a deathblow to religion, but if science allows us to lead more comfortable lives with less hunger, disease and infant mortality religion is more likely to be about getting a warm feeling while singing hymns than burning your neighbour as a witch because your crops failed. | |
| Aug 19, 2015 at 16:45 | comment | added | Vakus Drake | Yes and that's why I said I didn't see this as being a deathblow to religion, people are very good at denying blatant evidence. However this is still a massive event that people are going to be talking about for decades, and I see the most of the public debate be about the theological implications. | |
| Aug 19, 2015 at 16:42 | comment | added | Dave Halsall | I don't think very many people choose to follow a religion for logical reasons (eg. Pascal's Wager - arguably wrong but based on logical reasoning). They do it by default of their upbringing or by having an emotional desire to follow it. Similarly, people don't usually lose their religion for logical reasons, it's usually something emotional that triggers it. | |
| Aug 19, 2015 at 16:17 | comment | added | Vakus Drake | Hmm, I suppose this is the exact sort of religious cop-out I would expect in this scenario, to reconcile the logical impossibility of a beginning with the need for a creator in their belief system | |
| Aug 19, 2015 at 16:15 | history | answered | Dave Halsall | CC BY-SA 3.0 |