Author claims "Atheism will replace Religion by 2041"

[Orphia Nay]

No, that is the title of the book. Just read the opening few paragraphs of the book. As I expected the author defined what he meant, which is that atheism will be the majority view of the people in the world. So the newspapers did not even look at the book.

The title of the book is "Why Atheism Will Replace Religion: The triumph of earthly pleasures over pie in the sky". It doesn't mention 2041. But yes, it does say atheism will replace religion at some stage, just not that soon.

 

[Soapy Sam]

I think there's a category error in the title.
Atheism can never "replace" religion, as they have nothing in common.

It's like saying hydrogen fuelled cars will replace the rowing boat.

If all belief in every god vanished next week, it would start anew the week after.

There may be more atheists, but they won't "replace" believers. They'll just differ from them.

 

[maximara]

My money is on private faith replacing organized religion throughout most the first world nations in little over thirty years, not atheism. I don't see atheism replacing silly beliefs any time soon.

I would like to know where concepts like Deistism, Christian universalism, and Confucianism fit into this model.