According to Wikipedia the population of non-religion people is growing from 1990 (14.3 million) to 2001 (29.4 million) and 2008 (34.1 million).
I think the big majority of people are followers in this world. So there are still a lot of people who believe what the religion leader tells them to do and when it becomes to a conflict in their life, they simply follow the leaders’ ideas. We find a lot of very reliable people among this group but it does not oppose finding a lot of reliable people among non-religious people.
The other group of people that is expanding quickly mostly look for more scientific reasons for any event in the life.
The structure of the life has been changing rapidly and the number of people that cannot find their needs through a religion is increasing. One of the reasons is people can talk about their ideas in some parts of the world like modern country without fear and also people are smarter today than past because they study the history and the role of religion. Look at all the biases that affected people’s lives through the history by religious leaders!!!!
Today life is based on science and that is what religion is missing. So in my opinion, people get less and less from religion and become more and more spiritual or secular. Human is exploring all different type of energy and figuring out the energy of the universe. Human being needs to be connected to the resource of the existing. I hope my sharp opinions do not offend anybody. I strongly believe in pluralism and respect every single person from any background in the globe.
I really liked your analysis. I find it very frustrating that religious people are so reluctant to change their beliefs, even slightly, to account for the new information received on a daily basis regarding our history and relgious background. There is nothing wrong in realizing that science and faith can walk hand in hand.
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