[Androgeos Exeunt]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-12811197

Seems a bit quick, don't you think?

[General Battuta]

in this study we extend trends until they hit one of the axes

[Shivan Hunter]

Sounds like a bit of wishful thinking to me. They're looking at religion purely as a social group and comparing it with speaking one language versus another... that doesn't seem realistic. Then again I'm not at all informed of the psychology involved- Behavioral Scientisttuta may be able to clarify.

[EDIT]: ninjad

[Stealth]

I actually agree with it, but I still love the irony of the statement: "SCIENCE predicts the end of religion". hahahah

[Scourge of Ages]

Nine countries, not including Russia. Why not? Because in Soviet Russia, religion predicts end of science within a few years.
Sorry, last time.

[Kosh]

Even if it was wiped out in a few years, too often it gets replaced by some other form of superstitious nonsense like new ageism. Not really progress.

[BlueFlames]

I actually agree with it, but I still love the irony of the statement: "SCIENCE predicts the end of religion". hahahah

Should you try to share the link on Facebook, the headline defaults to "Physics predicts the end of religion."  I almost left it that way, even though Physicists weren't conducting the study, just because it made me feel happy about my Bachelor's degree for the first time in a while.

It will be interesting to see how the study changes as the model gets more refined, but I think the conclusion that religion is in decline in certain parts of the world seems reasonable (or obvious) enough.

[Rodo]

I bet they wont, religions will be replaced by other religions or forms of extremist belief we don't know of yet.

[The E]

What a load of crap.

[NeoKnight]

Extinction of religion in Ireland?

Um. No.

[SpardaSon21]

Yeah, that would be like alcohol prohibition becoming law over there.

[MP-Ryan]

Someone needs to send the mathematicians and physicists back to their imaginary numbers, because they clearly have a fundamental misunderstanding of demography   I'll grant you the BBC article is slightly oversimplifying their conclusions, but there are enough quotes in there to make me seriously wonder how this passed peer-review.

[Mika]

Not again this religious stuff.

They should have defined "religion" in the article to start with.

But on the surface, it looks like someone has had an axe to grind against religion. I wonder why they specifically mentioned they are physicists, even when it is pretty obvious that this has nothing to do with Physics. Anyways this isn't peer-reviewed, nor is there anything that special someone couldn't piece together with Excel, so move along. This, makes me wonder about the IPCC models, though. Hmmmm....

This Physicists Physicist predicts decline in religion in Finland, but also that it will not be extinct any time soon. Source: his own eyes.

EDIT: I have HAD it with these m*********ing plurals in this m*********ing language!

[Luis Dias]

Religion is gonna disappear in ireland? ROFLMAO

[Black Wolf]

Seems a lot like cats predicting the end of dogs to me, tbh.

[NGTM-1R]

Sounds like a bit of wishful thinking to me. They're looking at religion purely as a social group and comparing it with speaking one language versus another...

There are, to be fair, religions that have been reduced to this level. Predicting the end of the Church of England in this fashion is entirely believable.

[AtomicClucker]

Predicting the end of religion or supernatural beliefs is like expecting the human race to snap out of stupidity.

Not that I'm poking at the "new athiests" or philsophical materialists, but this sorta stuff is sounds like the "End of the World" bull we get from from a lot of those whacko Christian/Cultists.

[Mars]

Predicting the end of religion or supernatural beliefs is like expecting the human race to snap out of stupidity.

Not that I'm poking at the "new athiests" or philsophical materialists, but this sorta stuff is sounds like the "End of the World" bull we get from from a lot of those whacko Christian/Cultists.

New atheists don't even see an end to religion in sight, the general consensus is that religion will eventually be marginalized, but will continue to exist.

[BloodEagle]

It's obvious that this a threat to destroy "At Least Nine Countries."  Hopefully SCIENCE will break out the Dinosaur Clone Tanks or Frikkin' Lasers.

[Androgeos Exeunt]

I find it impossible for religion to disappear completely. Regardless of where you are in the world, somebody nearby is bound to practice one form of religion even if it is outlawed.