The militant religions are the ones who are still attempting
to be the State and the Law of the Land. The clerics of those religions dictate
the rules by which all devotees must adhere or be labeled heretics and
blasphemers sometimes worthy of death. As with all religions there are the
fundamentalists who imprint their own moralities and repressive nature on top
of the written word and try to pass it off as the Truth.
The more mature religions are not as aggressive in trying to
control everyone or prove that their beliefs are singular it their
righteousness. The newer religions are more like adolescents who are vying for
the dominant position and to be the Alpha-dogma.
Most violent conflicts are between the adolescents and when
the mature religions need to fight back against the adolescents who are
struggling for power. The mature religions are comfortable in their place in
their world while the adolescents are still trying to establish their part of
the world.
Another of the defining characteristics that separate the
adolescents from the mature is that the adolescents rely upon ancient texts and
dictates from an almighty deity to prescribe all behaviors and acts. The mature
religions are far more introspect and spiritual in individual practice. Their
deities do not punish everyone for the trespasses of the few.
As time goes by, the adolescent religions will by 1,000
years more mature and will certainly mellow as have the present day mature
religions.
By the year 3052, most people will have abandoned organized
statist religions in favor of their spiritual pursuits and have yielded to the
community of purpose that will be required in order for the far larger
population of people to exist.
Without land and water to fight for, societies will be able
to concentrate on the aspects of life everyone has until now sought after. Without mineral and fossil fuel revenues to
divvy or soulless corporate damage to ones homeland, there will be no money for
guns to kill each other. There will be no jets or anti-aircraft missiles. Instead
of pumping oil across the desert to deep-water ports, the pipes will carry
water to the interior where 4th generation desalinization plants will make
ample fresh water for local farming.
Religious conflict and the adherence to one sect or another
will pale in light of everyone having sufficient essential resources. Waiting another 1,000 for a Messiah will get
a bit old and many followers will drift away in the absence of any observable
benefits.
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