Or do religous factions split in bad times?? Several christian denominations have split do to different beliefs, ect...From Hinduism came buddhism, jainism. From Islam and Hinduism came Sikhism. I believe religous groups are competitive and believe in might makes right. I say we all believe something and lets leave it at that. I hate when others try to force their religion on me. Any god that says believe in me or die, is not a god. ITS A MAN~!

all relgions shall be broken into pieces, and people's shall run and be free, for the first time this cycle, as in each past cycle, and the chains upon the mind's will be broken, and humanhood shall preside and rule, and peace shall be, and even as the light's dim, all things shall be set in motion, to usher in the perpetual and infinite.

There's an idea! Chrislam, Hinjudaism... any other suggestions?

i like rose-ism better

indeed, you are a yelllow rose, when you find the courage to find understanding for other's, and not look to understand self, and find how each other is a red rose, as pure and innocent, and ask of anything greater, why another is seen as not red, as pure, as innnocent, and why it appear to self they do evil, as these requests be the only one's anything called god answer, when asked to self, and then one find what make self know itself is pure, and innocent, and this then become the yellowrose, and why such self piecked for itselkf this name in advance for self, why the unconsicous mind told self to like such, for self.

Religion will never merge you will only have more of them in the future, some will be brief religion others might last but believing in a religion is a self choice and you will always have someone who thinks he/she has found the truth and create a new religion.

I disagree with this statement. As you look at history, and what you would call the religions throughout history, we have gone from polytheistic religions, to monotheistic ones, therefore, Logically, I think there will be a day when everyone is atheist, and religion is a problem of the past. Also since as our knowledge grew, our gods numbers diminished. Unfortunately, I do not believe that i will live to see that day..

I to hope religion will go away and we can be free of them but I disagree with you on the fact their will be less religion, you cannot compare the life of yesterday we what we live today.

In the past you believed what you neighbor believed since life was more local, now in our time we have access to the world with a click I can know of whatever religion wherever they are so ideas of religion will never be local like it use to be in the past.

Knowledge of religion might open the eyes of some but also can attract more adept then in the past when you could only influence people living close to you now the world is open to everyone.

Religions will merge to an extent when it is financially profitable fro them to do so. Show me a religion that doesn't ultimately worship money and that will be one that will never merge. But let's be realistic here that will probably not happen. Name your religion and they probably have a priest, rabbi, or pastor of some sort who drives a nice car, lives in a nice house, wears nice suits and stands before his followers and beg for money, or have a tax exempt status.

it is indeed the greatest irony, that true divinity shall step forward, and erase fearful misperceptions of humanity as inherently evil, the first logic used to create all belief, defined as religions.

Honestly I do not see that all religions will ever merge. Instead they will keep expanding taking some of the things they believe along the way and dropping those they do not. As time goes on everything changes the more we are exposed to we start to see things in a different way then it was seen 50 years ago. With each generation we begin to accept others for what they think and how they express themselves.

Of course you will have those they call fly by night type of religions which will come and go. Your basic religions will still be there but many of those will not be as strong within the numbers as more and more seek to expand what they believe.

My self I do not see that it is the religion it's self that worships money. But instead the people within that religion. Sad thing this is a problem with all religions not just one.

And I have never understood the concept of giving `10-15% of ones pay to the church I do not in any way believe that a preacher, priest or any form of clergy man should in fact tell his congregation God said for them to give there money freely.

I can understand those that give money to the church in order to pay the upkeep of the bills ect and for the pastor to in fact receive a salary as well. But...............I have a problem with this when I hear or see a pastor has a house 3 times the size of most of those that attend his church and driving car they paid as much as most pay for a house.

That is when I have a problem with giving money to any organization. I believe that a Church should be maintained and the priest should receive a salary in order to live on. But no way do I feel that the money up and above that should line their pockets as well.

The extra money should be there for youth programs, helping the elderly,getting help for the homeless people and events in order to bring the church's more together as a family.

But it is those within the religion that twist the written words in order to benefit themselves.