Atheist scientist claims religion will be gone in a generation. Is he right?

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3. Sleight of hand going on in the headline.

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Krauss didn't say it WILL be gone in a generation. He said it CAN be, if we take certain steps.

But I agree with him, if we put our minds to it, and teach children how to approach the question of faith on their own, rather than telling them what to think.

Problem is, we aren't. For every family I know, raising a child like mine, there's at LEAST one family I know actively indoctrinating sub-5 year olds into a particular faith.

And suspiciously, I note none of these children are of a different faith than their parents. I know an enormous number of Christian families. All their kids speak of Jesus. Not a single one speaks of Allah and his Prophet Muhammad, or the Dali Lama/Enlightenment, or any other number of enormously popular current religions.

Not one.

Fascinating.

No, religion won't be gone in a generation, because the precondition Krauss suggests, isn't happening. And that's why Krauss DIDN'T say 'will be gone'.