Is This What Happened to All of Those Other Gods



We all know two things about human history. First, there have been a countless number of gods. Since most of them existed in prehistory with no records we cannot know for certain how many have come and gone. Second, every god that ever existed evaporated. We still have a few today, but the pattern of disappearance has been repeated so many times and seems to be underway again the reasonable assumption it will continue.

There is on-going discussion about a paper issued recently by the Vatican. It did not have the Pope's name on it but represents, as I understand it, the official position of the world Catholic denomination. The paper concluded clergy, including Deacons, will remain male. The response among women was that some wish to stay in the denomination and fight on, optimistic they will somehow someday prevail while others are simply walking out. The rate of walking out is increasing. 

There are lots of Christian pundits on-line claiming the rate of growth of nones, no religious affiliation, has stabilized and is not growing. A professor who studies this topic says the thin sticks holding up the fall of Christian numbers will soon break and the falling numbers will start again. This comes from data about those under 25 years not believing. 

Both men and women are leaving the faith after deciding, "There is nothing here for me." Currently, more women are leaving than men. This caused me wonder, what did humans say or think during the last 300.000 years when they left behind the gods of their parents. Did they also conclude, "There is nothing here for me?"  

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