CronoDAS comments on A Parable On Obsolete Ideologies - Less Wrong

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Comment author: NancyLebovitz 30 November 2011 07:49:04AM 1 point [-]

On the other hand, a number of polytheistic religions were pretty much eliminated by monotheistic religions.

I assume that any religion that's more than a few centuries old is a very resilient set of memes (so are some younger religions, of course, but it's harder to predict with them) and isn't going away any time soon, unless, of course, there's a singularity or something extraordinary in the way of new religious ideas comes along.

Comment author: CronoDAS 30 November 2011 08:35:35AM 0 points [-]

On the other hand, a number of polytheistic religions were pretty much eliminated by monotheistic religions.

Indeed; when that same Roman Empire became officially Christian, they eventually did end "paganism" within its borders, although it took them a long time to get serious about it.