Jonesy

I hope by religions, you mean obvious-money-making-schemes.

MarkMiller

Well, quite frankly.......yes.

The_Heretic

That'll be one sect of Christianity that will sharply degrade into an isolationist extremism as a form of mass denial/hysteria. The collective psyche of mormons is just too fragile for that sort of thing. Those individuals who're able to cope will simply shirk off the sect and either turn to another or given up religion in general.

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Gaia

Or Jesus could go by way of the Prophet Muhammad, and his followers could become similarily militant. People are strange. And become dangerous, when their firmly implanted Ideologies are threatened, exposed as falsehoods, or debunked.

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The_Heretic

Become...? I'd argue many of them are already there. The only barrier left would be a breakdown of law and order allowing them to express their militarism.

Althgouh, I highly doubt the status of Muhammad within Islam contributed to militarism in any way. The brutality of the crusades and colonialism did that.

Yes, that's the upheaval period. But after which those who remained moderate will be in the ideal position to decide what the religion will become to the rest of the world.

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babylonDon

Every church ever built, is in direct opposition to Jesus' demonstrated beliefs. So are every ritual, and collection plate.

The discovery of his corpse will have little, if any, impact on business as usual.

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Gaia

True about the Crusades and all. But they are REALLY touchy about the Prophet. Remember those pictures published of him in (i forget what) Newspaper. Made all hell break loose.

I was thinking about the (mostly christian) militias out there in the woods, training military style, to take America back and turn it strictly christian and white only. I saw a show about them on the History Channel. Kinda scared me. Alot.

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mentor

I don't think it would make a bit of difference to Christian Conservatives. They reject real evidence whenever it calls their belief into question. Think evolution.

However, moderates and open minded people would benifit from such a discovery, I think.

This is cool research, IMO

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gorillamom

Churches are the root of all evil when it comes to true belief. I believe Jesus preached that services and prayer is to be done in the privacy of people's homes.

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The hands may then be still.

The_Heretic

I understand the logic of Muslims to a degree. Mohammad feared being turned into an idol the way Jesus was, and asked his followers neither to paint his picture nor mark his grave. The being that the message was vastly more important than the messenger, which I agree with.

True, but over intervening centuries they'd drift further into the fringes until they were seen as obscure cults in their isolated compounds out in the middle of nowhere.

I honestly think there's potential for a great transformational period in all religions starting with Christianity. In one of my science fiction novels I depict the 24th century theology of Zen Catholicism wherein a merger with Zen Buddhism leads to a global change and reformation in both religions.

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