Extinction or a power vacuum?

Tides come in as well as go out.

A team of "scientists" told a meeting of the American Physical Society that their model shows that religion (by which they mean Christianity, but let's take them at their word) will become "extinct" in countries like the Netherlands.

I've spent the past hour trying to come up with a concise argument against this, such as pointing out that their model fallaciously treats a curve as extending to infinity, that religions and language don't even remotely compare, that the "scientists" are lumbered with hidden assumptions such as treating religion as a mere social construct without objective reality, or that they ignore the fact that God is not a passive factor in the equation.  Then I found the perfect counter that even they might have noticed, at least in regard to religion disappearing in the Netherlands.  I can sum it up in two words:

Allah Akbar!

Gosh, I feel cozy and comfy now.

Satanophobia

History of religion

History of religion as a flash animation map. Not entirely accurate (surely they mean the "Resurrection of Jesus"), but still fun to watch.

Gambling News

150 "scientists and intellectuals" predict an end to religion and war in twenty five years.

They also predict that I'll be a Chinese jet pilot.