My thoughts on religion:

I believe we've reached a social evolution point where religion no longer requires magical this and that. The need to ponder a magical being with a magic wand and some magical place or state of mind is dying in the wake of entirely natural and far superior explanations for afterlife. A fully natural religion will emerge.

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Samek · 36-40, M

I always felt religion should be just a personal journey, no more or less. When religion becomes that which controls a person's course in life then it just becomes unethical to me.

I wrote a piece a few years ago on my thoughts about this in the broader scope of the phenomenon known as "tribalism".

https://poeticastrophe.livejournal.com/4843.html

Maybe someday I'll clean it up and post it here.

SW-User

@Samek Having a publicly available and provable answer is preferable to everyone just winging it on their own, but I get the need for each person to decide.

Samek · 36-40, M

@SW-User As far as evolution to spiritual beliefs, I reckon that falls into the realm of philosophy. Most religions started as culturally relevant stories that a populace resonated with, full of context and guidance. I reckon any future religions will be shaped by their cultures and history. To nail anything definitive would mean to know the answers to existence and after life; tantamount to seeing the face of god.

SW-User

@Samek All of the answers we need to correctly establish cause and effect are possible to know. This doesn't make us anything more than sufficiently knowledgeable.