Sunday, October 08, 2006

timescales of religious upheaval

it seems that its been a long time since a major religion took root in the world ..
the time for the new messiah to arrive is quite ripe (at least on statistical evidence), especially since most people are arguably not happy with the state of affairs (both of their own and the world in general) so starting a new religion always makes a lot of economic sense since the incentive to switch is always higher for the consumer than sticking to the current product available.

2 comments:

SVR said...

But it seems like someone's always trying to start a new religion, and they haven't taken off, right? E.g., doesn't scientology count?

SVR said...

And looking on wikipedia, both the Rastafari and Unitarian movements seem pretty new, but haven't really become major...