"for the sake of this topic , would it be ok if we borrow the word evolution from your biologist for a minute ?"
"Well , I ca n't stop you . But if some creationist says `` But in that other thread you said evolution meant , blah , blah , blah ... `` do n't come crying to me . Ok , getting off my soapbox now , I 'd say you 're totally right . Certain branches of Christianity , like Catholisism , have traditionally been very resistant to change . Unwilling to adapt , one might say . And the Catholic church has been in a state of decline of late . The social climate in which Catholosism thrived no longer exists , and so it is n't doing as well . We also see lots of little churches springing up , filling religious enviromental niches , as it were . What can we predict for the future ? Here 's my guess . The two main enviromental factors that will shape religion will be a desire for stability and an ability to adapt to new ideas . As communication and travel become easier , people will be exposed to more new ideas and cultures , and religions will be forced to deal with people saying `` Yeah , but what about this new idea I just heard ? How does that fit in ? `` On the other hand , as people get exposed to other ideas , they 'll want to have some core of ideas of their own to hold on to . Sort of a psychological anchor . I figure we should expect to see the more dogmatic churches fade away , as people become exposed to more , different ideas . If you ca n't adapt , you become extinct . Churches that espouse firm moral ideas based on humanisitic reasoning will probably do well ."
"for the sake of this topic , would it be ok if we borrow the word evolution"
"I ca n't stop you . But if some creationist says `` But in that other thread you said evolution meant"