I want to know the answer to the following question:
Who felt that humanism would surely be a major "religion" today?
All the background I'm provided with is that "The anarchist Proudhon (best known for declaring that "property is theft") used the word "humanism" to describe a "culte, déification de l’humanité" ("worship, deification of humanity") and Ernest Renan in L’avenir de la science: pensées de 1848 ("The Future of Knowledge: Thoughts on 1848") (1848–49), states: "". Is that enough to answer the question?
Answer: yes