A PBS series on this century's scientific discovery categorized the marvels of our last 100 years. I think not. In the same century that science and technology have accelerated, statistics on participation in formal religion has not been dented. In some categories, they have strengthened. Belief in God remains at the same levels as fifty years ago.
Similar numbers pray daily and attend church weekly today as then.
Even though mainline Protestant churches have declined in membership, the Evangelical ones have tripled and quadrupled. Not all religious connection can be measured by conventional indexes. Within the United States, Islam is the fastest growing religion and membership in the Hindu religion in America has grown from 70,000 to 800,000 in just twenty years. The religion of New Age is burgeoning, and books on conversations with God remain on best seller lists for weeks. All this religious growth simultaneous with the flourishing of scientific and technological discovery.