Since the 18th century, many Western intellectuals have predicted religion's imminent demise. — Jonathan Sacks Copy Share Image
“IN 1710, THE ENGLISH FREETHINKER Thomas Woolston (1670–1731) expressed his confidence that religion would vanish by 1900.1 Voltaire (1695–1778) thought this much too pessimistic and predicted that religion would be gone from the Western world within the next fifty years—by about 1810.” — Rodney Stark Copy Share Image
