In our Ancient world, give or take a few thousand years ago, there were many more religions in the world with proportionally larger number of members than today. In modern times, only 4 or 5 religions with large amount of members exist and a few them are truly transglobal as their followers live in all parts of the world in large numbers. This can be attributed to new technologies over the centuries, exploration, as well as the age of imperialism. The newer religions such as Christianity and Islam have expanded dramatically in the past thousand years and have truly crossed national and tribal lands since their members belong to many cultures and follow many customs.
So according to our more recent scientific theories, these religions have been more successful in creating a global marketplace where their economic success is due to their ability in utilizing resources in many lands and from many different people. Religion is therefore no longer contrained to one particular area where people practice it due to traditions and customs in their land and of their people but has crossed many ethnicities and lands.
It seems however that the original or ancient laws and customs from the originators of many religions have been transformed and reinvented to accomodate the newer religions. To accomodate many of our modern business practices, people of smaller percentage religions often have to compromise their land and customs in order to survive in our current business environment. The newer global religions often bring in outside people and technologies in order to facilitate their own growth and are not concerned about the original people or customs.
This transglobalization of religion has also created new lands and people that did not exist before. Due to migration, exploration, expansionsion, and military events, the people of the world have changed and are changing due to these economic and religious interventions. The more ancient religions therefore stand a chance of extinction since they are less economically viable as scientific laws can explain. Certain groups, languages, and lands have also become more prominent due to their technological and organizational abilities and therefore have a better chance of success in modern times. They might even think they can overtake their fellow ideologies through advertising, mass media, music, literature, and other means besides just through our familiar notions of warfare.
The world is therefore in a state of flux and it seems our various religions are at at one instance in odds with each other in various respects but at the other instance, working harmoniously with the others. The more prevalent religions however have a better chance in controlling and directing the world and their counterparts have to play a smaller role in ther global scheme of things. Maybe at some other time in our human history, things were reversed and people looked and thought differently as they do today but those times are gone and all we can do is stay strong with our beliefs.
