The Package

 Religion is not obsolete.  It still has a purpose.  But it is at a loss for relevance to a lot of people, especially the younger generations.  Remember the Black Berry electronic device?  Everyone seemed to have one.  Then something else came along and no one had a Black Berry. It worked just fine.  It was not obsolete.  It just lost its relevance to its market.  Another example is the vinyl record player.  The vinyl record spun around at 78 RPM or 33 RPM and you put the needle onto the record.  You heard your music.  Then something else came along.  The record player and vinyl record worked just fine.  They were not obsolete, just no longer relevant.  Now, young people are getting those record players and vinyl records out of grannie’s attic and buying vinyl records.  Taylor Swift is relevant on vinyl now.  Maybe religion will come back.  But I would not just wait and see if I was running a church.  Obsolete never comes back.