New religions and denominations

[DemPGH]

Great question, and is one that will warrant some consideration. My impulse is to say that 1) I hope not, and 2) I don't think so. That's because I think religion and mythology used to function as a knowledge system: it's what people knew, it counted as knowledge. It was also a way to organize society, as in "God wants you to do this or that." Human beings were ready and eager to learn how everything worked (to include workable government!) and where everything came from, but they neither had that knowledge nor any way to get it because they hadn't made enough progression. So they made up mythologies that seemed right, and it marked that particular point in human evolution when people were advanced enough to start figuring things out but as yet couldn't.

Religion now I think is largely social: it's about how a community feels about something, like their place in the world. It's not a monolithic knowledge system. People are taught how things work, in other words, which I think is a real barrier to the chances of some religion springing up and sweeping everyone away. And this is another reason why education is important: people need to care how things work.

Certainly attitudes and philosophical outlooks can become widespread dominant, but I think that's a different question.