When belief in God is outlawed, only outlaws will believe in God.

As we in the Western World rocket towards an increasingly secular society, the pendulum swings further towards a completely atheistic extreme. Faith in divine deities will be replaced by faith in the system itself, and the view that all things in the universe can be measured, dissected, and cataloged. The interest in the mysterious will no doubt vanish as well, giving way to a malaise of the human spirit; like the expression of wonder and joy on the face of an infant being replaced by one of boredom and sadness.

Of course no system is perfect, and as it's flaws are continually demonstrated (such as corrupt government officials), no doubt this will lead to absolute disillusionment by an increasingly large segment of the populace in our new world order. This lack of faith of any sort in anything, and a denial of any type of moral or ethical absolutes, will lead to even greater societal ills, and feelings of alienation amongst a vast percentage of the population. Personal acts of desperation, such as work or school place massacres, will of course be on the up tick in such a poisoned social and religious environment. A dark vision I concede, but disturbingly (VERY disturbingly indeed) a VERY possible future.