Neil deGrasse Tyson:

Religion has been obsolete since the invention of Science. It used to have value by uniting a community with common stories, but now is holding humanity back by keeping us believing in falsehoods. The ignorance and bigotry of needs to go away for humanity to advance. What will speed religion's demise is the smart phone. Religion is based on ignorance, and people now have correct answers literally in the palm of their hands. What we can do is to stop hiding. Be vocal about not accepting the absurdity and immorality of religion.

No it'll never be obsolete, there will always be people who want it to be someone else's fault. Many people can't stand being an animal so are looking for an excuse for everything that happens.
There is no point in trying to eradicate , it keeps them happy so let them delude themselves.
The existence of has no affect on me, my life or my understanding of the world.

Decent, reality-based education should do it. But until the goons with religious agendas can be wheedled out of policy-making positions, we're all kind of stuffed.

Wouldn't it be great to see a time come about where religious indoctrination is considered socially unacceptable? ...Or a time when declared belief in deities scuppers a person's chance of getting into political office as much as if they went about saying they believe in fairies?

People are afraid, that's all there is to it. I can't imagine being so afraid of something that isn't real...

I believe that as long as people need something to explain the randomness of this existence we will have religion. They can't accept that shit happens. Nope it is part of some beings great design.

Christians believe that atheism will become extinct. I never had that thought before!

I don't think "religion" will ever totally disappear. If you look at nearly all of human history, there have been supernatural beliefs to explain things, and those beliefs have simply evolved. And there is a level of comfort in believing in an afterlife for many folks. or the idea that we're not alone, that something is out there helping us... these ideas change but I doubt they will ever totally disappear.

I think religion will exist as long as humans exist. Evolution could possibly change that.

At the end of the day, religion will exit as long as man fears death. The key to eliminating religion is eliminating death. Unfortunately, we're pretty far off from that still.