Condorcet

Fiero described Condorcet as "the most passionate warrior for the Enlightenment crusade for progress," yet next to other Enlightenment characters such as Hobbes and Locke, he seems less popular and seems to have had less of an impact on society. When I read his description in the text,  though, I was intrigued by his eerily accurate predictions- according to Fiero, such ideas include: "guaranteed livelihood for the aged, a universal system of education, fewer work hours, and the refinement of a technology for the accumulation of knowledge." In our own society these changes have already been enacted and developed over time. Because of this, I feel his opinions may be relevant both to the history of social change in America and to the future, should more of his predictions become reality.
      In the excerpt Fiero presents from Condorcet's Sketch, Condorcet argues for the logic of his approach to how mankind will progress, saying that if we can perform scientific inquiry from an understanding of laws of nature, then a philosopher should be able to evaluate mankind based on past experience. This argument tells us about Condorcet's method to making his predictions, in that he uses understanding of the past to predict our progress. After describing this, he makes a most contentious predictions, one that caught my eye but has not yet come true; Condorcet says: "The time will therefore come when the sun will shine only on free men who know no other master but their reason; when tyrants and slaves, priests and their stupid or hypocritical instruments will only exist in works of history and on the stage; and when we shall think of them only to pity their victims and their dupes." His prediction that tyranny and slavery will cease to exist seems agreeable to a common American, but his subsequent prediction regarding priests, and therefore religion, would probably disturb or even horrify a common American.
      His comparison of these three in the same context shows that he views tyranny, slavery, and religion in a similar way. The accuracy of his other predictions as reflected in America gives me cause to wonder if this last one, the abolition of religion, will become a reality in the foreseeable future. What do you all think? Will Condorcet prove to be correct  in this, or has he got the wrong idea this time? Is he wrong to compare religion to tyranny and slavery? Do his predictions really hold true for the modern world?