Isn't it true that the world would be a better place without religion?
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All the religions are relics from Bronze Age. They have Bronze Age mentality, morality, and laws. They are out of sink with time. They should be retired into some museum together with the people who wish to believe in such fairytales.\n\nIn the Bronze Age, our knowledge of the objective world was also based on beliefs and myths. But already 2500 years ago Greeks learned to distinguish between beliefs and facts in the fields of logic, mathematics, physics, biology, and to some degree history. This was the beginning of true science. Science is the true religion of the modern people. Science has every capacity to explore the spiritual realm. Of course it would be a very different science, the science of the inner world, but still, it is a science, not mythology. Scientific inquiry, rather than religion can discover the necessary conditions for people to live in peace with each others.
385139
Religion is the cause of 90% of the worlds ills.
108008
The world would be a far better place to live in.  God is one.  We have several ways to feel Him.  Unfortunately, we are not objective enough to see this truth.  We blindly fight with one another trying to prove superiority of our ways to find Him.\n\nIf one goes through the religious scriptures of different religions, one would find that God has been described in the same way everywhere.  Some pray to God in English, some in Hebrew, some in Arabic and some in Sanskrit.  But the prayers are the same.\n\nTrue teachers of all religions realized God in themselves and tried to inspire their followers to do the same.  Unfortunately, power-crazy people of all times and of all religions have tried to divide and rule the mankind by impregnating in their minds hatred for others ways to find God.\n\nHowever, I believe that the days of these demagogues are numbered and in the very near future, mankind will realize the oneness of God and His love for all of us.  The whole world will follow only one religion - that of love and compassion.
602193
Yes. It's a free place, isn't it? People start wars over religion. It's better to be friendly.
528986
You can't! Without religion, there would be no hope, and without hope, chaos would consume us. There is no peace without religion.
1021384
religion is important for people to feel that they belong and to have meaning in their lives.  most can't live their life to just enjoy it, but need a purpose to it and need something to follow.\n\nbut can you imagine a world without religion, no religion could be its own religion.  everyone would believe the same.  nobody would feel superior over another and treat others like inferiors.  nobody would be battling and killing one another because of beliefs.  \n\ni don't know, maybe it would be a better world with everyone having the same understanding of life.  people would treat one another better and see each other as equals.  interesting concept, but this will never happen - that's for sure.
1077999
i think it would be much worse coz there will be no guidance on how people should behave... we will be like those caveman years again always killing each other... religion today is much more like business but the true essence of religion is how to make people better
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You are absolutely right. Religion is only a construct created to give people comfort and to explain mysterious occurences, and to control the masses.\n\nExplaining strange phenomenon has already been taken care of. If you want to defeat religion and free humanity, you also need to tackle the philosophical implications. There has been insufficient popularization of atheistic ethics for most people to see us as anything other than simple and destructive hedonists. Also, make sure everyone understands that there is just as much beauty and joy in a world without God.\n\nPeace out from your fellow atheist!
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absolutely he can and he does. I think sometimes He can exist better without religion. Some people get so wrapped up in religion that they forget God. They get wrapped up in memorized prayers and chants that they forget to just talk to God. They get tied up with their rituals that they are too busy for worshipping Christ. The best church (without regard to religion) is the church that does not allow you to lose focus- usually a smaller church. Thanks for your question.
111310
No.......if thr has to b one religion then it should b only humanity. people should not make any difference on the grounds of religion and should live as one.
1097986
I think you just answered your own question.  I think there is nothing, but you're right, religion is easier to conceptualize than nothing.
1045349
the world would probobly be a little better without it..
661194
As I said earlier, living through a system is religion, do you really think living without it would be better.
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It's more accurate to say that most of the world's problems are laid at the feet of religion by people who, because religion doesn't jive with their views and lifestyles, feel the need to discredit it.\n\nIn other words, yes, religion is very much often used as a scapegoat.  \n\nPeople who blame religion for everything know full well what they're doing.  They don't want to follow what religion teaches -- but instead of just saying "no thanks," they must validate their own secular worldviews by tearing religion down.  And what better way to do that than to blame religion for all the world's problems?  \n\nMost of the world's problems have to do with an absence of faith and religion, not the presence of it.
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no. yes. Originally, the religions allowed us to have civilization.\nWithout them, we would still be living in tribal or feudal warfare states. However, they have become sick and abused paradigms,\nand we should junk the whole lot of them in favor of modern sociology and civil engineering and ethics and psychology.
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If religion makes people fear god and do good, then its fine. but if it divides ppl, then we dont need religion. My take is that all religions lead to one god who is one and the same the diff been that we call him by diff names but he is one and the same. But somehow I guess we would have been well off without religions..as they have now become means to divide ppl
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Not at all, it makes you someone who's actually at least a little in touch with reality. No religion is the 3rd most popular belief.