Will fear and ignorance be humanity greatest downfall?
369719
ignorance is bliss, so would we even notice if it was?
361695
A little more (or perhaps less) complex than that. Religion is a system of beliefs created by man to dilute fear. Fear is a basic emotion of all animals (yes, humans are animals)and in a relatively advanced species like humans it becomes intellectualized. Religion is absolutely nothing without fear. They go hand in hand. When they both reach hyper levels of intensity the violence will kick in. The opposite of intelligence is fear based ignorance. Most religious people have lived with fear since they were brainwashed at young age. They don't even realize it.
256087
Ignorance and stupidity
1132907
No.  As long as there is greed and stupidity in the world, there will be people willing to capitalize on those traits.
1151188
Absolutely!!, Religion is nothing more than a security blanket for the ignorant, gullible, and sheepish who fear what is to come of the future and of their own mortality.
234448
Through ignorance and arrogance
20249
Fear is the path of the dark side. Fear leads to anger, anger leads to hate, hate leads to suffering.
374462
None at all. The human gives himself too much importance. Essentially, the role of mankind is as unimportant as the role of rocks, mosquitos and, actually, anything in the universe. However, mankind would not survive had it accepted the absolute pointlesness of its existance and so, our elevating of humanity's status above something what it really is seems only natural.
934476
Realistically, humanity will be dead. Sad, but true.\n\nSooner or later a couple of madmen with nukes will bomb everything, and everyone that moves.
1087225
no I dont think so\n\nmaybe morality in some areas would go down but things like rape and murder are in society's best interest to prevent and punish.\n\nYou have evidence of this in atheistic communist countries that still had laws against theft murder and rape.
1090071
Doomed to be hated by ignorant people? Yes.
1009025
As long as people exist, there will be racism. People tend to dislike anyone that is different from them. So, whether through ignorance, cruelty or whatever, as long as there are different races there will be racism. I think it is  just human nature to shun something or someone we don't understand. Hopefully, one day we will get past it but I don't think so.
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
902338
It is in the human's nature to fear what they don't understand. It is lack of exposure to differences and an ignorant attitude that create fear. Religions can foster this ignorance, yes.
730289
The worst of evil on earth.
597627
To a certain extent, blissful ignorance is an absolute prerequisite for basic daily functioning. If we were not able to tune out most of the extraneous details, bad news, and the barrage of opinions from the rest of the world, we would be incapable of making decisions and acting on them. Imagine how difficult it would be to function if we were constantly weighed down by thoughts of all the ways things could go wrong or by guilt about all the misery and cruelty in the world. In other words, a certain degree of ignorance is required in order to get through life.\n\nOn the other hand, gratuitous or willful ignorance can lead to unhappiness. If someone willfully ignores signs of problems that might lie ahead, he will be unprepared to face them when they arrive. Likewise, ignorance about other people, other cultures, etc... leads to a lot of misunderstanding, xenophobia, and racism, which makes the world a significantly less blissful place.\n\nIn the end, ignorance can make our lives easier to lead in he short run, but can result in a confusing and unfriendly world in the long run. On the other hand, education, though it requires a little extra work, is definitely worth the investment.
450273
There could be, but humans will never know on their own.\n\nSee, humans are TERRIBLE judges of right and wrong. Just look at our history, be it through Christian creation, Evolution, Spaghetti-Monster creation, etc... it has COUNTLESS examples of violence and destruction as the result of human err and moral decay. IF there were a universal right and wrong, it wouldn't be known amongst humans.\n\nWe already try to find such a thing. Some find it in religion, some find it in just a belief in a higher being (not essentially a religion; religion is man-established and due to corruption), some find it in their own decisions (NOT SMART)... We DO try, we just don't do all too well.