Will we always have religion?
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Science is man's way to explain the things of God, of His creation and the way He made things to work. What separates us from animals is that we have a conscience and are spiritual beings. As such, because we were made with a longing and desire for God, we will always have "religion" to explain our concepts of God. Despite all our philosophies and religious efforts to reach an understanding of God, like science, we still come up short. God did make a way for us to find Him, and that is exclusively through His son, Jesus Christ. That will be true even 2000 years from now. Jesus is the way, truth and life.
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Wouldn't it be great if there were smarter questions than this one?\n\nNo, not everyone believes in God. By having one religion will only lead to conflict and suffering. There will always be people with different beliefs and/or non-beliefs. Having one religion for over 6 billion people is crazy. Grow up.
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We can change worship styles, but I don't think we should change religion. If we do that, people will just mold religion to accomodate what they want. However, this will just be wasted time on a religion they made up.
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Yes and no.\n\nSome people need religion more than others. Religion is a guidance to how one should behave in public and private. It teaches people how to be fair, how to love, how to think when one does not have parents who teaches him/her. Religion is a spring broad, a tool, but it should not be the answer to all problems. Religion teaches morals. It does not specifically help you live your life. It teaches shame, humility and dos and don'ts, but how you live is up to your interpretation.\n\nWhen someone takes religion to an extreme, that's when trouble happens. This is when the world is not at a better place due to religion.\n\nYou will also have the opposite extreme or no religion, no morals, and that's no okay either. Crimes will take place all over, no one would feel safe. It will be survival of the fittest. The law is built on ethical and moral beliefs. If it were not for religion, who would it be to judge that an ax murderer will get life or get off scott free?\n\nTo answer your question, and it is a good one that you are asking, If religion were never to have existed, we may still have ethics and moral, because they are part of religion, but at the same time, no religious people are still ethical and have their own set of morals that they live by (common sense and logic).\n\nAs for now, we do live in a society that has religion and I don't feel that we are in a better place, because at the moment, the other side of the world is fighting over religion and who has the right religion or the better religion. Why can't we all just get along?
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Number Two. There will always be religious people. Because of propaganda, media, and other sources, most of them will not realize that the central point to all religions is to treat everyone as you would want to be treated. So different religons will continue fighting until one is almost completely dominant over all the others. Even then, there'll be uprisings.\nAn alternative would be for all countries to become secular and tolerate all relgions, then no religion will dominate all others.\nNot only that, but as more and more people get educated, more and more people will become atheist or agnostic.
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No, the world would be a better place if everyone just believed in their own religion and stopped worrying about what other people are thinking and doing. As long as people follow the rules of their respective religions and we are all doing good then who cares if my neighbor is Wiccan or Buddhist or a Muslim or whatever! Live and let live people!!!
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we must have balance in our schools,religion is everywhere in our society.walk around outside, and tell me, how many different people you run into.9 times out of 10, you will run into a person who has a different faith, (value system) then you do. look at our architecture, and tell me, how religion has shaped our buildings. look at our paintings, and show me, how religion has impacted paintings. look at atheism, and show me, how this religion is shaping our culture.religion is a part of everything and anything. i prefer to have our kids learn about Christianity, and other religions in school, so he can make up his own mind, rather then someone pushing religion on him, while on the outside.\n                                    God Bless
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It is possible to not have religion run politics.  It is impossible to have politics without religion.\n\nEvery person who goes into office has their beliefs and that will control them to a great degree which is OK so long as their beliefs are known by those who elect them.\n\nThe challenge for those people then should be to acknowledge that other's religion or lack there of carries the same weight, so that nothing should ever be done to infringe upon anyone's beliefs.\n\nThat was the reason the founding fathers didn't want the government to establish or interfere with any religions.  All are equal in the eyes of the constitution.\n\nRecently, on both sides, religion has become a crusade and a supposed cure for all ails of the country.  Rather than religion playing a bigger part in the government and it's laws, perhaps the individuals should let it play a larger role in their own lives and practice what they preach.\n\n(and corvette's statement is like saying my computer is a tiger deterrent since it is here and there are no tigers nearby - more religious influence in politics will only cause MORE problems, not less. Start putting blame for the wrong of society where they belong, in parent(s) not teaching their children.)
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None!! \n\nReligion is dead \nChristianity isn't a religion it's a relationship with Jesus our saviour. Religion as stated b4 in another question. Right or wrong isn't defined by us humans it's defined by God. Think about it \nIf we got to decide everything morally ourselves. look at other countries who do that who have never heard of Jesus, They die!!!\n\nMost commonly cause they were never introduced to ideas like marriage. \nWhat would America do without marriage. people sleep around with no responsibility. \nPeople wonder why we have aids epidemic  it's because of lack of morals about sex\n\nif we follow Gods commands we live. The bible teaches these things and it brings LIFE!! God's word is LIFE. \n\nReligion is dead relationship is what we need \n\nChristians aren't part of a religion They are those in relationship with christ Jesus.
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Religion always played a role in the wars between men. The last prime example of this was the WWII belt buckle of the Germans that meant "God is with us".
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Nothing.  In America there is seperation of church and state as long as it is presumed that christianity will always be included.
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Religious beliefs...then we might actually have world peace.
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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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Absolutely not.  When we introduce religion into politics, we end up hurting one group of people to make another group happy.  Which religion would be allow a role in politics and which should be not?  Everyone wants it their way, everyone wants their religion to be the one in charge.
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Depending on where you live, religion might be a choice or enforced. I agree to a point with what you are saying but, if people were to simply filter out and use ONLY the morality, spirituality and common sense religion CAN teach one, then I say teach away. Unfortunately the belief in the intangable is rampant even in this modern day and age.
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My husband and I believe in God and have faith in Jesus, not religion. Both of us have tried different religions throughout our lives but it seems like they all have negative aspects. We feel that we don't have to associate with any particular church or religion to have a relationship with God and we are much happier for it. We also believe that since God created this earth, then God is everywhere, so why should we have to confine our worship to a building or on a particular day?
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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.