I have always believed that Religion is the Problem not the Answer. Any thoughts, anyone?

Answer 1

I am an atheist.

History proves that religion has cause most of the world's major problems. Religion is very powerful. Religion causes a lot of hate. Many people who follow religion have not fully read their books of faith and allow others to make interpretations for them.

Religion has created the answers to many of the world's major problems as well. Religion not only divides, but it also unites. Religion has inspired music, art, wars. Religion has inspired alcoholics to become sober, druggies to clean up and people to donate to the needy.

With your question, it is give and take. I totally understand your belief and based on literature and history, you can prove your point well. Personally, I can appreciate the destructive and creative power of religion.

Answer 2

Religion has many facets and can be "blamed" for several problems. But in reality it is the practitioners who cause the problems not the religion itself. Many religions teach kindness and respect for all mankind, but there are always a few of the followers who have hatred or dislike in their hearts and so they cause pain and sorrow and sometimes they even do it in the name of their "God". The truth is they have made their hatred or callous disrespect for others into their "God".

If Americans were to take the most common faith which is Christian seriously, the country would cease funding the military. Spend all the money on housing and food for those without work and even invest some of that money into creating jobs. With the majority putting their faith in God to protect the country, there would be no need for a military. He would protect us.

A bit far out you say? Well, it is in the Christian manual. The one most call "Bible". Sorry, but it ain't happenin' is it?

People are the problem because they bring to religion their own petty preferences, their own selfish interests. I've heard of them having a screaming match while arguing over what color of cushions to buy for the church pews. That is not religion, that's politics.

Too many people sit in church, listen to the good words and then go home and live their life the same as they did the day before. They don't allow what they learn to change their lives one iota. SAD!

Don't blame religion, blame selfish and indifferent people. There are actually people who change for the good because of religion. I personally know of several who quit boozing, womanizing and became decent people. Faithfully married, worked a steady job and helped to make their community a better place. All because of RELIGION.

There, hope that helps...........

Answer 3

I do agree with you because the use of the word alone. Because of abuse in the word religion in use, a mental picture of conflict is normally inplace. The problem is then by simple mathematics increased to th squared factor by the fact that the people use the word for their own motives normally revealed as the conversation is continued.

See the answers given already. One says it is not religion but organized religion. Another says it is the people. one agrees with you and another disagrees. What is religion anyway?

In my view it is a form of binding or system to tie up again with the use of the prefix "re"

I thought the whole principle is to be set free by pure constantly consistent truth and not to be bound up. Is it that I think wrong? If so I can and will accept that. Someone must be wrong so the other can be right OK

Answer 4

I can agree that religion has been and is a problem, but at least they begin as a pathway to God. In my opinion, life would be empty without searching for God's presence in the long run. since we are all unique humans and different by DNA, I don't think we will ever all agree and live in unity...with or without religion. So, besides the psycho's who blow others up, or fight people in the name of holy war, religion is not really that big of a problem...human nature is the problem. I doubt that doing without religion will cure greed, hate, envy, hungar, or disease. If there were no religions, we'd find something else to be divided in...that's life and religion is not all that bad.

Answer 5

I doubt you're going to get this question resolved in 100 words or less. I'm sympathetic (and so are many others) to this idea, especially with the violent side of many religions either today or in history. However, there is a violent side to most organized communities. We are taught to think of evolution as a process of successful or failed individuals, but I think the theory of group evolution (see Howard Bloom) is more instructive. Whether churches, tribes, ant colonies or bacteria, life has a long and violent history of organizing.

For all of its perceived injustices though, think of the benefits of religion. Can you imagine any just society would have evolved without religious foundations? It is hard for me to fathom. I believe that a strict moral code and the watchful eye of God (perceived supernatural enforcement) helped support larger and more cohesive communities. Sure, agriculture was the key to towns and villages, but how would agricultural society have fared if its inhabitants were all nihilists? Or at least if the less intelligent inhabitants had no heaven or hell to be concerned with?

Answer 6

I agree, people worship Jesus and Pastors/Ministers/Bishops/Pope... Per God's word in the "original" Bible false Idols are Blasphemous. That has never sat well with me. As the "original" Bible stated "God is within you". Making everyone God. Meaning you have the power. I am not religious, religion is such a crock! I have studied many religions and all seem to have been basically enacted to stop humans from animalistic behavior by scaring them. All religion was created for was to keep order, stating that if you acted un-Godly you would end up in an Eternal Hell. The only problem with this is that nature still exists. In nature animals kill, rape, are homosexual, and live un-Godly. Yet most say all of God's creaturs end up in Heaven. HUH? Just live by the Golden Rule (do unto others as you would have them do unto you). Not for God's sake, but it really does make life easier. If you yell at someone they will yell back, if you reason with someone they will reason with you.

Answer 7

It's not religion itself that is the problem. It's the people that believe. To a christian, christianity is the perfect the way it is (more or less). But for centuries the heads of the church were blessing the troops going into battle and sending soldiers off to war. Nothing in the Bible commands them to do this, it's their own agenda. If people went down to the core of their religion, they often find it solves problems, not create them.

Answer 8

Yeah, I always believed that atheism is a worse problem. Look at Stalin and the millions of people he killed because he thought religion was the problem. Obviously the problem was communism and their hatered for God.

Answer 9

Totally agree. religion is a problem because that is humanitiy's way to reach to a god(s) or to search for power within themselves.

Christianity however is not a religion. It is how out of God's love for humanity... reaches out to us... and gives me a great future and will give the gift of eternal life to anyone who accepts this gift through the only way, truth and life... and that person is Jesus.

Answer 10

Organized religion.