What has religion ever done to benefit humanity?

Question

Chris K: Evolution is not a belief system, so I don't get your point. People do not start wars in its name.

Answer 1

PLenty. It used to be that nearly all charities feeding the hungry, curing disease and sheltering homeless were Christian. If that isn't enough for you, nothing will be.

Answer 2

Religion has given us more than just understanding of past and probably present. But an understanding of the purpose of life and how to live it with meaning and merit. Rules about living if we didn't have religion women would probably still be classified as bad omen without a soul and people would kill each other without a care in the world with and there wouldn't be any consequences.

Answer 3

Religion has provided a very curious creature with answers to the most important questions like...

Who are we?
Why are we here?
Why do we reason?
Is there good and evil?
What happens to our "personality" after we die?

It has also been used to subjugate populations into obedience, such as the Pan-Germanism of Adolf Hitler, the atheism of Stalin and Chairman Mao, the Islamic Theocracy of Iran, the Spanish Inquisitions, etc.

Answer 4

I'm sure that hospitals work better with doctors and medical instruments than priests and prayers.

I guess that a long time ago, religion had its benefits, as a mean to control poorly educated societies. Right now? I think it has no benefits at all, and the benefits they propose require to die to get them. Suspicious, huh?

EDIT:
Religion doesn't give us an understanding of the purpose of life, there is no understanding in dogmas.

Answer 5

It has help thin the population, keep various factions in a constant state of war, spread ignorance, and greed.
It has taught mankind how to make neet statues, and figurines.
Thur television, it has helped some people get rich, and taught the world how easy it is to con people out of their money. It has help make people to be afraid of almost everything.
And let's not forget that it has helped all those older people how to have sex with small children.

Answer 6

Well it's.... um.... There was.. no that was science.
Oh I know... nope, that was science too...

Does holding people back from knowledge count as a "benefit"? Because if not, I can't think of a single thing.

Wow Chris K I haven't read such a short message so filled with crap before. Bravo! You've lowered the collective IQ of everyone who's read your answer.
For your info, Hitler was christian.

Answer 7

Well if they hadn't used it as a justification to kill off the Native Americans force fed the slaves religion the whites wouldn't have owned as much land and the slaves would have revolted and the U.S. economy wouldn't be as strong as it is today. Then the communists would have won the cold war and who knows what would have happened then.

Answer 8

What institution feeds, clothes, houses, heals, educates, counsels, and comforts more needy people than any other institution on earth?

Answer: the Roman Catholic Church.

And the Catholic Church's charitable work is just the beginning of the humanitarianism performed by religious organizations in general.

Answer 9

motivated people to build orphages, hospitals and schools

also being confident in God resourses it helps you have the strength to help others in need since you can rely on God

religious people tend to live longer, be healhier on average and be less depressed probably because of their confidence in God and the loving community aorund them

the Scientific Revolution blossed when? in post reformation Europe

which countries outlawed slavery? Christian countries

Answer 10

What have you ever done to benefit humanity? Religion has done more than your simple little mind could understand.

Answer 11

Christianity has done PLENTY!

Universitys ,
Hospitals,
Soup Kitchens,
orphanages,
and plenty more!

All but 2 or 3 of the first universitys were founded by the church!