Would the world be better or worse off without religion?

Answer 1

worse...the bible teaches a standard of life/liveiong second to NONE...it should be MANDATOREY teaching in ALL elementry schools...edited though 4 easy comprehention...lets l=not 4get all the charity religous organizations do...feed'food banks' and cloth the poor...help out with utility bills some1/any1 can't afford...

Answer 2

Worse. A lot of peope only focus on the bad things things that individuals do, but they forget about the good. There are numerous churches, charities and orginizations that feed millions of people EVERY DAY. Many of these groups are funded by many different religious orginizations. They forget about the orphanages, and soup kitchens. People forget about great people like Mother Teresa and the Dalai Lama. You also say religion (although I suspect you only mean Christians) and the Buddhists are known to be a very peaceful and loving religion. Many people go on humanitarian efforts because of their religious beliefs and many people choose their lifes work by their religious convictions. Most religions call people to love and respect one another, and ask people to live upright lives. People fall short because they are people, but religion does a whole lot more than doing nothing.

Answer 3

The world is what it is. Religion is only a part of it. Religion offers a way to help define groups, not only just religous groups but national and ethnic groups. By that I mean it helps give identity to individuals. Also Religion offers hope for somany that would be lost with out it. Muslims, Christian, Jewish, Atheists all fall under the word religions, and they all offer a hope to its followers.

Most religions have a great set of basic beliefs, dont kill, dont steal, honor parents, respect the old and young. The problems that have arised has not been with following those basic beliefs, they have come when people deviate from the main course of that religion to achive their own goals.

Religious values come from God. Those values are not selfish or ego centric. Man by his very nature is selfish and Egocentric, and has repeatedly tried to make the Godgiven values a more selfish slant. ALways this has lead to Death, distruction and loss of hope.

Man has always done more good when he is focused on his neighbor, and not on his own needs. Now that is not to say that you should never focus on your own needs, but you should have a good balance. I great basic premise is that you cant help others if you are not doing well yourself. But saying that self sacrifice is always a higher calling then self service. Always more can be gained by giving of yourself (in a non selfish way).

So in a nut shell, Religion helps man to do all the things that result in a better world(ie, charity, giving, teaching, protecting, etc). But when man does selfish things in the 'Name of Religion' usually it will tear down the fabric of what we know is good. Almost always then there are those who point out that it is the religion that has failed and not man.

Answer 4

Religion is and has been the root of most of our troubles in the world. When Jesus was working hard and gave his life to bring the Kingdom of Heaven to replace the Kingdom of Herod where like today, taxes and other costs were so high the people could barely survive; there was a hope for success. Since then there has been lots of faith, prayer, and hope, but not much success. Instead of the everlasting life we pray for, we have had everlasting conflict and war. The immortality we can have is through our children and grand children.

Answer 5

Probably better off. Christians make up about 75% of the US population and 75% of the US prison population. No big surprise there.

Atheists, on the other hand, make up about 10% of the US population... but they make up only 0.2% of the US prison population. Now, isn't THAT a surprise? That means that atheists are FIFTY (50) times LESS LIKELY to be incarcerated than Christians. Pretty strange, huh, for a group that has no god-given guiding moral principals?

I can think of only two possibilities that might reasonably be said to account for this discrepancy:

1. Atheists are of a higher ethical and moral caliber than Christians, and thus are less prone to do the same kinds of nasty things that land so many Christians in the slammer;

OR,

2. Atheists are, overall, a lot smarter than Christians and thus, they are less likely to get caught in the course of their transgressions.

It's GOT to be one or the other... take your pick.

Answer 6

Seems it would be better. But the world would seem better without a lot of things. Doesn't mean they shouldn't exist.

Answer 7

Worse and it will get worse too before the end since too many are sinning like before Noah and action will be needed..

Answer 8

The world doesn't give a damn.
The better question would be; Would humans be better off...

Answer 9

It's impossible. even if you had a magic spell that made everyone forget religion we'd re invent it in about a week. Weak minded people need it to give their lives "meaning"

Answer 10

It would probably be the same..people will always find a way to argue about something and not get along.