Would the world be a better place without Muslims and Christians?

Question

It seems that the religions derived from abraham are pretty militant, no?

Answer 1

The former, yes! The latter, no! The Christian religions militancy is more of a defensive posture, whereas Islam is out to destroy anything that's not Islamic.

Answer 2

No. The world would be better without the people who think that they should kill people who don't agree with them for religious reasons. That is not all Muslims, Christians, Jews, or all of any religion, just the militant fundamentalists.

Answer 3

Not sure what you mean. While there have been actions taken by some Christians that are contrary to the teachings of Christianity, I'm not sure why you'd lump a religion of peace, love and life with the death-cult created by the violent and sex-obsessed Mohammed.

The violent spread of Islam by Mohammed, conversion at swordopoint, is the basis of Islam, and can be shown throughout the Koran.

In contrast, the teachings of Jesus and his apostles were about peace and love, to spread the religion by being a shining example of love and life.

But people who are anti-religion need to look at what anti-religious governments did last century. Hitler, Stalin, Mao, Japanese Imperialists, and Pol Pot were all atheistic leaders of countries that murdered people by the millions, outside of their wars. They were neither Christian or Muslim.

So, how do you account for the fact that the greatest atrocities in human history were by atheists?

Answer 4

Why do you only mention the Muslims and Christians? Judaism is also an Abrahamic religion.

Answer 5

Youre half right! Muslims are the violent ones these days. Christians learned their lesson centuries ago that you can not and never will be able to impose your belief by force. What we are witnessing today is Islams modern day version of the crusades. This too shall fail. Tell me how many Christan videos have you seen where the Christian is killing or beheading someone in the name of god? "Allah Akbar?" Not for the sake of killing an unbeliever. "Vengeance is mine saith the Lord" as it should be

Answer 6

Yes and America’s Founding Fathers thought so as well. That is why they went the extra mile to keep Christianity out of the Constitution and government of the US.

In their own words:
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“As the government of the United States of America is not in any sense founded on the Christian Religion”

http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/diplomacy/barbary/bar1796t.htm
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JOHN ADAMS:

” This would be the best of all possible worlds, if there were no religion in it!”

“How has it happened that millions of myths, fables, legends and tales have been blended with Jewish and Christian fables and myths and have made them the most bloody religion that has ever existed? Filled with the sordid and detestable purposes of superstition and fraud?” (Letters to F.A. Van Der Kamp 1809-1816)
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THOMAS JEFFERSON:

“I have recently been examining all the known superstitions of the world, and do not find in our particular superstition [Christianity] one redeeming feature. They are all alike, founded upon fables and mythologies.”

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BENJAMIN FRANKLIN:

“Some volumes against Deism fell into my hands. They were said to be the substance of sermons preached at Boyle’s Lecture. It happened that they produced on me an effect precisely the reverse of what was intended by the writers; for the arguments of the Deists, which were cited in order to be refuted, appealed to me much more forcibly than the refutation itself. In a word, I soon became a thorough Deist.”

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ABRAHAM LINCOLN: “My earlier views of the unsoundness of the Christian scheme of salvationand the human origin of the scriptures, have become clearer and stronger with advancing years and I see no reason for thinking I shall ever change them.” (to Judge JS. Wakefield, after Willie Lincoln's death)

Answer 7

The problem is the lack of education in each of the sect's basic true beliefs. Militants have no place in either.

Answer 8

Not in general. The problem is the extremists in whatever religion, I think. There of course are genuine people from both religious groups who truly contribute for peaceful world. x

Answer 9

It would be better without people that think there is no good or evil, but only religions causing the world's conflicts.

Answer 10

Except Christians are not derived from Abraham. Think Jesus and the apostles.