Will the world be a better place without religion differences?

Question

What say u?

Answer 1

At times, religion has been misused, and wars and conflicts have been carried out in the name of religion—and still are today.

But does that mean all religion is bad, and nothing good has ever come about through the actions of religious people? No, of course not. Think of all the hospitals and educational institutions throughout the world that have been built in the name of Christ. Think too of the major social movements that were sparked by devout believers, such as the antislavery crusade or the movement to end child labor. For centuries Christians have sought to put Jesus' command into action: "Love your neighbor as yourself" (Mark 12:31).

This is why I invite you to look at Jesus Christ and see for yourself what He taught. Yes, at times people have distorted His teachings and misused His name. They have forgotten Jesus' warning to Peter: "Put your sword back in its place ... for all who draw the sword will die by the sword" (Matthew 26:52).

But when you look at Christ as He is found in the pages of the New Testament, you will realize that He was unlike anyone else who ever lived. The reason is because He was God in human flesh, sent from heaven to deliver us from our sins. Don't let anything keep you from Christ, for only He can give us hope for the future.

Answer 2

If you look at it, there is no real religious differences, in essence they are all the same. So religion is not the problem.

The problem is that people are afraid of what they don't understand. If people took the time to understand other concepts in other religions the world would be a better place.

I am not suggesting they have to like the concepts they find, just understand it and understand why it works for them.

I am a practising Buddhist, and compassion is one of the big keys to this way of life. I know that it is part of all religions, but if people truly practised it then wouldn't that make the world a better place?

Answer 3

Most religions if you study them have more similarities than differences in fact.
The problem is a failure to fully identify the real cause of the conflict.

Consider this:

A society is capable of surviving for thousands of years unless it is attacked from within or without by hostile forces. where such an attack occurs, the primary targets are it's religious and national gods and heroes,it's potential of leadership and the self respect and integrity of it's members.
If you look around you , you will find countless examples of these points. They scream at us every day from the newspapers and TV.
Probably the most critical point of attack on a culture is it's religious experience. Where one can destroy or undermine religious institutions then the entire fabiric of the society can be quickly subverted or brought to ruin.
For the last hundred years or so religion has been beset with relentless attack. You have been told it’s the “opiate of the masses “, that it’s unscientific, that it is primitive, in short , that it is a delusion.
The source of this kind of attack is always covert and hidden. It is promoted by a few who have a vested interest in a slave society.
Unfortunately these few rely on creating fear and insecurity in others
to forward and promote their enemy propaganda. These others feel correctly they have to defend themselves from an attack, but because the real enemy is hidden, they can be manipulated to attack what they really should be defending as they cannot see the real enemy.

The key here is that underneath all these attacks on organised religion there is one fundemental target:
The spirituality of man, your own basic spiritual nature, self respect and peace of mind.

Answer 4

Yes and no depending on what the only religion would be. If the religion that is going to be used all over the world is a good one, it will make the earth better. If the religion had bad rules, you wouldn't want for it to be on earth at all.

Answer 5

The world is fine with differences in religion. However, it becomes a problem when these differences are pointed out and used against the religion to point out its inferiority. The world would be a better place if everybody accepted all these differences in religion.

Answer 6

All the religions in this world teach only one principle " BE GOOD AND DO GOOD" but in their own way. But those follow the religion create differences, every religion aim is to unite people but its followers want to divide. There is no religion better or worse as i said their aim is same but their way of expressing is different.

Answer 7

Yes. But the only way to get rid of religious differences is to get rid of religions. That's only possible with education. People have to learn that their gods are nothing more than a belief in magic.

Until such time, either David Copperfield, James Randi or Amazing Kreskin should be elected as Pope.

Answer 8

I say that if everyone loved each other like they love a family member or best friend, or loved each other like they love their religion and are devoted to each other then yes the world as we know it would be a much better place.
And I should also say if they put that love and devotion towards our currently sick Earth then we can also make a difference that also seems impossible at this moment in time.

Answer 9

YES IT WOULD SIR! Look at all the major issues and u'll see most of them happen due to differences b/w people, not just religious, but also of thought, race , sex...Lack of religious differences would certainly improve the world....

But then howz that possible..u cant eliminate people of other religions like hitler tried to do!

Answer 10

Perhaps Satan, is the cause of so many different religions to cause confusion and strife.

We don't need religion at all, especially if you know who is in charge and have a connection with your God.