Do you think the world would be a better place without religion?

Answer 1

Can you imagine a tree without branches(;-) All branches are different religions and go on adding as cosmic life progresses-


What do we mean when we talk of Religion?

Just before the time when Bhagwan Mahavira descended on Mother Earth to become a man God in his lifetime... how did the humanity exist before that as there was no Religion at all before the times of Mahavira. Gautam Buddha had not yet come, and so did Jesus Christ. It was another 700 years to go before Prophet Mohammed would be born.


If the Spiritual masters of the day belonging to various Religions proclaim that their Religion was the best and only to be followed... where were they when the humanity survived even before the likes of Bhagwan Mahavira, Jesus Christ and prophet Mohammed were even born. They have got to be wrong... they must have a vested interest in proclaiming their Religion to be the best.

Jainism flowered after the 24th Tirthankara of Jainism took birth... Bhagwan Mahavira, the 24th Tirthankara precipitated the cosmic wisdom to the masses. Until the 23rd Tirthankara, Lord Parshvanath... the fragrance of the cosmic wisdom could not be spread to the masses and was limited to the Tirthankars, the Arihantas and the Acharyas (Spiritual teachers) of the times. The followers of Bhagwan Mahavira are known as following Jainism Religion. It is a different fact that Jainism is not a Religion and it is primarily a way of life. This is also confirmed from the fact that the followers of Mahavira are not known as following Mahavirism. They are known as the followers of Jainism... the definition of Jainism I shall take up later.

Buddhism is primarily the essence of the teachings of Gautama Buddha. The followers of Sidhartha Gautama are supposed to be following the Buddhism Religion. Everything contained in Buddhism is always related to the teachings of Sidhartha Gautama. The teachings of Gautama Buddha are also termed as the middle path... neither following too austere paths which is difficult to follow and not getting totally involved in the household affairs... following the middle path is what Gautama Buddha preached if one desired to crossover the ocean of Samsara (the life cycle of 8.4 million manifestations) and achieve Salvation in this life. Buddhism spread around the globe only after Sidhartha Gautama took birth learnt of the cosmic wisdom and achieved monk hood.


Christianity is a faith the followers of which comprise of believers in Jesus Christ. Those who consider Jesus Christ as the son of God... whose teachings form the primary content of the Bible... and the following of whom is termed as Christianity. Before Jesus Christ came there was nothing we could call Christianity. Christianity took its roots only after Jesus Christ was born on Mother Earth.

The followers of prophet Mohammed are called Islamists. The teachings of prophet Mohammed are primarily summarized in Koran and his following termed as the followers of Islamic Dharma neigh Religion. Islamic teachings are primarily focused on prophet Mohammed. Islamic Dharma spread only after the advent of prophet Mohammed... not before!

Jainism, Buddhism, Christianity and Islamic Dharma are normally considered as Religions... all Religions do have a central focus in them. Jainism has Bhagwan Mahavira, Buddhism has Sidhartha Gautama, Christianity has Jesus Christ and the Islamic Dharma prophet Mohammed.


What when all four of these man gods did not exist! Say about a thousand years before the advent of Bhagwan Mahavira came Lord Krishna, the Avatar. The followers of Lord Krishna are not termed as the followers of Hinduism. Not at all. What when even Lord Krishna had not yet incarnated. Even then say around 3600 years before from now the humanity survived without a Religion... how?

Now, I would explain the complete cosmic structure...

As the animal life started to evolve into Human Beings... the most initial of Human Beings just behaved like animals. There was no family structure or science to guide them. Nothing had yet evolved... it was only thousands of years later the Human Beings slowly started to realize that they were distinctly different from the animals. They somehow realized that they had something that we call as thinking power. More on religion and dharma here- http://www.vijaykumar.com/religion.html and

Answer 2

Depends on what you define as religion. Religion is a relative word these days. Smoking a cigar with a glass of Grand Marnier sitting out on my balcony under a cool lit summer night is pure RELIGION to me!

But if you're talking about a true and pure relationship with God, then NO... I don't think the world would be better off.

Answer 3

Yes we would spend more time trying to make our lifes better. It depends what system would rule the world. It could still be bad without religion. I do think the middle east bs would be easier to end without all that religious mubo jumbo.

Answer 4

it quite is similar to asking might the worldwide be a extra constructive place if forex replaced into in no way invented. there is not any one easy answer, faith has fostered and the two hampered progression in the process the centuries. religions has been a savior of a few persons and the demise of others. faith has been used and abused. might the worldwide be extra constructive? I doubt it. it could be distinctive - specific... yet extra constructive??? Nah! with or without faith human nature is the comparable - and we could have discovered yet differently to screw issues up.

Answer 5

Let's get this straight...

World Chaos = Religion + Politics + Capitalism = Pride + Greed + Fear + Ego + Desire.

Without Religion, there'll still be others.

The fault lies with the human race.

Answer 6

Absolutely. In fact, if I had unlimited power, the one and only thing that I would do would be to extirpate religion. This would immediately solve the problems in Palestine, Iraq, Iran, India, Pakistan, and other places too numerous to mention.

Answer 7

Most definitely. But it will never happen, since people must have religion to protect themselves from the inevitability of death, the suffering of pain, and the randomness of the universe. It's almost as if the concept of some kind of higher power is built into our DNA.

Answer 8

Hell yes! bible thumpers are the first to judge others because they don't live like them. How many wars have been fought over these fairy tales? The people that wrote the bible thought the world was flat, what geniuses they were......

Answer 9

no world will be better if every one see each other religion with respect and fully understood.

Answer 10

Not really. The christian sheeple among other mindless followers need the guidance of their sky men. They would be a pest if they had to think for themselves.