Would a single religion solve the worlds problems?

Question

With all the fighting in the world and indifference between christianity and islam is this the way to amarillo.

Answer 1

Yes it probably would but you have to remember that some people would argue that the grass is not green or that the sky is not blue (most of the time!) and so it would last for a little while and then people would want to form their own church which preached differently because they disagreed with something in the "uni-religious church". Think back to 2000 years ago when most people were Jewish. They started off that way and Catholicism came into it and then this branched out into the Protestant churches.

Answer 2

Definitely not. The reason is that it wouldn't stay a single religion soon. Divisions would develop quickly. The problem is that no belief can be verified or confirmed as being authentic truth. In fact faiths depend on having the most absurd beliefs treated with the most respect and go to great lengths to prevent any criticism of that belief. The ensuing isolation creates a hostile protection of that belief.

Religions don't solve problems, they create them.

Answer 3

But only if it's not _your_ religion. Are you willing to go along with that? Somehow, I doubt it.

Since you clearly haven't figured it out, the problem is not the plethora of religions but the fact that every single religion claims the "right" to impose its views on other people.

And when you say "one religion", do you mean "christianity" or (as an example) "roman catholicism"? Because if you're suggesting one of the world's five large filths - oops, faiths - on everyone, there would still be religious war.

If "christianity" turned on "islam" and got rid of it, then "protestants" would turn on "catholics", mormons and others. Once the "catholics" and others were gone, the "baptists" would turn on the "anglicans", "lutherans", and such; once they were gone, the evangelicals would turn on the regular baptists, then the fundamentalists on the evangelicals, etc.

There would be no end to it because religion teaches absolute certainty; when you allow the elimination of one, the definition of what is "acceptable" gets narrower and narrower until YOU no longe are "acceptable". You either end up with "purity" and genocide, or you learn to accept that more than 99% of the world is going to disagree with you.

Have you never heard of Martin Neimoller? You ought to read the linked page.

http://www.hoboes.com/html/FireBlade/Politics/niemoller.shtml


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Answer 4

A secular world wide religion might eventually lead to a world with a few less reasons to find fault neighbor to neighbor and a unified belief could perhaps make it more difficult to spread political descent between cultures. I am personally looking forward to seeing this idea become a reality, and I believe that the most reasonable base for a unified religion to begin form is one founded by logic and reason.

It is time to set aside the beliefs of the past... to thank the deities created by early cultures for all of the contributions they've made toward the advancement of civilization, to honor the richness of history and then to finally decide that the time of mysticism has passed. In our real world, reality must become the reining belief.

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Answer 5

It would help a little but not a lot. This is due to the fact that all religions are based on lies, primitive superstitions and the need for leaders to create a mind set with which to suppress the masses.

If you want to see the light then read Richard Dawkin's excellent book The God Delusion. It is to the 21st century what the bible was to the dark ages.

Answer 6

Sure, but which religion would it be? Are you ready to give up your Faith so that we can all get along? Or had you planned that everyone in the world would believe as you do? Therein lies the problem. The more life experience you get, the more you are going to want to hold on to those spiritual things that comfort your Spirit. And what comforts you will not automatically comfort someone else.

Answer 7

No because there will still be a split between people who follow it and those who dont.
Also even if there was no religion people will find something to fight about, unfortunately its human nature.
Religion is not the root of all problems/fights anyway.
There will always be problems in the world.

Answer 8

Even if the world could be persuaded to adopt a single religion, factions would quickly form and the infighting would begin. When people claim that a conflict is about religion, that is the time to look for an underlying cause - power, territory, resources, etc.

Answer 9

A single religion might solve the problem, but the idea is to get all the people to believe!

Answer 10

True Christianity