If all religious people were killed, would religion arise again in the remaining rational population?

Question

Consider this against the backdrop of a modern, scientific, reason-based era. Even with a better understanding of the natural world, would the human emotional impulse to construct myths be overcome? Or would the virus of religion finally stop spreading?

This is a purely hypothetical question about the human MIND. I'm not suggesting you go out an kill anyone.

Forgive me, but ANYTHING that ANYONE has EVER ~read~ was ~written~ by a ~human~. What you have read is Man's Word.

Answer 1

I think there may always be stupid people like that. They have to fill up there lives with some kinda crap to make them feel special.

Answer 2

Jesus and Paul the Apostle both anticipated a decline in authentic own faith . that is called a falling away first then the Antichrist will take position tremendous signs and indicators and wonders through the operating of devil . A careful study of Revelation shows 2 quite of one era of 1000 years . The pyramid of Giza has a shown historic time-line in it . The time-line correlates to wars and large events international huge . that factor-line in stone ends on the three hundred and sixty 5 days 2000 . The e book of Revelation predicts 2 thousand 3 hundred and sixty 5 days sessions . Nostradamus predicts that in 1999 a significant replace got here . The Pope also gave a particular statement about the three hundred and sixty 5 days 2000 being fairly substantial . also the Mayan Calender exhibits a needed experience of a few variety handed off on April 19 , 1999 . Apostasy quite than heresy is the case with many , many people immediately , yet Jesus promised he that endures to the end of the great tribulation era must be saved .

Answer 3

If all religious people were removed, we'd have to then erase the memory of religion from the minds of the remaining people - even if they were all atheists. If they ever spoke one word about 'the old days' with religion, a few people would start thinking about it again and then their children would hear about it and some would start to like the idea. So, without religious people and with all the memory of religion erased from our minds I still think it would begin again. There's always people with vivid imaginations who would wonder if the 'scientists' had it right and they would imagine 'what if' a magical power that created the universe. They might gain a following and a new religion would begin. It may be NOTHING like the existing religions and they may come up with a completely different version of the Creation, etc. but it would still be a religion. Then it would spread throughout time.

Answer 4

I believe that yes, religion would once again take a place in society. As fast as modern science works, it will never be able to explain everything in the world, and people will always want some kind of answer to the things it cannot yet explain.

Mankind will always look at the beauty of the world - animals, babies, sunset, the ocean - and have a desperate desire to believe that something so beautiful could not have been created by accident.

And they will always want to satisfy their desire to know why they exist, and to what end. They want to know their purpose, and they want to believe that everything they know and love was caused by something greater than a 'big bang' that happened by chance.

However, I do think the new religion would be more adapted to incorporate science and modern technology.

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Answer 5

I think it would.. The rational people that remained would eventually give birth to enough people who were not scientifically oriented. More than that there would arise enough people who cannot accept death as a finality. Hence the "need" to create another religion. I think that religion has deep seated psychological underpinnings. But, hey I've been wrong plenty of times before. I am an atheist btw.

Answer 6

Anyone who does not inquire about his existence, where he came from, why is he here, and where is he going after death, is not better than a dog and hog, that the only business is to eat stool and have sex. So humans that even though, claim to be rational, if he is not inquire about God, his human form of life is wasted, better for him to take birth as a dog and hog, so he can do the same activities with less responsibilities.
Love of God is natural, already establish eternally in the heart of everyone, even in animals, but only in human form of life can be revive.

Answer 7

Science is great for explaining phenomena that can be observed, particularly when observations can be reproduced by different people in different places. Many questions fall outside the scope of science, either because we lack the technology to detect and measure things (e.g. gods, souls, heaven) or because the observations are not reproducible (e.g. out-of-body experiences).

The Big Questions will always occur to people.

Whenever someone needs an answer, someone else will provide it. Science provides a lot of compelling answers, but what happens when it cannot?

Answers will come from other sources. I think this constitutes religion.

Answer 8

First of all, you are obviously biased, and being irrational, backward, un-scientific, and unreasonable. You have been infected with a hate virus, perhaps you should get down on your knees and repent.

You can actually check, even in recent history, to find some of the answers to your question.

Did you know that more people die today, just because they believe in Jesus, than at any other time in the history of mankind? You can look at empirical evidence from communist countries that kill thousands and thousands of believers, yet can't manage to wipe out Chrisitianity. The blood of the saints is seed.

Our people defeated Satan because of the blood of the Lamb and the message of God. They were willing to give up their lives. Revelation 12:11

Answer 9

"Be still and know that I am God," that is what the God of the Holy Bible says and He also says we are without excuse to not believe in Him.

Your modern, scientific, reason-based natural world makes God laugh and the reason I know is because I have read God's Word.
God works toward and in the end time to fulfill His eternal purposes. God will one day bring His purposes to fulfillment, bringing history to a close and ushering in eternity. The sovereign, absolute Lord will accomplish His will in His world.

God is eternal. He has no beginning and no ending. All else begins and ends as an expression of the will of God, but God has always existed and will always continue to exist.

Answer 10

Religion may be about the human MIND but Christ is a person who reveals Himself to man's soul. So yes, He would still reveal Himself to man even if there were no "religious" people. It is not about Religion - it is about a Person.

Answer 11

Absolutely.... human existence has been coupled with answering the meaning of life or explaining their existence as well as so called superiority. Mankind seeks fulfillment.... seeks a connection to something very tangible or intangible... something to fill that void that a sense of connectedness to the universe fulfills. Cannot avoid it.... spirituality.... call it whatever you want but we all seek to embrace it or run from it. God Bless.