If aliens gave us one year to unite humanity under a single religion, or face extermination, what would happen

Question

For the sake of this question, we'll allow athesim to be a valid choice, even though it's not a religion.

(btw - if you don't care for "what if" questions, please don't insult, just move along. Thank you.)

Answer 1

There is no consensus among researchers as to the best methodology for determining the religiosity profile of the world's population. A number of fundamental aspects are unresolved:

Whether to count "historically predominant religious culture[s]"
Whether to count only those who actively "practice" a particular religion
Whether to count based on a concept of "adherence"
Whether to count only those who expressly self-identify with a particular denomination
Whether to count only adults, or to include children as well (abuse and the escape from religion)
Whether to rely only on official government-provided statistics
Whether to use multiple sources and ranges or single "best source(s)"

Answer 2

First off, I disagree with your premise concerning atheism. The US Supreme Court ruled the belief that there is no god is an established religion.

All major religions of the world believe that there is a master planner, whether that entity is called God, Allah, Mother Earth, etc. With a warning of possible annihilation, most of the world within a years period would come together and agree on this point and move forward from there. If the atheists could expand their minds to believe in the unbelievable (that's called having faith), I think Humanity could survive.

Answer 3

The Middle East has not had 6000 years to stop fighting. Islam has only been around since the 600 ADs. Furthermore, the Islam Empire did not forcibly convert others to their religion. It happened as cultural diffusion through trade. (Gahh! I wish we could answer other people's answers.)

I don't believe its possible. Muslims really believe what they believe, I would say the same thing about Christianity, but then again, its not true. No one would want to convert. And how would the aliens' figure out who converted or not?

Answer 4

Provided that the aliens were capable of such extermination then humanity would be exterminated within the year.

You cannot adjust everyones belief through coertion. The more people that learn that the better this world will be.

Answer 5

We would be exterminated. There is no way that everyone will ever come to agree on this. People are very passionate about their beliefs and they love their Higher Power (whoever that may be). While many could be swayed, there would remain many faithful who would never give in and would willingly be martyrs rather than deny their faith. I truly hope that I would be that strong and that faithful should my beliefs be tested under duress.

Answer 6

i don't see that outfits. I see a astounding, proficient, humorous guy. i admire ya purely the way you're, ((((((((((Jack)))))))))). No faith, no ailment can exchange that. And, to be undemanding, i don't supply a rat's asss what any faith has to declare approximately HIV - or homosexuality. So, i can't fairly say the way it fairly is been motivated by way of it. universal, faith maintains to be undemanding in an afternoon and age while humanity could be previous such archaic thinking using fact human beings like to have an excuse to decide others - a minimum of, it is ideal to the Abrahamic religions. And, I say "screw 'em".

Answer 7

Atheism. The existence of aliens was not told by any religion that worships a god. So the only "Religion" that tells the truth is worth believing in.

Answer 8

There'd be no chance of that happening, and most people would realize that. So....there would probably be a lot of people killing those of other religions not willing to convert. We would exterminate ourselves, and the aliens wouldn't have to lift a finger.

Answer 9

we would be exterminated because no one is going to agree on one religion and some religions like Christianity need more than just deciding to be a Christian

Answer 10

Maybe we could unite together to fight the aliens, but never unite into a single religion.