who thinks the world would be a much happier place without religion?

Question

kenny p i am here on the religious board to stir up all th e religious freaks such as yourself

Answer 1

religion or no religion; the point is we need love and faith more than anything in our individual lives.
self contentment and peace of mind.
What ever belief system one follows should be without condemnation to others .a belief system is to attain self peace and to follow a right path of Love and redemption.
I'm a Christian but I think that no religion ever tells; to follow hatred or to harm others in any way.
So,one should be comfortable in their own skins!
whatever you do ,just Do it right.
God Bless.

Answer 2

You can take religion out of the equation and you will won't change group and individual beliefs or activism.

If Dr. Martin Luther King had not been around and not been religious who knows how the racial movement in America would have made it's point. Maybe with riots.

You'd still have PETA spray painting coats.

You'd still have Vegan talking down meat and meat eaters.

You'd still have conservatives and liberals.

You'd still have OPEC and oil.

You'd still have the Middle East Conflict (they aren't opposed to Semites, Jews or the Hebrew religion, they don't like Zionists, people who invade to make a homeland).

You'd have still had WW1 and WW2

You'd have still had Korea, Vietnam, Afghanistan

What you'd have is some less educated people because there would be no Catholic missionaries setting up schools in Africa and South America

You'd still have the A Bomb (it wasn't made by religious people, that's for sure).

You'd still have poverty and hunger in the world.

You might see less relief as charity comes from religious bias most of the time. Not all the time, but most of the time.

You might see a lot more ME FIRST and YOU DON'T COUNT AT ALL in the world. Religious bias helps make people more neighborly.

There wouldn't be a weekly holiday until the Unions came along and we might not all have two days. The Unions gave us saturday, because Sunday already existed.

It's doubtful of the sprit of giving would be as prevelent without a Christmas or Chunuka. It's doubtful the concept of Boxing Day might have come about. It follows Christmas and started with a box in the Church. The day after you exchange gifts with friends and realatives you provde for those who are just servants. These things instill HABITS into people.

Make for an interesting movie or book. Right out of Rod Serling.

Would the world be a happier place. Naw. Man likes wallowing in dispair over who is President, who is PRime Minister, who is the boss and the ills of the tax man. All of these things would still be around.

People would still hate because of color, nationality.

The term "rag head" would still be in existance. I feel confident many Middle Easterners would still wear head gear, there's a lot of sun beating down on you.

There might be more crime, as the fear of "god'll getcha" does work on some people and without that fear, who knows what they might do.

There would still be potential conflicts in India, Pakistan, Kasmir, Tibet as people would still invade, immigrate and make war.

Things would change a little, but it wouldn't be necessarily a happier place. There'd simply be one less distinction. One less element. One less tell about another person.

That isn't enough to change things for the better.

Answer 3

I don't. Religion gives people a great deal of comfort and a sense of belonging. The world is an unpredictable place, and the practice of religion often decreases the anxiety caused by living in the midst of unpredictability. Most religious people are not extremists, and as a result of their connection with a religious community, live happy, healthy, productive lives.

There are those, of course, who use religion as a means to gain power over others, and these people tend to be a bit more annoying than most.

Often those who seek power will employ religion to drum up support for their agendas. This association of religion with power always leads to corruption since, as Lord Acton observed, power corrupts.

Still, society has benefitted a great deal from religion. Universities and hospitals are a couple of examples of the sort of contribution religion has made.

I myself am not a religious person, but I do see religion as a beneficial component of society.

Answer 4

The world would be a much happier place with the presence of love - Love overrules everything and can achieve anything. If each person just showed everyone else love, then the world would be full of peace no matter what religion you were.

1Co 13:4 Love has patience, is kind; love is not envious; love is not vain, is not puffed up;
1Co 13:5 does not behave indecently, does not pursue its own things, is not easily provoked, thinks no evil;
1Co 13:6 does not rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices in the truth.
1Co 13:7 Love quietly covers all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
1Co 13:8 Love never fails.

1Co 13:13 And now faith, hope, and love, these three things remain; but the greatest of these is love.

God Bless You!!!

Answer 5

I know what you are saying but you are wrong. There are some people in the world that are violent, and look for an excuse for there violence. True Christians who follow the Bible for instance, regect violence.

Matthew 5:44-47
However, I say to YOU: Continue to love YOUR enemies and to pray for those persecuting YOU; that YOU may prove yourselves sons of YOUR Father who is in the heavens, since he makes his sun rise upon wicked people and good and makes it rain upon righteous people and unrighteous. For if YOU love those loving YOU, what reward do YOU have? Are not also the tax collectors doing the same thing? And if YOU greet YOUR brothers only, what extraordinary thing are YOU doing? Are not also the people of the nations doing the same thing?

Matthew 22:36-40
 “Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?” He said to him: “‘You must love Jehovah your God with your whole heart and with your whole soul and with your whole mind.’ This is the greatest and first commandment. The second, like it, is this, ‘You must love your neighbor as yourself.’ On these two commandments the whole Law hangs, and the Prophets.”

Answer 6

Let's see now there was Hitler, Stalin, Mao, Lenin, Saddam, and I guess, you. At it's height the Roman empire. The Japanese during the time from 1920 until 1945. The Mongols. The Huns.
The war-lords in Somalia. Idi Amin, of Uganda. Most of the Russian Czars. The communist party. Atheists. The Nazi party.
Agnostics. This one guy I know and maybe his wife. There ya go.

Answer 7

Not I. For most people, concern for the afterlife is a great influence on better behavior.

Without the concept of an ultimate Judgment Day, it is difficult to come up with a coherent reason for morality that actually influences the majority of people.

What would you do that you otherwise would not do if you could be invisible, and you KNEW you would never get caught, no one would ever know about it, and there were NO negative consequences?

Answer 8

religion corrupts the soul & enslaves the brain so every one will be happier without a religion deep down they know if no religion ever exicted we will all be united heck just take a look back & count all the wars that were fought under the name of a religion

Answer 9

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Answer 10

Not me

I think your world would be total chaos without the stability and morality of religion

Question..if you don't like religion, why are you here on this religious board?

You secretly are wanting to hear more, huh?