2007-03-10 17:48:04 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Spoken like a true Marxist! So comrade, name your favorite atheist nation. China? Cuba? The up and comer, North Korea?
Big contributors to civilization.
'Proletariat, unite!!!' wrong 'category', uh, next one over I think...
2007-03-10 18:05:25 · answer #1 · answered by super Bobo 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No, but hopefully the majority or the people in charge will. Religion is the opiate of the people, someone once said, and i think there will always be people out there who want to resign themselves to living in a world where they are not in control, and if they follow certain rules they are insured a place in something special one day.
I'm hoping that with all the advance we have today, along with the increasing education of earths population, that we will no longer need to have 4 billion people living in blissful ignorance.
To the person above, what constitutes an atheist nation? Because America has no national religion, but if you (and many other people) like to think of it as a Christian country, then id like to know what great contributions it has made to the world that were not influenced by atheists within the ranks.
Lets look at the accomplishes of religion countries shall we, i think youll find crusades, genocides, holocausts and rules that stop people infected with sexually transmitted diseases from wearing condoms. Yeah, religious people are a bright bunch when it comes to governing a society.........
2007-03-10 18:08:02 · answer #2 · answered by A Drunken Man 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It doesn't have to be. The real villain is the belief that anybody different is somehow wrong. Most religions have a bolstering effect on their populations and don't plague their societies with violence. It is the belief in being right and someone else being wrong that is harmful.
2007-03-10 17:55:00 · answer #3 · answered by Huggles-the-wise 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not likely - those pesky history books keep getting in the way. I don't know why they assign such complex motivations to history when the answer is obvious - people don't fight over economics, governments, tyranny, abuse, natural resources, sectarian feuds or propaganda - they fight over religion!
Well, you're in good company, I guess. Just look at the human rights records of all those a-religious utopias like China, the Soviet Union, Cambodia, Cuba, Vietnam, North Korea, etc. Wonderful examples, aren't they?
Funny how your reference to religion as a plague echoes a similar statement uttered by a little-known philosopher named Adolf Hitler...
2007-03-10 17:55:06 · answer #4 · answered by NONAME 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Religion can be useful, it provides explanations for what science has yet to discover and can comfort those going through rough times.
People are societies' "true villain and plague".
2007-03-10 17:51:49 · answer #5 · answered by Ashley 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
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2016-12-18 10:32:59 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually, I think it's more the intolerance of OTHER religions that hurts us. That some people think their religion is better than everyone else's.I don't think the Bible, Torah, or Koran promote 'crusades' and stuff. It's the extremists (like the crazy ones who protest at soldier's funerals) who somehow manage to ruin it.
2007-03-10 17:58:01 · answer #7 · answered by pamiekins 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋