If we took all the money that gets dumped into organized religion and used it to pay for food for the hungry, the world would be a much better (and efficient) place.
You can live a meaningful, even spiritual, life without organized religion.
2007-03-19 14:50:03
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answered by Anonymous
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What do I see as religion's contribution to society? Religion creates divisive power structures which pit the various packs against each other on an ideological basis. It causes people to focus on belonging instead of on being a humanist or a moralist. It encourages people to engage in meaningless ritual and thereby permits them to believe that such participation is primary to being a good and moral person. It permits people to reinforce their dominant and submissive programming (instead of reinforcing their spiritual side by shifting a focus to moral behavior). It creates a sense of superiority in people which dehumanizes people who have alternative positions.
Therefore, religion exists as a result of the very programing which is contrary to the will of God. It exists for it's own sake and is (for the very most part) a total failure in either saving souls or binging humanity closer together.
Would the world be a better place without religion? You bet. What we need to do is move away from national, religious, ethnic and social class divisions and toward a more humanist approach to the world. By placing ourselves together in the common human race and eliminating these divisive frames of reference we would contribute to our collective good. Can you imagine for a moment if the billions of dollars spent each year on military supplies was instead put in to a world coffer from which social programs and relief for less fortunate individuals was made? Oh there I am dreaming again....
2007-03-19 21:53:47
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answered by Anonymous
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Religion has been behind the major wars in the past 2,000 years. They may not have been the main cause, been they had a strong hand in it.
I don't see how religion can be outlawed. Mankind needs something larger than themselves to look up to, and since other men have feet of clay, they create 'gods' who are infallible.
2007-03-19 22:00:25
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answered by S K 7
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Look at communist nations like the USSR and China, and you'll get even more of a dillemma. God-less societies have also killed untold millions. Atheists and Theists have and do murder. Religion and ideology are often used by powerful men as tools to control and crush others.
2007-03-19 21:50:57
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Everyone says religion caused all these deaths.....well, I think people need to realize those deaths are far less than the following....which were NOT caused by religion.
Current War
1st Iraq war
Korean War
Vietnam War
WWII
WWI
Spanish American War
ALL the Native Indian Wars
and this list can continue.....
People need to have straight facts, not blown up proportions.
2007-03-19 21:51:26
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answered by Anonymous
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boil it all down to size and the only left befor you is this computer screen... right here, right now. everything in the Universe is occurring simutainously... right now its the same time everywhere and all the medias ideas about what happened or what is going to happen in not the true version of your reality. looking outside you, you find religion but by turning inwards you will find your Self.
2007-03-19 22:03:45
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answered by punk bitch piece of shit 3
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Religion truly serves no good purpose; we would be much better without it.
2007-03-19 21:49:28
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answered by Anonymous
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