Do you agree:"The world needs to wake up from its long nightmare of religious belief."?

Question

(quoting Steven Weinberg, a Nobel laureate in physics)

I direct your attention to the answer given by bettierage below: I agree with her that for some who have no self-control then religion may be a help, but keep religion in the personal sphere and out of politics and I have no problem with it at all. Viva secularism!

Answer 1

I am a christian woman, however I don't believe in forcing someone to believe what I believe. I feel that running a country based on religion is why there is so much hatred, against homosexuals. Some christians say it is wrong. I'm a christian that believes whatever makes someone happy is what they should do, and it honestly is their own business. I feel that as long as you don't disrespect my religion, I'm not going to disrespect yours. I believe in accepting everyone, and for people to use the Muslim religion as a means for killing people, those particular people are just completely on a different level.

Answer 2

There are forces at work here which the majority cannot begin to understand.

A nightmare of religious belief?

The nightmare refers principally to the plethora of belief systems in existence.

Accept that there is but One God.

This One True God is the same as He has always been and always will be - the same deity we all worship monotheistically, but having different names dependent upon the culture we belong/live in.

If the world needs to wake up to anything, it is the common bond of brotherhood that the evil one is destroying, and that destruction we are often aiding and abetting.

What does a Nobel Laureate in Physics actually know anyway?

Answer 3

Long nightmare you say? Then obviously you had never heard of the nightmare of atheist belief. Communist Russia was gripped by that form of atheism during most of last century and maybe we will never fully learn of all the atrocities committed by the government against its citizens.
Steven Weinberg along with many atheists like to criticize but offer no workable solution.
So don't find fault, find a solution.

Answer 4

Yes. But the problem is hidden in there. These are just vehicles. The same thinking is manifesting in other areas.

So if we do not address the cause of the disease and work vigorously to eliminate it it will adapt.

Peace!

I attended a Colloquium on genocide last year where I saw several excellent books. One was Turning Evil. I highly recomend it.

Thank you for this question! Forge ahead!

Answer 5

Yes

Answer 6

Religion is okay as long as people don't try to force it on others. I feel it should be a personal thing because some people truly do need it to live and others don't. No one should get criticized for their beliefs.

Answer 7

After a year of reading Q's and A's here, one thing is very clear to me. There are a lot of people I hope never lose their faith, as they have said they would go on killing/raping/pillaging rampages.

I think religion is good for a lot of people, it's the power of big religion that is frightening.

Answer 8

I think the world needs to wake up, but not from religious belief necessarily. We all need to wake up to our own role in the world and the Divine, in my opinion. Religion has done a lot to propel humanity forward - we simply now must realize that it is a tool and not our master.

Peace!

Answer 9

An expert in physics is an expert in physics.

Here is a quote form Gonxhe Bojaxhiu from Albania, expert in religion:

"There is more hunger in the world for love and appreciation in this world than for bread. "

Answer 10

Yes! If everyone would embrace the spirituality that Jesus spoke of instead of manmade religion and doctrine, the world would be a nicer place.