In your opinion, what is the most significant effect that religion has on society?

Question

Regardless of whether it is positive or negative.

Answer 1

it affects people's view of morality. ie-in jewdism and christianity t'is written "thu shalt not kill"in islam you fight for your religion and can kill but only those that supposibly threaten your religion. in a way it's self sacrefice..

thanks to almost all religions, women were killed in the past if they gave up their chastity before marriage..in the renaissance they were just considered "wh*res".

another way of looking at this, a person that could have been a pessemist when athiest/agnostic, could be an optimist from his religion... it gives you hope for a better future. believing in god/s or w/e it is that person believes in and believing that his book of prayers will give him good luck...and being sure that nothing bad will happen so long as he believes...if you ask me, that's optimism=nothing wrong will happen so long as you believe it won't.

Answer 2

Hope. No matter what the religion is, it gives everyone Hope. People can say Violence, War, Intolerance etc.. The media only highlights these negative aspects. What about the positive ones? How much of the positive effects of religion has the media brought into light? The Human race lives on Hope and nothing integrates Hope into Society and into peoples' lives as much as Religion does.

Answer 3

For the least part, the Ten Commandments obviously had influenced law and order (e.g. laws against murder, stealing , false evidence).

And without Christianity, people would only obey laws out of fear of punishment. Just think how much more crime there'd be if Christianity had suddenly disappeared COMPLETELY from the US. It'd be in a worse state moral decay than it already is.

Listening to the Word of God, people are actually encouraged to live in positive ways (forgiveness, sharing) and not to live in conflict with each other (which would happen if people made up their own rules instead). "Love thy neighbour as you love yourself," Jesus once said.

To thsoe who disagree with the last paragraph: If the September 11 terrorists were REALLY fundemental (or even real) muslims, why did they spend their time in strip clubs and snorting coke? And do you really think a medieval crusade to the holy land was what Jesus would have wanted?

Answer 4

for the most part none.
whereas some use religion to promote violence and intolerance, for the most part, it is difficult to motivate people to offer up their lives unless they do not have much to lose. ideologies used to motivate the negative acts of people against other people can be political, religious or race based.
But the most effective ones are achieved by manipulation of the facts to place blame for problems on a particulart enemy or group.
I do know of one group that teaches it's adherents to refuse to participate in violence, to stay faithfully married, and to be honest in the workplace. These, I would have to say are positive results that if all the people on earth could see their intrinsic value, the world would be a peaceful place to live. Even atheists would have to agree, that if no one was willing to kill another human, life on earth would be much better.

Answer 5

I'd have to say the overall bitterness people seem to have towards each other. Religion has caused a lot of problems in history and it still does to this day. Unless people are able to appreciate and respect one another's beliefs religion will continue to reek havoc on society.

Answer 6

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Answer 7

war, destruction, hate, violence, crime. Certain believers think they are the best of human kind but they are just hypocrits. Aparently there is only one god , who it seems, goes by different names according to the society that is worshipping her. If anyone was a true believer, they wouldnt fight and kill in the name of religion because it just doesnt make any sense.

Answer 8

Compare any society that had the bible and Jesus
Compare societies that don't have the bible and Jesus
Compare the USA 50 years ago and today(morally and average wealth)
Romans 10

Answer 9

Intolerance manifests itself in violence.

Also if a country has a 'majority' religion, it quite often creeps into the laws.

Answer 10

Prejudice against other religions which leads to intolerance.