Picture a healthy society. Would churches thrive?

Answer 1

Only those that were founded on the principle contributing to society rather than promotoing mindless adherence to dogma. Evangelicals etc. wouldn't exist in a healthy society. They thrive only in societies like the US with deeply perverse and abnormal values.

Answer 2

Glad you chose the word Healthy instead of Perfect.

At first thought, no.

However, lately, I've been thinking, i put so much emphasis on finding the truth that, is it possible that things like religion keep the world spinning while the little truths are being found?

I'm not saying that religion is true but since your question asks for a 'healthy" society, I would think that churches would thrive only as a temporary source of comfort.

On another note, a healthy society is one that learns how to deal with suffering, not one without suffering.

Answer 3

Yes.

At the moment in Australia, classical musicians who busk on the street get passed by. I worked for a charity where you call people to donate goods to be picked up from the kerbside. The thing is (and I didn't think of it at the time), those people were ones who couldn't get to the local shops probably otherwise they wouldn't need a collection from home. Culture is punished. Literacy is looked down on.

Some beautiful music has come out of religion. I prefer music that celebrates triumph rather than merry-making, for a religious feel. Merry-making religion is more like the problem. Separate the two!

The church is there to organise support for the sick, weak, elderly, hungry, and spiritually needy. It thrives when society realises that it's not so healthy. In fact, I think that health does not mean not needing anything. Health means realising that you're allowed to ask for more.

Answer 4

A truly healthy society takes all that is good into active consideration. In such a society, men wouldn't use atheism as an excuse to dodge accountability on the issue of how they exploit females for their lusts. If men were all acting decently, and women respecting that not everyone wants to see their flesh flaunted (as modesty never injures like immodesty can), then it would be possible to have a healthy society.

In such a society, if there were both agnostics and religionists, and none had to worry about pedophelia, rape, murder, slander, etc., Churches would in deed flourish. Indecent things not proper to Christianity would remain outside of GOD's House, and that would give even agnostics peace. Christians would be practicing Love with inclusion of the GOD they know, not slighting anyone they know exists, while agnostics, not pushing for annihilation of religion, would at least strive to love whom they know without any doubt to exist - their neighbor, Christian or agnostic.

Sure - the Church would thrive in a healthy society. Even a healthy body sneazes sometimes. There might still be talks from two points of view with different causes in mind, on some topics, but that isn't injurious to Church or agnostics.

Answer 5

Healthy in what sense? Even the most mentally sound individuals still may decide upon having faith in the unknown; therefore, churches very well could thrive. There is a healthy approach to religion. It's just not scandalous enough to deserve the media's or the public's attention.

Answer 6

You got it backwards. Healthy, thriving churches cause a healthy society. Read about some of the revivals of the 18th and 19th century. Bars went bankrupt, prostitution had no customers, jails were empty and police officers were let go because they were not needed. I think we are past those times. My guess is judgment coming to America and Churches that do not promote righteousness.

Answer 7

Not a one! The true God only asks us to worship Him in spirit and truth and the shortest scripture says "Pray incessantly!" and this is done in private and from the heart and not in a man-made church filled with the best-dressed parishioners to parade their idol worship for all to see! as it only pleases the 2 Corinthians 4:4 god of this soon to end system. Would Adam and Even ever need to have had a church if they never ate of the forbidden fruit? As far as I'm concerned, that was the only religion if you want to call it that and in the new earth after Armageddon, we will go back to having no man-made church whatsoever but only schools to teach the new-comers and the resurrected ones the truth about how to be and what it means to be a human being!!! loving self and neighbour always! and how to avoid the second death from which there is no resurrection possible. Ever!!!

Answer 8

There wouldn't need to be churches. Churches thrive on suffering, guilt, hate, and cruelty. Either focused on the individual such as catholics or focused on others like we see with extreme Christians and Muslims. I assume in a healthy society none of that would exist so churches wouldn't be in demand.

Answer 9

No. Religion thrive on ignorance. A healthy society would be educated and superstition and delusion would not prosper there.

Answer 10

You think churches only exist because of bad health? You have that wrong. Churches exist because people want to be with the community of believers. Churches exist because Jesus established a Church. People dont just go to church when they are sick or hit rock bottom. I love going to Mass.