ok the basis to this question is that more people have died over something that cant be proven, than ANYTHING ELSE EVER, thats the basis to almost every athiests argument apart from the usual creation and evoltion theorys , but im fawarding this question to see other people views on this theory " terorism " ok this is usualy in or by eastern religions , i may be being very steriotypical here but its in statisics . Ok apart from that its the conflict between social laws and religios laws which mostly ocurs in western civilisation , which the sheeps think there " book " im not going to determain any paricular riligious book here, they think they will be taken to an after life for killing themselves, so getting rid of religion could/would decrease the amount of terrorism and eastern wars along with a communial belief of reality which is we will all end up as dust, so in my opinion getting rid of religion would decrease terorsim and war and the belief in something that does not exist.
2007-05-09 13:38:34 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
No.
It would be a better place without people who hated others based on their race, religion sex or ethnicity.
Maybe we can take up a collection to buy you a ticket on the first bus off the planet and make the world a better place.
2007-05-09 13:45:12 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
You say that "more people have died over something that cant be proven, than ANYTHING ELSE EVER". I think that that's a simplistic take on the source of human conflict.
Religion is not the cause of conflict. Even in the absence of religion we still find ways to slice and dice ourselves: haves and have-nots, black and white, rich and poor, in and out etc.
Violence is as primitive an instinct as there is. Religion is only an expression of this atavistic trait.
2007-05-09 20:38:56 · answer #2 · answered by Taharqa 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
YES
i believe the world would be a much better place without religion, as you say, so many people have died and are still dying over religious differences, i think religion is a way of feeling self-righteous and morally superior to everyone, whilst building ourselves a safety-net so that when we die, we can entertain the idea that there is someplace better to go if we have been 'good' instead of rotting in the ground or being incinerated. I really do not think that a God would create man in his own image, but that it is much more likely that man would create a God in his own image to project their own ego.
Pro-Science!!
2007-05-09 20:36:28 · answer #3 · answered by shladvic 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Like it or not, we are all born Atheist.
Religious teaching should be out-lawed, whether it's in schools or in the home, until at least pubity. By that time, most should be past the easily brain-washed stage and should have developed the ability to think for themselves.
Most of the religious do not know why they believe no more than they can remember learning to walk.
2007-05-09 21:54:20 · answer #4 · answered by cananddo 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Perhaps you may want to read the answers that were already posted to this question.. hmm. a FEW times.. didn't you notice the information below the question as you typed it?
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