Lets just say 500 years from now, science isolates the gene that regulates "religion".
Lets suppose hospitals mandated all mothers must have this vaccine to prevent their unborn from developing religious experiences.
Would you take it?
I predict A Sam Harris will one day find the cure for religion through eugenics.
What a jolly old time I will have.
No more stupid under god or money grubbing churches.
FINALLY, THE ROCK HAS BROUGHT PEACE TO CIVILATION!!!
2007-06-14 15:54:27 · 15 answers · asked by ATHEISTS WILL CONQUER AMERICA!!! 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Religion is a learned behaviour. Parents/society are responsible for a child learning religion and having religious experiences. It is not programmed by a gene. So, anyone claiming such a "cure" would raise my suspicions immediately. Therefore, no I wouldn't take it.
2007-06-14 15:57:02 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Study Psychology, It's usually what you have inside that bothers a person about someone else.
A cure for what? There is a cure for arrogance right now, want some?
There are many gods, and I'm sure you got a few idols you are in awe of. No, godlessness doesn't exist in this world.
2007-06-14 23:03:58 · answer #2 · answered by Blank 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, and it wouldn't happen. Any "religious programming" would be a cultural thing and not a genetic thing. So to find a "cure" for your "religious programming" you would have to go to a psychiatrist and deal with the effects, of what is most likely your abusive parents.
2007-06-14 23:05:45 · answer #3 · answered by Joseph 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No. The religious urge is a byproduct of other important abilitites of the human mind. It steams from our desire to find connections between things, to search for answers to difficult problems, to be filled with wonder. If you eliminated out ability to be religious, you'd probably eliminate those other things which make us human.
There are other ways to avoid the harmful side effects of religiosity.
2007-06-14 23:10:06 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jesus said no one would destroy His Church and no one has. I'm not sure what that proves, but it's interesting, especially considering how small His Church was originally and how much persecution they faced. At the start, the Christians weren't violent toward non-believers. True Christians, except when they're police or corrections officers, or something to that effect, still aren't violent.
2007-06-14 23:00:20 · answer #5 · answered by fuzz 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oh so now there is a "religious gene" or are you saying the religious are robots? Boy you atheists sure dream up some stuff I tell you
2007-06-14 22:58:44 · answer #6 · answered by tebone0315 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. I believe every word in the Holy Bible and will as long as I live on this earth. There is nothing that will ever change my belief in God and his precious Son Jesus who died for my sins and the sins of the world. I wish that everyone could believe and accept Jesus as their Savior but I would never try to cram my belief's down anyones throat. May God bless each and every one of you.
2007-06-14 23:20:58 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
First of all it's crazy to think Religion is genetic. Secondly, if you think that's a good idea then just start rounding up us religious freaks now and exterminate us, what's the differnce?
2007-06-14 22:58:32 · answer #8 · answered by Dane_62 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I already became immune when I learned about the universe. Education fixes everything.
2007-06-14 22:56:45 · answer #9 · answered by unknown user 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If eugenics found the cure for non-sequiters would you still spew them?
2007-06-14 22:58:22 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋