I have spoken to many Atheists, I have spent time as one. I was wondering on this divide in views.
Do you see religion as a, once necassary political tool used to control the masses and moderate the developement of society, that has ceased to bear necessity as time has passed therefore now obselite.
Or a complete fantasy and falicy that has never benefited humanity in any way?
Or just freely express you individual view.
2007-07-05 13:32:28 · 12 answers · asked by Link , Padawan of Yoda 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
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2007-07-05 13:41:48 · update #1
A complete fantasy and fallacy that has never benefited humanity in any way...that continues to be used as a political tool to control the masses and impede the development of society.
2007-07-05 13:36:59 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Religion started off as fantasy. Primitives felt an earthquake or suffered from a flood. Why was that? Because they decided that there is a higher being with magical powers punishing them for something or trying to send a message.
This persisted over the years, and the people in power saw that this belief could be used as a weapon, so they started using to line their pockets and keep the masses under thumb. Where do you think the crusades came from, or why Protestants broke off?
2007-07-05 20:39:44 · answer #2 · answered by Tom L 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Total fantasy that was used as a political tool. The harm its caused outweighs the benefits.
2007-07-05 20:47:08 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Personally...
All people once lived a tribal life, all tribes of people had their stories, both for entertainment and as lessons that taught the values of their people. Along with that, being as how humans are smart and curious, but with an easy fear of what we don't understand, all tribes had their creation stories, the stories that became a belief as to how and why. I mean, these are people who couldn't even understand stars and clouds...so they had their own beliefs of what they were.
Those kinds of stories naturally eventually became belief systems and religions.
2007-07-05 20:38:55 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Fantasy and fallacy . More wars, executions, and murders have been done in the name of religion than can be counted. If no supestition ever took hold, the world would have been much better off.
2007-07-05 20:39:50 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I see religion as ancient man's attempt to understand his world. Today, science has better explanations for our reality than religion. Religion can still be of some use in a moral sense, but it does not "corner the market" on morality.
I personally have no use for religion.
2007-07-05 20:36:51 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I see it as a social control that is now no longer necessary. It was a way for the educated, who were small in number, to control a large, superstitious, illiterate mass population.
However, the masses are now educated which means that this is obsolete.
2007-07-05 20:39:40 · answer #7 · answered by genaddt 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
i think it has never been a necessery political tool since it always has been a tool to acquire power at the expense of other people.
2007-07-05 20:37:09 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Almost certainly the former, a most astute observation on your part.
2007-07-05 20:37:01 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
everything in this world have it usage.
it run out of it usage, it will be remove.
seem that religion still around, we can assume that it have it usage.
to me, you first answer seem a logical one.
2007-07-05 20:38:20 · answer #10 · answered by shadower 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋