How would life be without religion?

Question

Will humans be just another animals without religion? Will the world be an utter chaos...an absolute pandemonium without religion?

Answer 1

It wouldn't be chaos - it's already in enough chaos with religion. Imagine all the conflicts that would disappear - no more Israel-Palestine violence, no nuclear war between India and Pakistan, no more 911s. Also, we could make medical advancements with stem cell research, do harmless drugs that are banned because they give us pleasure, and so on.

Would we be just other animals? Well, we ARE animals.

I think it would be better for society as a whole if religion was gone, although on an individual level some people may not be as happy as they would be with religion reassuring them about stuff. So I'd rather it just disappeared in orginized form.

Answer 2

Maddy: This is a hard one, because I believe that each one of us believes what we believe based what is in our hearts and what we have learned in our life's lessons. This is why some of us know more than others and some know more about other things than others. I think that all of us truely do believe that there is a higher power most of which is our Lord and Saviour. I do honestly believe without the ability to believe in a higher power that we would have pandemonium and chaos. Of course, I do believe in God but I think that each us needs to believe in something in order to have some form of stability in our lives. Call it what you wish but I do think without our ability to "believe in something or someone" we would have nothing but utter chaos at least more than what we have today.

Answer 3

Your question is hypothetical of course because Religion is a spontaneous occurrence to any human society -primitive or civilised. It creates a reference point to any community by which it tries to keep itself in some kind or order - even in its most bizarre forms. We often blame religion for a lot of disharmony however in the long run we are better off with it than without it because it at least creates a platform from which we can lift the bar of everyday existence.

Answer 4

"Imagine there's no Heaven. It's easy if you try. No hell below us. Above us only sky. Imagine all the people, living for today."

It seems like our society would exist okay without it now. But throughout history religions have been a basis for laws and acceptable ways of behaving. They have been used as a way to explain things like how and why the sun comes up. But, secular and religious people have usually been able to co-exist with little trouble. I expect there may have been some behaviors that might have been more prevalent if religion hadn't existed, but there also probably would have been a lot fewer wars. Especially in the middle east.

Answer 5

I think we are already seeing what a life with out religion is like today.

People don't wait to have sex till marriage any more.
People have multiple wives.
People are lovers of them selves and not others.
People are vengeful and murderous

The list goes on.

Jesus Christ challenges us not to be good but to be Christians. That means we are to walk as he taught us to walk. The Gospels of his followers are a life guide for all true Christians.

Here is what a Child taught TRUE Christian principals will be like some day:

Since he will go on a mission no doubt he will learn a love for his fellow man

Since the gospel says we need to share it with others he will not be a lover of just himself but want others to be saved.

Since murder is the ultimate sin he will avoid it at all cost and learn to forgive others so that he can be forgiven.

Since the bible says that we must put our wife before us just as Jesus Christ gave himself to the church, we hopefully will work out our differences and not divorce resulting in multiple wives.

So religion definitely helps our community for the better.

God Bless.

Answer 6

Yes, your wifes and daughters would be enslaved, raped, Humans would have no common denominator and hence no organization to build or create. We would still be in caves scratching our nutz. Seems now that religion is on the decline in the states were heading that way just look at all the fat@ss lazy kids and parents basement dwelling jobless losers there are today.

Answer 7

No i think life will basically be the same for just because there is religion doesn't not mean everybody believes there is to many people who don't care about religion at all

Answer 8

Life without belief in anything at all would be an empty whole of meaningless life spiraling downward through space for eternity.

Answer 9

The animals, plants, and everything else that exists have a religion. They willingly submit to the laws put on them by their Lord. Humans and Jinn have the choice to follow the commands of Allah (God) or to disobey them. With this create responsibility also comes a great reward though. Allah (God) knows best!

Answer 10

Depressing.