What Would The World Be Like Without Religion?

Question

Without Christians, Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists, Mormons, Catholics etc. Would the world be at total peace? Would the world resemble Hell? What's your opinion?

Answer 1

Take religion out of the equation and I'm sure mankind would find something else to fight about. But there wouldn't be any hope at the end of it, would there?...Blessings!

Answer 2

Personally, the world would be better off without the belief of religion (I say this from the perspective of an atheist). But the problem with this is that everyone would have to recognize the manner in which religion ultimately hinders rather than aids. It stifles the mind and creates hate amongst humanity (even if some faiths preach to 'love thy neighbor" and tolerance).You can have order and know the difference between right and wrong. After all, what is socially acceptable and not acceptable depends on the society- not necessarily on the religious beliefs of people. I don't think it would be a utopia either. There would just be different "categories" of inclusion in the society or exclusion. If anything, the world would be a bit more realistic and, in my opinion, more aware.

Answer 3

The world would be less ignorant and more scientifically literate, and therefore have a higher level of understanding..

Mainstream scientific principles and descriptions of the natural world are globally uniform, without borders, do not discriminate, and are not bigoted..!

If everybody had such a common understanding, this can only be an improvement over todays ignorant and bigoted religious fundie trouble makers, like creationists, the christian right, and fundie islamists etc..

Seeking knowledge will set us free, not to mention help the environment..

You know it makes sense..!

Answer 4

I believe it would be closer to hell. Without religion, enforcing laws on some people would be like trying to move a mountain with a spoon. You might accomplish a little, but you'd kill yourself before you got very far. Besides that, I think that human beings would find something to fight about even if there wasn't any religion, plus I think it would be harder for some groups to come together as a community or to convince some that they should help out those less fortunate. It might not be impossible, but it would be very very hard. Plus, those that get filled with the light of their beliefs can do some really great things for people. I think we need that to inspire the rest of us to make our own meager efforts for the benefit of someone other than ourselves.

Answer 5

There was a time in history when religion was totally ignored. You can read about it in the books of the kings of Israel and the chronicles of Israel.

People were living however they felt like it. Everybody did what was right in his own eyes.

One man actually cut up his wife into 12 sections and sent one section to each of the 12 tribes of Israel to rally them to fight after she had been raped (because he would not allow her into the house)!

If you think that's sick, so do I. And so does God!

That's only one example of how low the society dropped when they ignored God and His Laws completely!

That's the only logical conclusion and end of a godless society, because in the end, there can be no morals when there is no God, and "Everybody did what was right in his own eyes!"

Answer 6

Originally the purpose of religion was to guide, educate and enlighten individuals to become better people, to encourage better standards of living, of problem solving, of literacy and in public service.

The purpose of religion today seems to be the complete opposite - encouraging dependency, illiteracy, belief in superstition and invisible unproven powers of healing, even in financial corruption and sexual corruption (catholic priests molesting altar boys).

So without today's corrupt religion influence? The world might be a more peaceful place.....but then again those same people who insist upon being corrupt in religion will just find some other excuse and other activity in which to be corrupt.

Either way - learn how to lead yourself through life.

Answer 7

Hello,

Religion does tame the beast in people at times. Without religion things might be far worse since we all would realize we were here for a fleeting moment in time and anyone trying to thwart our pursuit or happiness and pleasure would have to be removed or destroyed.

Many wars from throughout history have been fought over territory, greed, political and ideological aims and differences as well so one is shooting themselves in the foot when claiming wars are all about religion.

Lenon's song, Imagine was quite shallow in thought since he did not realize politics and religion come and go but greed goes on forever. Perhaps a little more time away from his fixes and more concentration of political reality and economics might have been in order with his music

"Imagine there's no heaven . . . No hell below us . . . Imagine all the people living for today. Okay, let's imagine that; let's imagine six billion people who believe that flesh and blood is all there is; that once you shuffle off this mortal coil, poof, you're history; that Hitler and Mother Teresa, for example, both met the same ultimate fate. Common sense suggests that such a world would produce a lot more Hitlers and a lot fewer Teresas, for the same reason that you get a lot more speeders / murderers / rapists / embezzlers when you eliminate laws, police, and punishment. Skeptics and atheists can say what they like about religion, but it's hard to deny that the fear of an afterlife where one will be judged has likely kept hundreds of millions from committing acts of aggression, if not outright horror. Nothing clears the conscience quite like a belief in eternal nothingness.

Imagine there's no countries . . . Nothing to kill or die for / No religion too / Imagine all the people / living life in peace. Hmmm. A single, borderless entity. No passports or customs inspectors rifling through your luggage. So far, so good. But wait a second. By what laws, rules, cultures, customs, and mores would we all be living? America's? Saudi Arabia's? Iceland's? Cuba's? Obviously, organizing billions of people from different traditions around a common mindset would require some serious coercion that progressives (many of whom will be out in force tonight with lighted candles) keep reminding us is not our prerogative--not even in countries with brutal dictators. And if there's nothing to kill or die for, then there's really nothing to live for, either--not equality, not liberty, not justice. It bears remembering that those young Englishmen who declared, in the 1930s, that they wouldn't fight for king and country did nothing for the cause of peace; quite the opposite. Lennon's own Oxford Pledge may warm the hearts of pacifists, but it's true music to a tyrant's ears.

Imagine no possessions, I wonder if you can / No need for greed or hunger, a brotherhood of man / Imagine all the people, sharing all the world. . . . Let's begin implementing the third stanza's message by splitting up the royalties to this copyrighted song. Mrs. Lennon, I imagine, will be only too happy to share with the rest of us the proceeds from the semiannual checks she receives for its licensing. In fact, why don't we all participate in every revenue stream created by John's invaluable catalogue? No, even that's not good enough. John wants us all to own everything, so we're each entitled to an equal share of not only his catalogue but also every album, tape, and CD ever made--by every artist. True, in such an egalitarian world, there soon won't be any record stores from which to take home recorded merchandise, since the owners will have nothing left to sell and are anyway no longer the owners (we all are). Nor will there be anything to play or record the music on (assuming any artist still wants to record), since there'd be no one to build the equipment. Why should anyone volunteer to work in a factory making hard goods when everyone else is living in the poshest houses and eating at the finest restaurants for free? Of course, housing and food are going to be problems, too, unless someone volunteers to mine the quarries, hammer nails, plant corn, and catch salmon for the rest of us. In John's imagined world, su casa es mi casa. So is su radicchio.

And the world will live as one. One what? Violent mess, apparently."***



Regards,

Michael Kelly

Answer 8

I agree with Adam G. Check out "Imagine" by John Lennon.

But - Mormons and Catholics ARE Christians. That's like saying "Muslims, Shiites, and Sunis" when Shiites and Sunis ARE Muslims.

Answer 9

I wonder too. But I don't think all would be peaceful. Humans will always find something to fight over. And even so-called religious wars aren't purely religious. Religion is often just the excuse.

Answer 10

No religious warfare which counts for most of the warfare around the world. Plus there would be 2 towers in new york still gracing the sky line.