Considering that the majority of the human population do not break laws and go on massacre sprees much like crusaders of the past ages.... do you think that if christianity or other religions were stripped from them, they'd find idle time to do more harm to society?
In other words, is it possible to conclude that law and christianity (and other faiths) actually keep crime or even mental illness down? I understand there are schizophrenic who claim religious hallucinations as real, but they are really few and far between.
2007-10-03 05:19:27 · 10 answers · asked by Pansy 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Socrates, are you planning on backing up your stats? would help
2007-10-03 05:27:13 · update #1
Actually seems that the Christian percentage comes out to more like 82% in the study I just read on. I definitely say no, to your question.
2007-10-03 08:25:41 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
well, you yourself mentioned the Crusades, and of course the most Christian nation in Europe (steeped in centuries of Catholic and Protestant anti-semitism) carried out the Holocaust. Then there was Yugoslavia, which was mainly about a landgrab by Christian Serbs against Bosnian Muslims. Sunnis and Shias killing each other in Iraq. Then, of course, there was the thing about those people who flew planes into buildings a few years ago. I recall that "Allah akbar" was the last thing heard on the flight-data recorder.
... so, I guess I'd have to say no.
2007-10-03 14:22:00 · answer #2 · answered by Brendan G 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No you're wrong. Christianity is cause of much crime and mental illness AND is still doing crusades. Nothing has changed much in 2000 years there.
2007-10-03 12:23:12 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well for believers...it may be a possibility. Things may become violent if they are not allowed to practice how they wish. They would fight for religion and in justification say it is in the name of God.
For non-believers things would be the same as they have personal ethics that do not stem from religion in the first place.
2007-10-03 12:25:56 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
78% of incarcerated prisoners in America are Christian.
What does that tell you? For one, religion obviously doesnt prevent people from commiting crime. And, for those of you that say that these people were not Chrisitan prior to entering prison, perhaps you can explain the 80+% recidivism rate of paroled offenders...people who leave prison Christians and are re-arrested within months on other charges.
2007-10-03 12:23:43 · answer #5 · answered by ? 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I still think it is the other way around...Religion should be held as Phylosophy or poetry and not truth...When you believe every word of any religion you become a Fundamentalist.
2007-10-03 12:23:45 · answer #6 · answered by klover_dso 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. Christianity and religion cause more trouble than they help.
2007-10-03 12:24:46 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. Most people have a built in moral code.
2007-10-03 12:29:50 · answer #8 · answered by Fred F 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Very few , if any , criminals are deterred by the fear of the fires of hell . All of them fear the law and the police .
2007-10-03 12:27:50 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You're assuming that if people had more time on their hands they would do more harm to society. I believe differently.
2007-10-03 12:22:57 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋