I think there is a great possibility it is. Aside from it sucking anyway, didn't relgion create evil in the first place?
2007-11-02 05:38:33 · 27 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Let's put it this way: If no one beleived in god then no one would beleive heaven, hell, satan, or the devil. So yes, relegion IS the root of all evil.
2007-11-02 07:00:37 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes. Religion has created evil and the Christian religion has created Satan.
Christianity is obsessed with evil.
2007-11-02 12:48:17 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Evil was upon the earth always. Religion did not create it. Just like even before religion people and people that do not believe in a religion they know the difference between good and evil
2007-11-02 12:45:50 · answer #3 · answered by Clannad 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Oh, sure... definitely! Like all of those millions of people tortured and slaughtered by Communist atheists like Stalin, Pol Pot, CeauÅescu, Mao Zedong and Kim Jong Il? Hey, it was their own fault for being so religious. Get rid of religion and there'd be no Christians for the bad guys to slaughter. I guess that means we should blame religion for the evil they did.
Are you familiar with the term "non sequitur"?
2007-11-02 16:10:27 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It depends on if you let the religion ruin you. Like any society, religion is filled with power and greed, however it is also filled with love and peace. It all depends on how the religion is percieved... Personally I do not believe in any one religion because I think in one way or another they are all a bit hypocritical... I believe in being a good person and living my life to my own standards. I refuse to be judged by a religion.
2007-11-02 12:45:48 · answer #5 · answered by Sugar 5 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Tempting to agree with you, but Right and Wrong exist, irregardless of religion.
Is wanton slaughter Evil because of what it is, or because Religion says it is?
there are Evil acts and Good acts. Religion just gave us the words good and evil.
2007-11-02 12:49:46 · answer #6 · answered by Darkwolf 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
What about all the blood spilled behind the Iron Curtain in the twentieth century - oceans of it? Religion had no involvement of any kind in that, and yet it is a clear evil.
2007-11-02 12:49:09 · answer #7 · answered by evolver 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Religions didn't spontaneously appear out of nowhere. It is human greed and power that is the root of all evil. Religion is merely a symptom.
2007-11-02 12:47:55 · answer #8 · answered by Equinoxical ™ 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
If there was humankind before religion and there is such a thing as morality (ie. the killing of infants is immoral) then I'd disagree. You're right that some religions are immoral (ie. sexist policies of Islamic doctrine, cults, Satanism) but not every single religion is bad.
2007-11-02 12:47:05 · answer #9 · answered by greenwich 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
in some ways yes
in others, it helped unite europe for a single cause, created a form of government that can be enforced with out police caused us to pursue science
i believe the pros outweigh the cons on this subject
2007-11-02 12:47:24 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋