atheists, if it were up to you, would religion be banned?

Answer 1

If you ban all religion, you will become just as "evil" as the fundamentalists who want to force their paradigm on everyone else -- a Fundamentalist Atheist. No, I support freedom of thought, even if I disagree with it.

Now, that having been said, I think we need a secular government, where the religion of the politicians is irrelevant. When politicians start talking about "Moral Convictions" and "Family Values," they're getting ready to take some of your freedoms away. And look how well Theocracy works in some Middle Eastern countries. So, to ensure the Freedom of the Individual, and freedom of all thought and ideas, we need to keep religion and politics separate.

But ban religion? No. You would be no better than Stalin or Mao.

Answer 2

Assuming I was a leader of some sort, I would outlaw Christianity. I would invent a new religion, and make that the only legal one.

(It has worked before, and it is the only reason the prominent religions of today are so influential.)

I'd leave room for some sort of God figure, just so it's an easy transition from Christianity. But I wouldn't pretend to know anything about him. I wouldn't assume he is a loving God, because then I couldn't explain Darfur and hate crimes. My rules would be as such: Treat others the way you want to be treated, regardless of race, sex, religious beliefs, age, sexual orientation, and whatever else. I would denounce the Bible, because it's garbage. I would making thinking more important then following other people's (sometimes ancient people's) thoughts.

There's more, but you get the gist, I'm sure.

Answer 3

although i believe that God is not real, the message... is.
love and kindness, etc...
the "abolishment" of God would mean that the message would be lost as well. The world needs this message, and if the only way it will survive is if there is a God to believe in, then so be it.
i I don't have to believe in God to understand the teachings of the bible, and i think if people can start realizing this and stop arguing about how real God is, and who's right and wrong, and just focus on the morals of the bible, the world would be a better place.
The real purpose of the bible has been lost over time, and has become a never ending war,

respect other religions... while keeping your own, and live your life, practicing what is preached.

Answer 4

stable, which will by no potential take place, thinking no person has the capability to try this, no longer even Presidents/best Ministers. maximum atheists do no longer argue that faith could be banned - we argue that faith isn't the fact, and human beings are loose to contemplate notwithstanding they choose, yet please do no longer push religious morals into government, do no longer push it into politics, and don't tell persons they can't use initiate take care of on the grounds that this is 'morally' fallacious. And yeah, if absolutely everyone did have the potential to limit faith, of path persons would protests. on the 2d even banning creationism in colleges components protests, and drawing a caricature some prophet factors bombings.

Answer 5

Not banned. Some people are so weak willed and/or weak minded that they require such a crutch. I wouldn't ban it, just downplay it's importance in society. Religion is more like the imaginary friend game for adults.

Answer 6

I'm uncomfortable with "banning" because it assumes grown adults cannot make responsible decisions and therfore must be legislated, but I do think no NEW religions should be accepted because, in this day and age, we are all aware of the nefarious, cheating scum who are out there, ever ready to suck in the gullible to their cause in ordr to build their wallets fatter. There are enough clergy with overflowing bank accounts as it is. We don't need any more.
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Answer 7

i would like to see religion removed from all schools and public observances, but not because i have a problem with religion. if we were able to honour all religions equally - the sikhs, the jains, all the different buddhists, the sunni and shia - i would be happy to see shared municipal religious observance. but i don't think that is practical.

i don't have a problem with churches or sunday schools, the way i don't have a problem with gay clubs or wife-swapping parties. those things aren't for me, and i would even feel uncomfortable in the company of such people. but an important part of growing up is accepting that people have a right to do things you disapprove of. i don't think speaking in tongues is any more abnormal than gay sex.

Answer 8

No. I support freedom of all opinions. That includes schools, institutions, or whatever people want with their own money (provided it doesn't harm children - I would, for example, require Amish children to get vaccinations for public health and for Christian scientists opposed to medicine to get safe treatment if a child develops cancer or another dangerous disease).

I just don't want religion in our government. Is that so hard to understand? Forget communism. Government is the problem unless it is securing freedom for its citizens. The Republican party has turned their faith-based agendas into a political platform. The creationists (not science) fired one of the top educators in Texas because he supported evolution and recognized that creationism was pseudoscience and outright lying in the public schools.

I would support freedom. And I will not support conservative Republicans until they stop making their religion into a mandate that allows them to break down the Bill of Rights.

Answer 9

Absolutely, but I'm an extremist in that regard. Most atheists would be content to live and let live, so long as religion does not intrude into the public sphere. I'm not so easy-going, as I cannot condone lying to children about imaginary super-beings.

Answer 10

Atheism is more of a belief in lack of existence of god. An atheist can be Muslim, Christian or Hindu.
A religion is never a path to god, it is always to path to hell. so i being an atheist will ban the spirituality istead of religion and only believe in scientific theories like big bang or theory of evolution.