Is Religion the problem, or are people the problem?

Question

Those who do not believe in religion would say that religion did not exist since the begining of times. So that means than a non-religious person created religion. Is religion the problem or are people?

If there were just atheists in the world, would the world be with not war, no murder, no crime at all? I dont think so. The same will happen if every one is religious.

I wonder what would happen if there is not religion beginning next year, will all problem be solved? I dont think so.

If there were just atheist, there would be the same issues as today. Some atheist will try to determine who are the real atheists and who are not.

Answer 1

Religion just gives people one more reason (a big reason) to go to war.

I believe that people are religious for biological reasons (the need to see a motivator in that animal or human).

Answer 2

Religion is an abstraction. It doesn't exist by itself. A religious person has a different conception of living from a non-religious person, but he is not physically different. The first religious thought was an attempt to explain a mystery that couldn't be resolved in any empirical way. Its thinker may have invented a religion, but he was not "non-religious" before that. (Before the invention of television, there were no "non-TV watchers".)

To answer your question, people are ALWAYS the problem. Religions arise as answers to insoluble problems, whether they be bad weather or the pervasiveness of injustice. Some religious movements rely on prayer, ritual and divine intervention to solve problems, others on rousing people to expose corruption and promote ethical social behavior. To put it another way, some religions "explain" problems, others try to fix them. The first way is more pacifying and is preferred by those who benefit from the status quo. The second is more risky but it promises genuine social progress. The rich and influential do all they can to subvert the second into the first. And many people are willing to go along, putting up with institutionalized oppression for the sake of "peace". But time and again, discontent with the "normal" order gives rise to reform efforts. That is the prophetic tradition, to point out what is wrong with business as usual. As the old saying goes, a prophet's job is to comfort the afflicted, and to afflict the comfortable. It's not up to "religion" to determine the best course. People choose whether they'd rather be comfortable or honest.

Answer 3

It is a combination there of. God is not a religion, but yet people are religious.

If people would put aside their religious beliefs and begin to study the written word of a living God and come into a relationship with Him then neither the people or religion would be a problem.

Answer 4

Religion, like so many theologies, has its strengths and weaknesses. For the most part, I believe organized religion plays a vital role even in modern society. The fact that you belong to a religious community bonded by spirituality and emotion gives you a stronger sense or belonging and co-existence than merely being part of a neighborhood, town, or country. And self-awareness, spiritual growth and peaceful co-existence is the foundation of most great religions, although we all know of examples where one religion or another has acted in contrast to such ideals. Religion isn't religion without the human soul. Therefore, religion is subject to the fallacies of the human soul.

I would have to say that religion does its best. Mankind, whether it be certain individuals of influence or power, or entire populations, has this innate capacity for selfishness and greed. It is the negative influence of the wreched soul that causes imbalance, oppression, and destruction, whether it be in the name of God, country, or ones self.

Answer 5

"Those who do not believe in religion would say that religion did not exist since the begining of times."

Would they now.

I can tell you something else...

1. I believe in religion. Religion exists. Deities, I don't believe in.

2. Religion evolved with abstract and conceptual thought. It was such a slow process there was not this single non-religious person back in history who had a lightbulb go on in their head and say "Thunder is a person!!"

It all comes from superstition.

Answer 6

People in my opinion.
Members of the same religion hurt each other so to say that different religions and beliefs is the problem is just not true.When we can accept each other for who we are,flesh and blood,and not what we believe in,only then can we begin to build a better world.

Answer 7

its both!! religion gives the people a reason to start wars, which is very funny because most religions believe in peace to you fellow man(or woman). religion was created to help people to understand about life and how things working in the world, but in this age science has answered alot of this questions and people still feel the need to kill each other because of a belief and not truth.

i do feel that some people do need religion and some don't, but we all need to understand how the other feels

Answer 8

People say religion is the problem even when people kill each other after a soccer match in Brazil or for wearing a red bandanna in the wrong part of Brooklyn. Yeah, people have problems. No religion necessary.

Answer 9

There are problems created by religion and problems solved by Religion plain in simple. Who ever thinks that if no one believed in God that would would be at Peace is a moot. I am sure there are atheists in jail.

Answer 10

Considering athiests killed more than 100 million people in the last century and currently use lead paint on children's toys, I do not think banning religion is the answer to the world's problems.