A World Without A Religion?

BooZker

May 20 2006, 02:34 AM

A world without religion?

I was thinking about it and thought, you know, i think it would be better. Here are my reasons.

The biggest change in the world would be less wars. Think about it. Most wars are start because of religion. One of the reasons people came to America back in the 1700s was because they wanted freedom of whatever religion they wanted.

Another great thing that would come about it would be that laws would be made on what is actually bad. For example, the most well known mostly religious law is the banning of gay marriage. I don't know if they would accept it or not, but the descions would be for science and what could hurt people.

Another would be no one would discrimanate about religions and whats better. It would be just one more thing people could hurt feelings about.

There are more, but i want to save it to keep the topic going.

Remember i'm not saying that religion in bad, i am just saying i think the world would be better. Please don't say stuff like," Well people would kill each other because the bible tells them now they can't." We all know, or most of us, that people can still follow basic human rules such as killing people. Just think if people would wake up and forget about religion.

truefusion

May 20 2006, 02:50 AM

Well, i don't think we'd be able to get rid of religion entirely. For example, many things taught in science is a religion within itself.

Masuko Shintaro

May 20 2006, 03:19 AM

Perhaps I'm too young to really say anything about this? I'm only 10.. I'm clueless on what to say. Anyway, I'm not saying Yes or No.

Well, isn't christian a good religion? What would it be like without it?

JasperIk

May 20 2006, 04:46 AM

That is your opinion Masuko...I personally am not into christianity, what would the world be like without it? Better probably, just like if other religions were gone . I would like to see a world without religion itd probably be more peaceful. You wouldnt have as many terroist attacks (many happen because its what their religion believes), people wouldn't judge you, because their religion is against you, there wouldnt be murderious cults, there wouldnt be people acting out against religions, people wouldnt have to worry about 'offending' people by their own religion or remarks. People wouldnt have the excuse "satan made me do it" just there a very long list, of why the world would be better without religion. Think of all the problems it causes, look at the holocaust, even all the massacres in rome because of christianity, judism, and polytheism. Religion has doomed our world since the beginning.

Justin S.

May 20 2006, 05:35 AM

I agree without any religion we would have less wars. The world would be a better safer place to live. There would be no fights or anything. What if we could get rid of races. Everyone would be blue or red but everyone likes green

rvalkass

May 20 2006, 10:10 AM

Well, in the UK the majority of the population list their religion as Christianity on the Census, although most people don't live their lives in a religious way. This doesn't seem to make a massive difference in comparison to other countries where religion is a much stronger part of daily life for most people.
When you said that people might say:

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Well people would kill each other because the bible tells them now they can't.

We do have laws, so people would not go around killing people, or stealing or looting etc. any more than they do at the moment. If anything, religion, as you have said, starts more wars and causes more deaths than any religious law prevents. For example, it is very likely that the bombings in London would not have happened if it wasn't for religion.

Worldwide, most religious people are fine but there are a few in each religion that just want to cause trouble and take their views to the utmost extremes. There is no problem with religions and their concepts, but the people who enact those concepts.

CarlU

May 20 2006, 10:34 AM

The assumption that the world would be a better place without religion can't be proven. if it's not religion then it'd be something else...

btw, I am not saying that it would be a better place with religion, I realise there is has been a centuries old war between the Muslims and the Jews etc. etc. but still I firmly believe that if there wasn't religion, the world wouldn't be any better then it is now...

I mean, which religious group is leading the way against drugs, alcahol, prostitution, abortion and world hunger.
none of these things were caused by religion (debate world hunger if you wish, but it's pretty much impossible to start)

Tetraca

May 20 2006, 11:51 AM

It's been tried before, and the country that tried it collapsed in 1991.

A fundamentalist government based around athiesm just wouldn't work in this day and age unless you use an underdeveloped country because like I said in a previous post - the modernn world is too spoiled for such an expiriment to go through.

doran

May 20 2006, 02:03 PM

I agree having a religion would be much better. You will try to live up what that religion wants you to live and i hope that would be a good person. Also i have a story and its about my neighbor. I am roman catholic and my neighbor is protestant. n e ways my mom went out side and our neighbor came to us and was like take this book read it and do it so my mom was like ok and she didnt pay n e attention and brought it in the house so that same night before i went to bed i read it and it was theee worst thing you could give to a person. It was saying how roman catholic was fake and that jesus calls it the religion for whor*s and saying that its fake and you should immedatly switch to protestant. I showed my mom and she quickly threw it away. Would you guys have the guts to give your neighbors such a thing if you know they had that religon?

A Non amass

May 20 2006, 02:12 PM

Yea but, alot of religions, true or not, keep there followers in line..chritianity for example, its got it clear in there that there are commandments or rules, keeps people in line, im sure most religions have that, and i know alot of wars start because of it but comeon we're human, we'd find other reasons to start wars.

just my opinion

and about people not judging us if theres no religion, its crazy to think that, people are judged for everything they do thats not what the general people say is right.

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iGuest

Nov 13 2008, 06:58 PM

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A World Without A Religion?

Replying to iGuest
I am a christian too the bible teaches to avoid wars,anger and punishment, like other holy books. Gandhi(hindu I think?!?!) taught how to live your life peacefully with peaceful protests and stuff like that,and everyone knows he was a good man so why take away religion with such great role models as this? Martin Luther King, why did he diserve to die? the world would be so different if it weren't for him showing courage and faith, showing the world how stupid and unkind we were-simply because of the colour of someones skin???if religion had never existed, there would be so much rascism, sin, controversy etc. The world would end up argueing over the new belief in posh and bex etc. People wouldn't have the same kindness, faith, will to live if there weren't any religions. If there had never been a religion then the world (might!) have been a better place, but since thats not posssible, you cant change it. If you took religion away now, all sorts of horrible things would happen. You've seen the terrorist attacks, down to jealousy and their faiths, think of what awful things could happen people are willing to die for their own beliefs? the whole world would blow up. If only we could get rid of jealousy/racism then we'd be fine but some people can't change-its never gona happen so you just better get used to it. If everyone is the same (which believe) then why are people still bebing sooo nasty to others? the world would not be a better place without religion and if you can't see why, just take a look at the church down your road, the mosque up the hill, the synagogue in town, look at the effort people take into getting you to belive in their religion-thats faith, thats family and friends, thats your community, thats happieness. Then you look at the parks and alleyways around where you live, where the druggies and drunks hang out after hours, thats the way our world would end up without religion. Its reality and I'm sorry for that. Anyone can be religious-there is no limit, no costs, no problems, you have yourself, your faith and your God (s)

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joeblogg

Oct 17 2008, 06:39 AM

i'm personally christian but i don't live my life in a christian way. i believe in god but i don't go to church every sunday and bring a bible wherever i go. i think reliegion shouldn't try and explain the world like how the world came to be i think christianity should teach us how to be nice and caring and how to live on the right side of god. i think a world without religion wouldn't be good. wars are caused by many religions if everyone could be christian or athiest then there wouldn't really be wars caused by religion. but religious wars is old stuff now. how about the vietnam war, how about the fauklands island war, the world wars! we hated the nazis because they invaded poland not because of what religion they were - they were christian anyways.

iGuest

Oct 16 2008, 08:36 PM

I've got an assessment at school on the topic what would the world be like without religion soon, and there are too many ways to list, but I was thinking if there was no religion then know one would know about it and no-one would care about it.

I think there would be more wars, yes lots of wars are start by religion but if it didn't exist there might be wars about a lot more other things for example what clothes we wore and discrimination about the colour of skin and eyes and hair.

Would there be philosophy and ethics and would ethics be different like what we could and couldn't do?

Clothes and laws would be different. Would marriages exist? Yes, a lot of things would be different but we wouldn't exactly know about them because it wouldn't exist! If you see what I'm saying?

-reply by Funkytownhero

iGuest

Oct 9 2008, 02:38 PM

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A World Without A Religion?

Replying to BooZker

Well, I personally think it's the followers who simplifying, or using *God's word* politically. I don't even understand why chritianity today claims that there are just 4 *true* books, there were more. Go to google and type in the search box jesus vs jeezus

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Albee1337

Aug 18 2008, 07:52 PM

I am forced to say no because of my religion, but if it were my opinion, I would say yes. The world would be more peaceful because people will be afraid to die. Why? This is because they have no reason to believe in an "after life" when they are religion-less. The next reason would be that there will be nobody that will insult you regarding the way you dress, since everybody will be the same.

However, I still think every human is the same, no matter what religion they follow.