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Religion: The Root of All Evil?
Considering how much hatred and bloodshed has stemmed from religion throughout human history, would you say that religion is generally an evil thing? Would it be better if we had no religion at all? Is religion just a scapegoat, and even if we didn’t have it would we just find other reasons to hate and kill each other?
Re: Religion: The Root of All Evil?
Originally posted by Morgoths_Wrath
Considering how much hatred and bloodshed has stemmed from religion throughout human history, would you say that religion is generally an evil thing? Would it be better if we had no religion at all? Is religion just a scapegoat, and even if we didn’t have it would we just find other reasons to hate and kill each other?
None of the votes are true, atheists only have one reason for not commiting evil, the people who own their country use money and power to prevent them from doing it...
Originally posted by Makedde
Not all religions are evil, but as a whole, we would be better off without religion.Without religion, the September 11 attacks would never have happened, because no one would be Muslim.
Think about that...
Originally posted by Mr Brightside
In other words, if everyone would be a true christian, the world would have NO wars because everyone would abide by the same rules...
There is no rule that the world leaders have made that says "do unto others what you want them to do to you"
Why can’t we be good Muslims or good Buddhists?
The obvious answer is the source of the evil.
Originally posted by Shakyamunison
Why can’t we be good Muslims or good Buddhists?The obvious answer is the source of the evil.
Well, it's obvious that when there is no god, where's the moral? We're only humans, and if we want to have a rebellion over each other we can, the leaders of the countries are only people too, so why should we listen to them?
Originally posted by Mr Brightside
Well, it's obvious that when there is no god, where's the moral? We're only humans, and if we want to have a rebellion over each other we can, the leaders of the countries are only people too, so why should we listen to them?
"obvious that when there is no god, where's the moral" is not correct, morals have nothing to do with God other then being part of God. You cannot have a universe without God or God without the universe. If there was no Christian religion it would have no effect of God or morals.
Originally posted by Shakyamunison
"obvious that when there is no god, where's the moral" is not correct, morals have nothing to do with God other then being part of God. You cannot have a universe without God or God without the universe. If there was no Christian religion it would have no effect of God or morals.
Originally posted by Mr Brightside
Yes, that is if there was no christian religion, but there is! 🙂
I'll think you'll find:
1. A God is connected to a religion, if there is no religion then a god doesn't exist.
2. God created everything so it is him who decides what is good, not the creatures he created. Without him, the only thing that decides what is good is the tiny humans, which don't even have a choice on what is good anyway because of someone elses beliefs (The leaders) but the tiny humans still do wrong anyway (many people steal, fight etc)
If what you said was true, you should have no opinion about this. After all, you are one of those "tiny humans".
Religions are the creation of humans. The gods that these religions worship are made by humans. There is no point of creation, the universe/God as always been. Good and evil do not exist without each other, and the concept of good and evil are human creations.