Re: Would the world be a better place if all religions were banned
I know China is not a good example, but if you look at almost a homogeneous set of people living peacefully without issues it is not just the fear of the army that is keeping the people from fighting with each other. With religion comes an artificial sense of superiority. Let us take the example of the caste system in India or the shia sunni fight that happens in Pakistan. Just because you belong to a sect, it makes you feel superior to the rest of the people which is wrong.
It is not the government that makes the place a hell. It is the people themselves.
Re: Would the world be a better place if all religions were banned
I agree, religion helps people to strive for a greater goal. The problem starts also when some people strive for the greatest goal.
On the flip side, most of our politicians are super religious. That does not stop them from looting the country. I can always ask God for forgiveness is what emboldens people to commit more bad things.
Re: Would the world be a better place if all religions were banned
Its ridiculous to ban religion. Instead, we should work on ourselves to be a better human being - accepting and tolerating of all other people rather than killing others who is not like ‘us’.
Banning religion would still not get rid of the evil within people and it will come out in one way or the other.
Religion just provides language to express what is inexpressible like faith. Scripture like Quran, Bible etc. has everything you need, if you are a minsogynst, you can look at the scripture and find plenty of things to support your views, if you are a feminist, you would see plenty of things too. Being evil has everything to do with individual and nothing to do with the text. People do not derive their values from scripture, they insert their values into them …if they are evil inherently, they will use religion to justify it, if they are peaceful, they will use scripture to justify it.
Re: Would the world be a better place if all religions were banned
“People do not derive their values from scripture, they insert their values into them …if they are evil inherently, they will use religion to justify it, if they are peaceful, they will use scripture to justify it”
Re: Would the world be a better place if all religions were banned
Caste system comes from culture, like I know even in Pakistan there is a caste system though not as worse as India but still.
I blame the govts cuz they have their own agendas so they use people as per that. And they use different tactics and forces like media etc to make sure their propaganda works. Its no conspiracy theory, a proven fact.
There are many countries in Europe who are far more peaceful and still have freedom for religions.
Remember what Hitler did was not originated of religion. Neither the pearl harbour nor the hiroshima/Nagasika massacres were due to religion.
Re: Would the world be a better place if all religions were banned
I think your freind wants to benefit from the so called Laws he likes, which by the way were all created from religious books but does not want to acknowledge that he does!
Re: Would the world be a better place if all religions were banned
Agreed.
But this is not the way scripture is meant to be used. It’s a twisting of purpose and an intentional biased interpretation. It doesn’t mean that scripture should be banned.
Re: Would the world be a better place if all religions were banned
World would definitely be a better place if religions are limited to a personal way of life and not used as a system to run the state. It would still not be a perfect place, but a better place.
