Does the world Need Religion?

[ASHTEHCOMMIE]

If all religion was shown to be false, would people accept that? or would they keep on believing? If they were to accept that, what would replace religion?

Do you think that religion will ever go away? Personally I don't think so because people use religion for two things; a safe haven and something to justify their actions.
If the suicide bombers didn't think they were going to get 40 virgins after completing their mission, they probably wouldn't have proceeded.



Discuss

[KaosKinesis]

I don't believe a worldwide attempt to prove religion is false would ever occur.

Religion instills blind submission to authority from birth. It gives people something to blame things on, and in societies eyes it bends people towards the greater good.

Let's look back at these greater goods of religion;
-Crusades
-Salem Witch Trials
-Islamic Extremists
-Most every war in history

Religion is important for the Authoritative figures of today. It gives them the advantage of saying it's "God's will," and getting the blind support of millions without a single one of them questioning it. The world needs religion. People need something to shift blame to so that they won't feel at fault. People want to feel like that little special and unique snowflake.

I personally believe religion, mostly Christianity, is used as a form of mass control.

[LordGrievous]

Originally Posted by ASHTEHCOMMIE

If all religion was shown to be false, would people accept that? or would they keep on believing? If they were to accept that, what would replace religion?

Do you think that religion will ever go away? Personally I don't think so because people use religion for two things; a safe haven and something to justify their actions.
If the suicide bombers didn't think they were going to get 40 virgins after completing their mission, they probably wouldn't have proceeded.



Discuss

Most things that used to take Gods and supernatural beings to explain were explained by what is now basic science. Yet despite this, people still claim that even though the initial writers of the bible are incorrect, people still blindly follow.
Curious, indeed.
People will always blindly follow.
Or, as I like to put it:

[Benita Mussolina]

I have a feeling this will turn into a typical Abrahamic-centric teenage angstfest over religion.
Christianity, Judaism, and Islam do not = all religions. Dharmic religions, (such as Hinduism and Buddhism), are incredibly widespread as well and their followers are typically peaceful. Then you have neo-pagan religions and various others that don't fit into any particular category.

Humans naturally gravitate towards spirituality, for whatever reason; it may because they have a thirst for knowledge, a want for a community, a purpose, so basically, yeah.


The world needs religion, and to try to sum up all that is religious as 'an explanation for what can be explained by science' is ridiculous and ignorant. And if we didn't have suicide bombers killing in the name of Allah, we'd have suicide bombers killing in the name of political figure X.

[LordGrievous]

Originally Posted by Benita Mussolina

I have a feeling this will turn into a typical Abrahamic-centric teenage angstfest over religion.
Christianity, Judaism, and Islam do not = all religions. Dharmic religions, (such as Hinduism and Buddhism), are incredibly widespread as well and their followers are typically peaceful. Then you have neo-pagan religions and various others that don't fit into any particular category.

Humans naturally gravitate towards spirituality, for whatever reason; it may because they have a thirst for knowledge, a want for a community, a purpose, so basically, yeah.


The world needs religion, and to try to sum up all that is religious as 'an explanation for what can be explained by science' is ridiculous and ignorant. And if we didn't have suicide bombers killing in the name of Allah, we'd have suicide bombers killing in the name of political figure X.

That was religions original purpose.
OMG HOWS DAT HAPPEN MUST BE A HIGHER BEING!

[Fewmitz]

No, it won't go away. Religion provides a backdoor. Instead of dealing with a situation people can just go "God did it" or, more universally, "It was meant to be",

Instead of facing their own mortality, virtually all religions provide that there's more to it than that.

I have a theory that the only people who are still actually religious are the one's who have never sat down and said to themselves "you know, this might be bullshit"

[Doctor]

Something alot of people dont realize, is, the Bible wasnt written as fact.
You cannot compare science, to the bible. Theres nothing to compare.
Science is fact, Bible is idea.

You cannot stop an idea. An idea is neither true, nor false.

[Benita Mussolina]

Originally Posted by Lordgrievous

That was religions original purpose.
OMG HOWS DAT HAPPEN MUST BE A HIGHER BEING!

Here's what proves you wrong:
Buddhism.
No higher being, and Buddhism and science are generally considered compatible. You fail. Again, Christianity =/= all religions. Not all religions even have god(s).
And inb4 "Buddhism is just a philosophy".

[LordGrievous]

Originally Posted by Benita Mussolina

Here's what proves you wrong:
Buddhism.
No higher being, and Buddhism and science are generally considered compatible. You fail. Again, Christianity =/= all religions. Not all religions even have god(s).
And inb4 "Buddhism is just a philosophy".

I never said Christianity was all religions. But, the MAJORITY of religions operated that way, and I'm oh so sorry for not being educated in the ways of Buddhism.

[masterjoe42]

Since I personally don't believe in it, if it got out that religion was false, I would basically be sitting back watching the world all go to shit. Then again, isn't that what everyone is already doing anyway?