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The world would be better with no religion at all. Agree/disagree

The world would be better with no religion at all. Agree/disagree

  • Agree. Religion is just legitimized superstition that causes problems.

    Votes: 17 37.0%
  • Disagree. Though it has faults, religion plays an important role.

    Votes: 29 63.0%

  • Total voters
    46
Agree. Legitimized superstition really is the perfect term for it and it doesn't have to be an extreme case for it to cause harm. Believing in something false for emotional reasons rather than reacting to the world logically can never help us, and the harm religion causes in society is evident when you look at public opinion and government stances on issues such as drugs and sexuality.

In other words, religion makes people think it's okay for the government to tell people what to do with their personal lives.
 
Agree. Legitimized superstition really is the perfect term for it. And it doesn't have to be an extreme case for it to cause harm. Believing in something false for emotional reasons rather than reaction to the world logically can never help us. The effect religion has on all of our lives can be seen by taking a look at public opinion, and more importantly, government stances on issues such as drugs and sexuality. In other words, religion causes people to think it's okay to tell people what to do with their personal lives. Maybe you should think of that the next time you're thinking of telling an atheist that what people believe in is none of their business.
 
Most religions yes. But regardless, people will find something to worship whether that be the intellect of man, science, themselves, or their jobs/things in life.

Depends on how you define worship. By making the term as broad as you are, you're basically making it meaningless. Besides, at least the things you list for "worship" are real. I'll take that over imaginary friends any day.
 
... A tool in of itself is not dangerous. It's how that tool is used that matters.

Sandpaper as dangerous as a hammer as dangerous as a power saw??? Most successful religions promise eternal life in heaven, some promising men even more. There are not equivalents in other tools.
 
James.. My post is 100% accurate and correct.. What you are forgetting is that without a religion, there is no religious influence..

You seem to think religion equals belief in a deity,spirituality, supernatural and all that other related stuff. It does not. Your posts are not accurate. They are nothing more than bigotry against religions involving the belief in a deity.


There is no bible.. No 10 commandments..

You do realize that 6 of the ten commandments have nothing to do with religion itself?

Do you think disrespecting your parents and committing adultery, murder, lying, stealing and coveting your neighbors **** are good things?


over 90% of conservatives are religious.. Most conservative values come from the bible..

You do realize that conservatives are not the only ones who are religious. There are lots of liberals who claim to be religious. Barrack Obama, Nancy Pelosi, Ted Kennedy and some other libs are religious. The reason conservatives go to religious conservative churches is because those church's views line up with their own just as liberals go to liberal churches because those churches views line up with their own. It like a gun club, you do not go a gun club if hate guns and want to **** on the 2nd amendment. You go to a gun club because you love guns and the 2nd amendment. The bible did not make these people love conservative values.

The arguement about abortion starts with 'Thou shalt not kill.' Which is why pro-lifers love to call it murder and killing..
My argument and many other people who are against legalized abortion has to do with the fact we believe the baby in the womb is a baby and therefore deserves the same right to life legal protection as anyone outside the womb. Not because the bible tells us that murder is wrong. This is why you also have people who claim to be religious but support abortion.


Since many religious folks don't believe in birth control.. It is no wonder that over 50% of all abortions are done by people of religion..

They can't be good Catholics(or some other religion that condemns birth control) if they are having an abortion and they are engaging in an adultery. People who use the its against my religion to use a condom or some other BS while engaging in adultery use this as an excuse because condoms do not feel good. It doesn't have **** to do with their religion. Because if they were catholic or some other religion that condemns the use of birth control then they would not be engaging in adultery and having abortions in the first place.


Religion propigates hatred which is why fanaticism is an issue.. I never said fanaticism would disappear.. I said religious fanatics.. So my statement was correct..
These things would exist regardless if you wiped out all deities. Many people promoting equal rights for blacks and other races were religious.

Descrimintation again gets it's roots from religion.. Feel free to go read what the bible says about slavery..

Discrimination happens regardless of religion and it happens on a daily bases. Discrimination is an not always a bad thing. Go to a Hooters restaurant to see if you can find a waiter or a morbidly obese waitress.

How you should treat your slaves.. How you are allowed to punish your slaves..
No religion.. No slavery.. It is no coincedent that the South, the religious part of our nation, fought to keep slavery..

I do not know if you this but slavery existed long before religion and slavery was considered acceptable by a lot of societies all over the world and many religious people were against slavery.

My statements were correct.. In every way.. With the influence of religion, everyone will be left with the influence of science.. We will all be liberal so to speak.. We all will be operating on the same moral values.. No condemnation of a persons sexuality.. No fear of teaching our children about homosexuals, or hermaphrodites.. No fear of educating our children in science.. No fear in them being smarter than we are..

Religion has honestly done nothing for mankind.. Countless people murdered in the name of the lord.. Countless people descriminated against because of a book written during the bronze age.. No holy wars.. No Christians Vs. the Muslims..

You can think and believe whatever you want.. But make no mistakes.. My post is accurate..

To respond to a few other folks.. Yes.. People will always find something to worship.. I worship my wife and she worships me.. But that doesn't classify as a religion.. Religion is about control.. Pay the church money so they can tell you what to eat, how to have sex, how to think, how to raise your kids, how to pray, how to worship, and how to live your lives.. Sadly so many people don't see it that way.. But that is how it is.. According to the religious, god gave us freedom of choice.. Well?? When was the last time someone of religion actually used it??

Your statements are based on nothing more than your bigotry towards religions involving the belief in a deity, not facts.
 
The world would be better with no religion at all. Agree/disagree

I would answer "other" but there is no option.

Removing religion would not make the world any better or worse.

Differences in beliefs--religious or otherwise--are often caused by fundamental disagreements about how to correctly and/or accurately interpret our personal experiences. Removing religious beliefs will not resolve such disagreements.
 
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They believe man made global warming is real. That is a belief.

No, they don't. They have knowledge of global warming, not belief. Believing in something is accepting it without evidence. Christians believe in Jesus/God/Holy Ghost without any evidence whatsoever that these things exist -- and without any reasonable definition by which they could conceivably even get evidence. Global warming is supported by mountains of scientific evidence, as is gravity, as is the notion that the Earth is a sphere. That is knowledge. The driving of hybrid cars is not religious ceremony; it's strategy for reducing CO2s. A person would have to be totally out of touch with reality to regard that as religion. It's not the only strategy. There's car pooling, driving less, bicycling, taking public transportation, etc. These are all things that might be helpful, but have nothing to do with religion. They're just choices some people make.

In short, religion is belief. Science is knowledge. The former is based on faith, the latter is based on evidence.
 
I would answer "other" but there is no option.

Removing religion would not make the world any better or worse.

Differences in beliefs--religious or otherwise--are often caused by fundamental disagreements about how to correctly and/or accurately interpret our personal experiences. Removing religious beliefs will not resolve such disagreements.

Intelligent response. Thanks. I don't think the demise of religion would make a perfect world, but it would get rid of the preposterous religious wars. It's nuts that a tiny piece of real estate on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean is some kind of holy land that's worth suicide bombing over. If there were no Judaism or Islam, the people there would have a better chance to see the humanity in one another rather than their religious enmity.

But you're right, people would likely still find things to fight over such as political or economic philosophy.
 
But you're right, people would likely still find things to fight over such as political or economic philosophy.
Even if religion was somehow magically removed from the minds of people then something else would fill the void. Just look at Raelism (raelians). They are atheists but they nonetheless have some of the silliest and stupidest beliefs.

Being an atheist doesn't magically make someone a critical thinker.
 
No, they don't. They have knowledge of global warming, not belief.

No they don't. They have belief that man made global warming is real because are taking the word of a handful of people who say that the man made global warming fairy tale is real and a bunch of people who happen to agree with them.


Believing in something is accepting it without evidence.

Believe is to consider something to be true or honest. It has nothing to do with evidence.



Christians believe in Jesus/God/Holy Ghost without any evidence whatsoever that these things exist -- and without any reasonable definition by which they could conceivably even get evidence.

Many of them claim to have evidence God, Jesus or the Holy Ghost is real just as you claim to have evidence that the man made global warming fairy tale is real.


Global warming is supported by mountains of scientific evidence,

There is no evidence that man made global warming is real and there is no evidence that it is real over what has been happening for billions of years on this planet on its own.


as is gravity, as is the notion that the Earth is a sphere. That is knowledge.
Those things can actually be proven. Regardless of the fact those things can be proven you either believe the earth is round and believe that gravity exists or you do not.
The driving of hybrid cars is not religious ceremony;

I and dictionary.com(which cites multiple sources) didn't say ceremony, it said practice. If drive a hybrid car because you think it will help stop global warming then it is a religious practice.

it's strategy for reducing CO2s. A person would have to be totally out of touch with reality to regard that as religion. It's not the only strategy. There's car pooling, driving less, bicycling, taking public transportation, etc. These are all things that might be helpful, but have nothing to do with religion. They're just choices some people make.

If you and a bunch of other people have set of beliefs and carry out activities because of those beliefs it is a religion. This is what a religion is "the body of persons adhering to a particular set of beliefs and practices".




the body of persons adhering to a particular set of beliefs
People who believe in the man made global warming fairy tale.​


the body of persons adhering to ........... practices​
Driving hybrid cars
recycling
buying recycled goods and or recyclable goods​
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Pushing for cap and trade
Spread the belief that man made global warming fairy tale is real.
donate money to environmental causes and studies on man made global warming
Carpooling and anything else done to combat man made global warming.​



In short, religion is belief. Science is knowledge. The former is based on faith, the latter is based on evidence.

Again belief is to believe something to be true or honest. To know something is to perceive or understand as fact or truth . You believe that the man made global warming fairy tale is true despite the fact that climate change regardless if it is severe or minute has been going on for billions of years. And because of this belief you recycle, you drive hybrid cars, you probably foolishly buy organic produce, you insist on cap and trade, you insist on carbon credits and all sorts of other things associated with the belief in the man made global warming fairy tale.




You keep making the same idiotic bigoted statement that religion has to involve the belief in a deity,the supernatural,magic or some other related thing. Again Religion is a group of persons adhering to a certain set of beliefs and practices. To believe is to consider something to be true or honest. It doesn't matter if you think your evidence is real or not or how many people say your evidence is real.
 
I would answer "other" but there is no option.

Removing religion would not make the world any better or worse.

Differences in beliefs--religious or otherwise--are often caused by fundamental disagreements about how to correctly and/or accurately interpret our personal experiences. Removing religious beliefs will not resolve such disagreements.

That's true. If it's not religion, people will find something else to condemn and persecute others for.
 
No they don't. They have belief that man made global warming is real .........

I didn't read past that point. You're posts aren't of sufficient value to warrant reading. You can't make something true by repeating it over and over.

Even if religion was somehow magically removed from the minds of people then something else would fill the void. Just look at Raelism (raelians). They are atheists but they nonetheless have some of the silliest and stupidest beliefs.

Being an atheist doesn't magically make someone a critical thinker.

That's true, but people often become atheists as a result of first becoming critical thinkers. If we had mass atheism as a result of that, we would enjoy the elimination of holy wars and religious terrorism. But you're right -- if people became atheists simply because it was drilled into them, they would lack critical thinking abilities.

I'm going to have to look up Raelism. I'm not familiar with it; thanks for the heads up.

I'm going to have to look up Raelism.
 
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yes it is a quotation from mikhail bakunin who wrote it in the book: god and the state
 
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