Without religion...

[Johnnyuk123]

Would the world be a better place without any religion?

[waterhog]

it gives people strength when they are in need - but its the sick ones that twist it to justify there actions.

[Ashley.]

It would be a different place. No diversity, no rules. Religion has shaped this world. It has made some people better, it has made some people worse. Nothing can be changed or altered, that's just how it is.

[Johnnyuk123]

There would be nothing to argue about. No... my gods better than your god arguments etc. We could all go camping together and sing songs around the camp fire. :cheer2::cheer2::cheer2:

[joeysteele]

it gives people strength when they are in need - but its the sick ones that twist it to justify there actions.

Excellently put, I have nothing to add to this post.

[Livia]

For me personally, no, it wouldn't be a better place.

[Crimson Dynamo]

Yes it would

[Livia]

No more Christmas... no more Easter eggs... no more Bank Holidays... you'd miss it all LT.

[arista]

Would the world be a better place without any religion?



Yes the 2nd Earth has none

[Crimson Dynamo]

No more Christmas... no more Easter eggs... no more Bank Holidays... you'd miss it all LT.

That would save me a fortune :amazed:

[Livia]

That would save me a fortune :amazed:

LOL... you've got a frickin' answer for everything.

[Ross.]

LOL... you've got a frickin' answer for everything.

:joker:

[Redway]

On a public level, inarguably. On a personal basis? Nah.

[JoshBB]

It wouldn't be any different.

[Redway]

It wouldn't be any different.

I wouldn't go that far. 9/11 wouldn't have happened, ISIS would've been unheard of, and people wouldn't use passages from the Bible to justify their sexism and homophobia.

None of that's to say that religion is necessarily a bad thing, of course. Just that religion is a course of crime and injustice in this world, as are a lot of other things, whether good or bad in themselves. I'm not anti-religious but there are some life-shattering events that wouldn't have happened if religion didn't exist. Just as slavery in America wouldn't have occurred (at least not on the scale it did) if white people didn't exist, but that's not to say that all white people are racist arseholes. But I don't think you can really say that everything would be exactly the same.

[Niamh.]

No more Christmas... no more Easter eggs... no more Bank Holidays... you'd miss it all LT.

There would be holidays, people would think of other excuses to have little celbrations and family time

[Kizzy]

People would find some other reason to bomb the bejezus out of each other no doubt.

[Niamh.]

People would find some other reason to bomb the bejezus out of each other no doubt.

Yes, this is true too :laugh:

[JoshBB]

I wouldn't go that far. 9/11 wouldn't have happened, ISIS would've been unheard of, and people wouldn't use passages from the Bible to justify their sexism and homophobia.

None of that's to say that religion is necessarily a bad thing, of course. Just that religion is a course of crime and injustice in this world, as are a lot of other things, whether good or bad in themselves. I'm not anti-religious but there are some life-shattering events that wouldn't have happened if religion didn't exist. Just as slavery in America wouldn't have occurred (at least not on the scale it did) if white people didn't exist, but that's not to say that all white people are racist arseholes. But I don't think you can really say that everything would be exactly the same.

People wouldn't use bible passages to justify them because the bible wouldn't exist. No doubt something else would be there for people to justify awful actions..

[Kazanne]

No it wouldn't be a better place,something else would annoy us.

[Marsh.]

No because humans would still be humans doing stupid things and finding justifications for their terrible actions.

[Cherie]

For me personally, no, it wouldn't be a better place.

It wouldn't be any different.

People would find some other reason to bomb the bejezus out of each other no doubt.

People wouldn't use bible passages to justify them because the bible wouldn't exist. No doubt something else would be there for people to justify awful actions..

No it wouldn't be a better place,something else would annoy us.

No because humans would still be humans doing stupid things and finding justifications for their terrible actions.

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[waterhog]

life with out religion is like my life with out awful poetry. its not going to happen. and while we have religion - we will have those who twist it to justify there actions.

[Johnnyuk123]

No it wouldn't be a better place,something else would annoy us.

With no religion around we could then focus on the real nasty folk of this world like... traffic wardens! :fist: