[Johnnyuk123]

There is a very simple solution to all of this and that is to ban all religions.
Treat these acts of terror for what it is.. acts of terror. Wipe those terrorists out in the same manner as which they wiped out the many lives of innocent law abiding people.
All religions are bad in my book. This world would be a much better place if it was removed completely from society. Religion is the biggest killer of them all.

[Jamie89]

Originally Posted by Johnnyuk123

There is a very simple solution to all of this and that is to ban all religions.
Treat these acts of terror for what it is.. acts of terror. Wipe those terrorists out in the same manner as which they wiped out the many lives of innocent law abiding people.
All religions are bad in my book. This world would be a much better place if it was removed completely from society. Religion is the biggest killer of them all.

I don't think religion is to blame though tbh. It can't be, if you have people of the same religion where some are good and some are bad. Even without religion you'll still have people committing horrific crimes. I think religion is used more as a mask that terrorists hide behind, rather than it being the thing that actually causes people to kill.

[Johnnyuk123]

Originally Posted by Sleighmie

I don't think religion is to blame though tbh. It can't be, if you have people of the same religion where some are good and some are bad. Even without religion you'll still have people committing horrific crimes. I think religion is used more as a mask that terrorists hide behind, rather than it being the thing that actually causes people to kill.

Hi,
I get the point that your making 100%. But just look around the world at who is killing who and in the name of what. Read any book of faith and you'll find horrendous things asked in order to have faith in whichever god it is. Those books warp peoples minds from a very young age and stop them from being free thinkers and in this day and age we need more free thinkers in the world and not more sheep.

[Jamie89]

Originally Posted by Johnnyuk123

Hi,
I get the point that your making 100%. But just look around the world at who is killing who and in the name of what. Read any book of faith and you'll find horrendous things asked in order to have faith in whichever god it is. Those books warp peoples minds from a very young age and stop them from being free thinkers and in this day and age we need more free thinkers in the world and not more sheep.

Yeah I agree with that in principle, in that there are some awful religious teachings and of course it's hugely influential. But I can't help but think also that if there was no religion in the world, we'd just find a different reason to segregate ourselves from each other and attack each other. Like, all those religious books that you mentioned were written by people, and so if we take religion out of the equation, we still have those same people in society who want to segregate/attack. Surely they'd just end up doing it in the name of something other than religion. Because people like that, religious or not, will always find followers. It's more a question of 'root cause' in my eyes, and I think the real problems lie with us as a people, and religion is more of a facade, that rather than determining who you are/how you will act etc, gets used as the excuse for why people do the things they do.

[Johnnyuk123]

Originally Posted by Sleighmie

Yeah I agree with that in principle, in that there are some awful religious teachings and of course it's hugely influential. But I can't help but think also that if there was no religion in the world, we'd just find a different reason to segregate ourselves from each other and attack each other. Like, all those religious books that you mentioned were written by people, and so if we take religion out of the equation, we still have those same people in society who want to segregate/attack. Surely they'd just end up doing it in the name of something other than religion. Because people like that, religious or not, will always find followers. It's more a question of 'root cause' in my eyes, and I think the real problems lie with us as a people, and religion is more of a facade, that rather than determining who you are/how you will act etc, gets used as the excuse for why people do the things they do.

Good post!
There are lots of nasty people in the world for sure and many of them not even religious too. People at best are fickle. The fickle ones ruin it for the many decent human beings in the world who just want to live in peace and live their lives in a peaceful loving way. It saddens me to know that these books are allowed knowing just how much hate they encourage in the world. Without them there would still be hate but far less of it i am sure.