Do you believe the world would be better off without religion?
The idea of God has served as a basic moral compass since man started growing as a species.
Given the other choices we have, I would say that the idea of God in any form as an absolute necessity in a human's life, at some point. Everything else is far easier to corrupt, and God in and of itself as a concept is incorruptable, IMO.
I think thats really the most important thing about God. God cannot do wrong, whereas everything else in life can do wrong or go wrong.
To be faithful that there is a larger, supreme being carefully guiding your life in the right direction for you is extremely comforting to me.
The closest thing we have to that is Communist Government, and obviously, Communist Govermments do wrong, and go wrong, and misdirect your life.
EDIT: I'd also like to point out that the idea of God came before every other moral compass we as a society have developed.
This assumes that religion came before morality. To the contrary, I would say that religion developed as a tool to teach morality, which itself is fairly common-sense (e.g., murder is bad because I don't want to get murdered for no reason, stealing is unfair because I worked hard, somebody else shouldn't get it for free, etc.). Religion was useful during the time when it was difficult to punish corrupt individuals--the response was to promise punishment in the afterlife by some all-knowing superior being.HELL NO. The idea of God has served as a basic moral compass since man started growing as a species.
I would say that some sects of the FLDS, and countless third-world societies refute this point. In fact, I would argue that God has been the ultimate force of corruption throughout the history of mankind.Given the other choices we have, I would say that the idea of God in any form as an absolute necessity in a human's life, at some point. Everything else is far easier to corrupt, and God in and of itself as a concept is incorruptable, IMO.
The world would be a far better place if we were all practicing Christians. Other religions are all bogus.
Forcing people into Christianity goes against the Teaching of Jesus.
Nah, here's a few cool things religion has given us:
Yes it does, but those morals tend to differ drastically. Example: Some gods encourage and reward throwing virgins into volcanoes, some do not. Just because the concept of a god serves as a moral compass, doesn't mean it always points in a good direction.
That is completely and totally incorrect. There are plenty of people who have never had any faith in a god, who live perfectly happy lives, and are completely content with their lives. One must first define corruption.
You must first define right and wrong, as these concepts are entirely subjective.
A comforting thought indeed. But it's completely unverifiable, and to be honest, it sounds delusional and a little psychotic. Have you ever heard of Occam's Razor?
All governments direct people's live. And all governments can be detrimental to their peoples.
And it's not a very good one. The word of god is easily falsified, and can cause a grand spectrum of behavior.
Define "religion." I believe my faith is more of a relationship with God and not so much a "religion." What I find ironic is that many militant atheists who want to abolish all religion will complain that religion is oppressive on others yet they want to do away with everyone's freedom of faith and impose their ideology on the world. Hypocrisy is funny.
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