Religion, Good or Bad?

[Iritrium]

Hello everyone!! This is my first time posting a thread, and wanted to ask. What would the world look like without religion?

This is purely personal opinion.
If you make a statement (e.g. Religion is good) please make a reason and why its good (e.g. Religion is good, because...)
Try too keep this civilised and provide evidence of your beliefs.
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[Holochrome]

Ugh. Here comes the people that say "religion has killed so many people", when atheism, (U.S.S.R.,PRC,Pol pot,) has killed just as many.

[Lost heros]

Ugh. Here comes the people that say "religion has killed so many people", when atheism, (U.S.S.R.,PRC,Pol pot,) has killed just as many.

How can you say atheism was the main reason behind the U.S.S.R.'s (or any of the others) genocide?

[Ashmoria]

its neither good nor bad. its human.

not that there cant be destructive religious ideas but they are balanced out by constructive ones.

[Fascist Russian Empire]

OP, what is your opinion? It's only polite(and site rules) to provide your own opinion in an OP.

[Omorov-Nier]

Ugh. Here comes the people that say "religion has killed so many people", when atheism, (U.S.S.R.,PRC,Pol pot,) has killed just as many.

Following that logic, religion killed killed way more people than atheism.

[Transoxthraxia]

Ugh. Here comes the people that say "religion has killed so many people", when atheism, (U.S.S.R.,PRC,Pol pot,) has killed just as many.

Following that logic, religion killed killed way more people than atheism.

N-no...?

Also, religion's neutral, end of story. Benefits and drawbacks.

[Risottia]

What would the world look like without religion?

Not necessarily better or worse: but a lot SIMPLER.

[Neo Rome Republic]

It is the opium of the people.

[Risottia]

Following that logic, religion killed killed way more people than atheism.

N-no...?

Yes. By any historical source. Really, not hard to search.

[Transoxthraxia]

N-no...?

Yes. By any historical source. Really, not hard to search.

Compared to the fifty million killed by Stalin, and the (probably) greater number killed by Mao? No combined religious total dead comes close to matching that, methinks.

[Omorov-Nier]

Following that logic, religion killed killed way more people than atheism.

N-no...?

Also, religion's neutral, end of story. Benefits and drawbacks.

Y-yes...?

He's saying that because countries which persecuted religion killed people, atheism killed just as many people as religion.

By that logic, every person killed by any religious country ever would count as a person killed by religion.

[Neo Rome Republic]

Yes. By any historical source. Really, not hard to search.

Compared to the fifty million killed by Stalin, and the (probably) greater number killed by Mao? No combined religious total dead comes close to matching that, methinks.

Your numbers are kinda exaggerated.

[Holochrome]

Ugh. Here comes the people that say "religion has killed so many people", when atheism, (U.S.S.R.,PRC,Pol pot,) has killed just as many.

[Zottistan]

Religion provides comfort to many, but also provides a medium for ignorance and violence. On the whole, bad.

[Neo Rome Republic]

Ugh. Here comes the people that say "religion has killed so many people", when atheismMarxism, (U.S.S.R.,PRC,Pol pot,) has killed just as many.

Fixed.

[Alouite]

Religion is not so black and white, it is bad for people to contextualize religion to purposefully create a war cause or any violence, however religion is not 'telling' the person to kill, in fact you can take a holy book any way you like, but the more caring and generous perceptions of religion are obviously better than the more aggressive hateful ones. Which is why the Crusades, Nazism, and Salem Witch trials were conducted by people stating the same religious book as the one that others use as a reason to give to the poor and help each other in the pursuit of success in life

[Starkiller101]

It all really depends on who you ask.

[Arcott]

You are now saying praising our creator is bad. If it were not for God we would not be be here to talk about this.

[Universal Socialism]

I'd say religion does more harm then good. For centuries religion has held back the progress of science, understanding, and advancement. The only practical purpose for religion is to maintain control of a human population. The only other purpose is providing a false sense of comfort, much like the comfort provided by a teddy bear.

[Risottia]

Ugh. Here comes the people that say "religion has killed so many people", when atheismMarxism, (U.S.S.R.,PRC,Pol pot,) has killed just as many.

Fixed.

This lacks a source.

[Prizea]

Yes. By any historical source. Really, not hard to search.

Compared to the fifty million killed by Stalin, and the (probably) greater number killed by Mao? No combined religious total dead comes close to matching that, methinks.

Crusades, Holocaust, pogroms, raids, holy wars, forced conversions, Jihaads, religious terrorism...

I think differently, clearly.

[Awesome America]

Ah-

It's hard to define religion as any one thing really. For instance, Grandma tried to force Christianity down my throat- that didn't end well, and now I'm Wiccan.

Religion is a whole spectrum.

[Risottia]

Yes. By any historical source. Really, not hard to search.

Compared to the fifty million killed by Stalin, and the (probably) greater number killed by Mao? No combined religious total dead comes close to matching that, methinks.

Source?

And frankly, no. The combined religious total is way greater.

[Neo Rome Republic]

Fixed.

This lacks a source.

I think this is common knowledge.