What would the world be like without Religion?

Your thoughts?

Be back tomorrow. I mean later today. Got college in a few hours. Bye.

a better place

"Your thoughts?

Be back tomorrow. I mean later today. Got college in a few hours. Bye."

A world without religion would be rather dull and boring. Like a marble somehow lost without its sheen in the gloom of a bog - without the gleam it would otherwise provide, it would be lost and grim all the time.

in a world without religion, comics would be very limited if even existent

doubt it

"Whit out religions all those people who are searching for forgiveness would probably keep doing what they are doing. Rapist, Murders, thieves all this people who try to get forgiveness wouldn't believe that they are getting it and would keep doing what they are doing until they are killed. 

I don't know about you but I prefer them in a church looking for forgiveness than in the streets looking to Rape, murder or kidnap my daughter.. Don't you? 

I rest my case...."

Religion was created as a means of controlling an over-populated planet. Ever see the pyramid of power. The only ones who know what's going on are those at the very top, the very top of the pyramid is the smallest part, as you get down, more and more people know less and less about what is happening.

The easiest way to control such a large and naive populus would be to keep them arguing and fighting amongst themselves, rather than giving them time to ask the questions to which the answers could bring this world down.

Each religion is built off the same template, there is an all-seeing god (Buddha, God, Allah, Satan etc.) followed by their chosen prophet/s (Jesus, Moses, Socretes, Muhammad, Damien etc.) All records and texts are kept in a chosen book or Bible, the most common is the book of Christianity, The Holy Bible. There is also Quran the holy book of Islam, Ancient Palestine of the Jewish religion, etc.

It is exactly the same for all religions because they are each drawn from the same stencil dedicated to keeping people too busy persuing a false spiritual beleif when the true God lies within yourself. Also many things read from these bibles can be interpreted to be the same, same stories with different characters, same events with different titles. There are many different theories containing explanation to the events recorded in these "Bibles" some which include Moses eating Magic Mushrooms and simply hullucinating his vision of a burning tree and God speaking to him. Also that visitors from their God's may have been mistaken for visitors from other planets.

You hold the answers to these questions. It just comes down to whether or not you can let go.

The World isn't stupid..people are.

"goatwrench said:

"the same: still ingnorant, still stupid"

no. not at all. If you truly believe that, then it is you that is stupid. While i'm an atheist, i believe that religion is a useful thing within the world. While it has it's down sides, it's benefits are much better. Religion gives people hope, it gives them a sense of something more helping them along the way. Otherwise this world will truly be a dark place. "

"goatwrench said:

"the same: still ingnorant, still stupid"

no. not at all. If you truly believe that, then it is you that is stupid. While i'm an atheist, i believe that religion is a useful thing within the world. While it has it's down sides, it's benefits are much better. Religion gives people hope, it gives them a sense of something more helping them along the way. Otherwise this world will truly be a dark place. "

"Religion was created as a means of controlling an over-populated planet. Ever see the pyramid of power. The only ones who know what's going on are those at the very top, the very top of the pyramid is the smallest part, as you get down, more and more people know less and less about what is happening.

The easiest way to control such a large and naive populus would be to keep them arguing and fighting amongst themselves, rather than giving them time to ask the questions to which the answers could bring this world down.

Each religion is built off the same template, there is an all-seeing god (Buddha, God, Allah, Satan etc.) followed by their chosen prophet/s (Jesus, Moses, Socretes, Muhammad, Damien etc.) All records and texts are kept in a chosen book or Bible, the most common is the book of Christianity, The Holy Bible. There is also Quran the holy book of Islam, Ancient Palestine of the Jewish religion, etc.

It is exactly the same for all religions because they are each drawn from the same stencil dedicated to keeping people too busy persuing a false spiritual beleif when the true God lies within yourself. Also many things read from these bibles can be interpreted to be the same, same stories with different characters, same events with different titles. There are many different theories containing explanation to the events recorded in these "Bibles" some which include Moses eating Magic Mushrooms and simply hullucinating his vision of a burning tree and God speaking to him. Also that visitors from their God's may have been mistaken for visitors from other planets.

You hold the answers to these questions. It just comes down to whether or not you can let go."

Without religion, the world would of been a better place to be

"cpt_linger said:

"Jesus said:

"Religion was created as a means of controlling an over-populated planet. Ever see the pyramid of power. The only ones who know what's going on are those at the very top, the very top of the pyramid is the smallest part, as you get down, more and more people know less and less about what is happening.

The easiest way to control such a large and naive populus would be to keep them arguing and fighting amongst themselves, rather than giving them time to ask the questions to which the answers could bring this world down.

Each religion is built off the same template, there is an all-seeing god (Buddha, God, Allah, Satan etc.) followed by their chosen prophet/s (Jesus, Moses, Socretes, Muhammad, Damien etc.) All records and texts are kept in a chosen book or Bible, the most common is the book of Christianity, The Holy Bible. There is also Quran the holy book of Islam, Ancient Palestine of the Jewish religion, etc.

It is exactly the same for all religions because they are each drawn from the same stencil dedicated to keeping people too busy persuing a false spiritual beleif when the true God lies within yourself. Also many things read from these bibles can be interpreted to be the same, same stories with different characters, same events with different titles. There are many different theories containing explanation to the events recorded in these "Bibles" some which include Moses eating Magic Mushrooms and simply hullucinating his vision of a burning tree and God speaking to him. Also that visitors from their God's may have been mistaken for visitors from other planets.

You hold the answers to these questions. It just comes down to whether or not you can let go."

"

I dont think Jesus himself would actually say this

lol
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I think, some people need Religion, because they need faith in something after death. Because people are afraid of what they don't understand. Well, most people are. I for one am not, am an Atheist, and I have faith in myself and for me that's all I need. I do not need to believe in 'God', but from our government, I know they are hiding things from us. And I would like them to tell us, and let us decided on what to do with it and not lie to us.
I think people also misinterpret religion as well as means for doing stupid things. I.E. 9/11, 7/7 etc. For me the ultimate crime is to take another person's life away, no one should ever have the power. Not even a so called 'God'. I would rather it how itself to us to show us, but since it won't, I will keep believing that it does not exist. And that Religion was made by man and without the presence of anything extraordinary. I.E. Jesus

Truth be told, Religion is there for what man cannot comprehend or cant fulfill in his life, is afraid of, or other things. nothing more, nothing less.

"cpt_linger said:

"King Saturn said:

"cpt_linger said:

"Jesus said:

"Religion was created as a means of controlling an over-populated planet. Ever see the pyramid of power. The only ones who know what's going on are those at the very top, the very top of the pyramid is the smallest part, as you get down, more and more people know less and less about what is happening.

The easiest way to control such a large and naive populus would be to keep them arguing and fighting amongst themselves, rather than giving them time to ask the questions to which the answers could bring this world down.

Each religion is built off the same template, there is an all-seeing god (Buddha, God, Allah, Satan etc.) followed by their chosen prophet/s (Jesus, Moses, Socretes, Muhammad, Damien etc.) All records and texts are kept in a chosen book or Bible, the most common is the book of Christianity, The Holy Bible. There is also Quran the holy book of Islam, Ancient Palestine of the Jewish religion, etc.

It is exactly the same for all religions because they are each drawn from the same stencil dedicated to keeping people too busy persuing a false spiritual beleif when the true God lies within yourself. Also many things read from these bibles can be interpreted to be the same, same stories with different characters, same events with different titles. There are many different theories containing explanation to the events recorded in these "Bibles" some which include Moses eating Magic Mushrooms and simply hullucinating his vision of a burning tree and God speaking to him. Also that visitors from their God's may have been mistaken for visitors from other planets.

You hold the answers to these questions. It just comes down to whether or not you can let go."

"

I dont think Jesus himself would actually say this

lol
"

isn't that the beauty of it though, what you assume jesus would or wouldn't say is only based off what you are told. Jesus could go tell everyone to get f#@!k for all we know. Jesus could have been a stoner, I don't know. I'm not gonna sit here an insult his name, because i repect people's beleifs, but when they force their beleifs upon others, it sucks."

I see what you are saying... and I have at times question what Jesus was really like at times in my mind... ( since the Bible doesnt really have much info on what Jesus was like when he was in his Late Teenage Years or even when he was in his Twentys )... we are forced to believe by faith that he was a squeaky clean Holy Man who did no wrong or evil...with no real background on what he did through those years in his life... that sometimes bother me"