Hypothetically if all of humanity decided not to believe in any religions world would be much better place. Can you prove me wrong?

[Levin]

I'm not a fan of religions, but at least a few of those meme things are ironic. The atheist always professes really a rather similar kind of similar absolutist knowledge or truth (of course they will dispute this and say it is knowledge based on evidence, but we won't get into that - all the arguments from the Dawkin's handbook). Realistically, we all know religion is a pile of shite. What we really need is some kind of deeper insight. And the atheist movement, beyond debunking exoteric and organised religion, doesn't really provide that. It just states the obvious.

In the earnest words of the Bad Religion song, 'what the world really needs now, is some answers to its problems'. And atheism doesn't really provide that. It just gives us some kind of bleak materialistic focus and debunks retarded religions. Humans are so much more than we're told. Realistically, God has been dead in the 20th century. It was the era of 'scientific reductionism/materialism, and beyond the obvious horrors that have taken place, it's reflective in 20th century art, too.

[slatyb]

Untestable proposition. All we can say is that happier countries where people are generally secure in food, housing, and medical care are less religious. Mynconclusion is that religion is a reaction to fear.

[Anonymous]

Lol tbh i feel like all religions are trying to say the same thing just in different ways. We keep on fighting over who has a better god/s, a better way, who is right, etc when in reality the core of all religion is or at least should be goodness. However, because we keep on fighting over our differences, over superiority, over our righteousness, we all become hypocrites and we lose sight of what really matters which is goodness: respecting and loving everything and everyone, acceptance of our differences, forgiveness and mercy, humility, etc.

So for me, I believe in a higher being but I dont believe in religion anymore does that make sense? 🤔

[Deepsilence]

no , I don't think so. Individuals who believe in the existence of God know that they will answer for what they have done and act accordingly. Basically all religions command not to steal , to forgive , not to commit adultery , not to kill. why would being irreligious make the world a better place?**

[zeitgeist057]

“Prove”? No.
I can’t prove you’re right, either.

I’m not a huge fan of religion, but I do see that it has potential to do good, and also does in fact do some good around the world. I’m not up right now to the task of the immense research online looking at the different demographics and statistics regarding the amount of good done in the world versus the amount of evil. But think for a minute about all of the food drives, comforting, people gotten off the streets and stopped using drugs, etc. etc., examples like that. Then on the other hand, I see/know what you’re talking about with wars and conflict and strife also created by these beliefs systems.

My rough hypothesis is that people of people regardless of whether they have a religion or not they are going to be doing some vile shit, and also helping each other. Organized religion helps people both do amazing wonderful nice things for others, and also helps them organize to be atrocious as well.

[jshm2]

Easily, you are wrong because you have nothing to base your belief in. Atheism is simply crass sneer and denial - with nothing to offer but conjecture.

It is religions, not their lack, which created humanity and it's laws which founded it's various civilisations. Cultural and intellectual leeches like atheism have always been something to be accused of, not a mantle proudly worn. It's like a thief trying to justify his "occupation".

It is politics and ambitions as well as personal desire, which drive people to do what evils they do. You cannot commit evil for religion. It's like stealing for charity. Sure some wear the masks of religion to do their evil, but those are cults - not religions. it's like trying to compare pseudoscience with science.

[Greendruid]

Lets say you successfully eradicate all the religions on earth, then what about war caused ideology and goverment? The war between countries for resource and land?
to get real peace and make thos world a better place, you need to eradicate all the humans who have ability to think, because in the end, even rhe religions are ideology, just like goverment or any party's ideology, if not religion vs religion. Then it would be communist vs capitalist, iran vs arab, israel vs palestine, china vs taiwan, n. korea vs s. korea and america vs whoever finds oil and so on
So logically , u must exterminate all the humans
no human= no ideology=a better world

[uknown789]

how can you say that earth will be a better place religion have rules for its followers to respect other religions to not eat this kind of food but remember humanity would fall apart without religions bc If I remember the world before religions were filled with kids baby been buried alive at birth and people would fight kill for only small reasons i will give an example Muslims and Chirstains are both somewhat different religoins but despite that they respect each other each other religoins and stan up for each other like brothers and sisters so tell me am i wrong sorry if i was rude

[J2ohhhhh]

Most people don't do religion for answers, they do it for the sake of it. It's like going for a walk in nature, you cannot measure it's utility value you just do it cus you want to do it. If you can't have a grasp on this concept you won't understand religion. You read bible, quran, thora, tao te ching, bardo thodol or whatever you fancy and you get to experience how people were thinking in certain period of history in certain demography and you can compare to how you think and feel now. And what you agree on is the human in you because it is so human that it was here thousands of years ago and it couldn't not taken away from us by wars and enlightenment, revolutions, evolution of culture and technology, nothing it is in us to define us as a species.

[Gedaria]

Although people don't believe God most of our laws are from these.
The ten commandments given to the Israelites. Are still the main structure of our present laws.
So if you remove these , where are you going to get law from...
Who will be there to guide our conscience...

[SuccessfulHornDog]

yes and i can do it easily and quickly

More people have died inside of communist/atheist regimes than from all religious wars combined. 100 million purged/murdered. Add to that, poverty and oppression. Yet no religion was involved

The problem with humans is belief in ideology and control of themselves and others. You'll need to find a way to remove ideology from humans if you wish for a utopia

[Addicted2u]

We’d still have greed, poverty, wars, famine, destruction, suffering, class divides, oppression, corrupt governments, violence, brutality... I can keep going...

[TonyMetal___86]

You cannot ignore the facts and the history and since your an atheist than i'll tell you that you cannot ignore something that you don't know!
Who are you to say if such things exists or not?

If what your saying is true, the world will become a shitty place where there is no meaning or purpose for your whole existence!

Do not combat religion for a better world, just combat yourself to make a better world and stop blaming the religion to justify your dirty acts!

[Savage_Wisdom]

No. Even in a world without religion, people would still find reasons to hate each other. That's just human nature.

[Jackblue]

I am an agnostic now, but I recognize that poor and sick people often need to believe in an afterlife. Would you really want to take that away from them?

[douride2]

It may be for a short period of time. Then humanity would most likely find some other reason to hate each other.

[worldscolide]

Yeah I'd agree with you. If we retroactively eliminated it, we would be 2000 years ahead in science.. We would be exploring the stars..

[REDHOTLINE]

Atheism is a bullshit. If religions are completelely wrong but its not mean The god not exist. God is realty of this cosmos and other cosmoses.

[jasco]

I believe that certain religions would be better off not existing but can i say the world would be better if none of them existed, eh more then likely not because people simply don't have the moral compass to withstand evil anymore

[CuriousMufuxka]

Yes I can! Without religion, what would people find to believe in? Oh wait, Planets! Also drinking kool aid and being carried out of ones own soul to a comet! Shit, both of those already happened..

[Anonymous]

If everyone decided to be atheist, I think the world’d be way more violent and shitty place off

[John_Doesnt]

The world would definitely be better, but it wouldn't stop most wars. It would probably stop a lot of bigotry and it would definitely stop a lot of anti-abortion and anti-stemcell people.

[IamBoredAF]

Wether it would or not can only be thought about, but I'd prefer such a place at any time.

[Anonymous]

How'd that work out for the Soviets? Or the 100 million people who starved to death under Mao?