Would the world be a better place if laws based on religeon were banned?

[FenderMustango]

So if Muslim countries or religeous conservatives in USA were banned from using religeon as law and the world had to treat everyone with equal rights, women gays, lesbians etc and no country could enact laws to discriminate would it make it a better place to live. So if we had a universal law which stated that no one can control women's bodies life or discriminate against same sex couples?

Yes

No

[NathanDavis]

there's a lot of things I agree with and live by... and that are in principle, aligned with religious principles... without me being subscribed to a particular religion

and I would like such principles to have an equivalent in law, now if you were to eliminate all laws that have an equivalent or are based on religious principles... that would not necessarily make things any better, and if you were going to be selective about which ones you want to hold and which others to eliminate, then you're just discriminating and banning subjectively... which is not a good thing at all

you are just imposing more of what you would not want imposed on yourself...

and this would be good and better for you... but it would not be good nor better for others you're imposing your subjectivity upon, lol

[NamerOfStars]

Um, you seem to be confused, here. Egalitarianism IS a matter of religion- it's a decision made based on principle, not evidence. The idea of treating everyone equally for the best results is a matter of faith, and even if evidence DOES come to support it, it was religious motivations that pushed the ideas to the fore in the first place.

It's like asking if shooting everyone would result in fewer people being shot.

[XXblack88]

No I don't think it would. By banning laws based on religion you would be taking religious freedom away. I'm not gay but if I was why would I want to give my hard earned money to a business that doesn't agree with my lifestyle when I can go to another business that provides the same services.

[trina_x]

the thing is

civil laws originate based on religion

obviously they aren't all but i feel like itd be very chaotic

the extreme religious stuff however is more problematic

[Guy13]

We are all religious. Your religion is not being "traditional religious"...

[jshm2]

All laws are based on religious principles and laws at their core, dumbass.

[Hispanic-Cool-Guy]

No. Humans are very good at fighting each other and starting other problems religion or not. 🤷‍♂️

[strateguy632]

yes.