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Debate: Would the world be a better place without religions
Side: Yes of course

I'm glad this question draws a distinction between a world without 'god' and a world without 'religion.' Religions are a social construct and have been used to control and organize populations to serve a minority elite. As such, if you believe that the majority functions best by dictation then religions have served a higher good. If you believe in personal freedom and liberty that religions have served only those privileged enough to be within the ranks of the ruling class. Freedom and liberty are the rights of all people, religions are a burden to free people everywhere and a parasite on the backs of civilizations.
Debate: Would the world be a better place without religions
Side: No

Why not do a case study on modern day Christianity (which should include both Catholics and Protestants) and see then if your argument still holds up?
Debate: Would the world be a better place without religions
Side: Yes of course

A world without religion to control us. No religion for government to use to control us...hallelujah there just might be a god
Debate: Would the world be a better place without religions
Side: Yes of course

yeah defiantly because it would save having to learn about thme and respect all of them. so if there was noreligion it would be better
Debate: Would the world be a better place without religions
Side: No

atheist are just as narrow minded, if maybe a bit more rational, as theist.the true level ground is agnostic, being an athiest simply says that my belief is better than yours. their is no way that you can prove that a man wont come in the future and walk on water, turn the seas to boiling wine, and talk to us through burning bushes.
Debate: Would the world be a better place without religions
Side: Yes of course

religion gave us Al qaeda, the holocaust, Bosnia troubles.Put aside our differences and unite under atheism
Debate: Would the world be a better place without religions
Side: Yes of course

Religion helped culture out in the early days and helped people see the error in their ways in the past when we were young, but we have reached a point where the crutch is hurting us rather than helping. Ditching old habits is a good idea.
Debate: Would the world be a better place without religions
Side: Yes of course

religion is used for comfort, plain and simple. the fact that people on massive scales will believe in something against all evidence from the academic world on a few scant unproven theories, and a horribly inconsistent series of books written centuries ago all for self comfort is astounding.as a society we frown upon the imaginary friend that so many lonely children imagine, but when someone whispers into the wind to a god , many of us hold said person in high regard. their is no concise difference between the two. why do we continue to allow ourselves to be comforted by the impossibly improbable?to the arguments based on why nots, religion helps many people, i must say i totally agree with you. religion helps many people, but religion also hurts many people. In the middle east the tali ban blow up schools full of children in the name of Allah. In America Christian extremist bomb abortion clinics. Mayans beheaded 225,000 Mayan men and women, boys, and girls, to make the sun come back up, on a cloudy day. religion is a detriment to all society, and in my conclusion i will address the way in which religion restricts our most basic and primitive want, the want for knowledge.the Vatican would arrest and murder scientist, who had beliefs that went against those of the mighty bible. present day, many routes of medicine are n OT allowed to be taken b cause it "goes against the will of god". god never wrote anything about genetics, DNA, or even the simple microscope, so how do we know he doesn't want us saving our race from diseases? we dint! it is only the high, most often, rich priest that ascertain such meaning from the bible, to support their hidden agendas.my argument has nothing to do with whether god exist or not, i personally am a firm agnostic, for i believe theist and atheist are narrow minded to not see both sides. my argument states that religion should be abolished, and no longer practiced
Debate: Would the world be a better place without religions
Side: No

This is a yes and no people should shut the fuck up about which one they think is right because nobody knows except dead people and thats kind of hard cuz they cant hop out their grave and say hey man god is awsome or buda is the funiest guy in heaven you know so lay it to rest and yes the world would be a better place
Debate: Would the world be a better place without religions
Side: No

their is no need for profanity, debates are supposed to be civil, calm down.why do you feel the need to stop possitive argument that is related to the subject? if you dont want to debate a subject dont look, this is a choice, no one is forcing you to use this site.that being said i do agree with your point of view
Debate: Would the world be a better place without religions
Side: Yes of course

Absolutely. So much suffering has occurred because of religion.
Debate: Would the world be a better place without religions
Side: Yes of course

No shit. The world would of advanced way beyond what we could imagine without the tight clutches of Religion holding us back.
Debate: Would the world be a better place without religions
Side: Yes of course

Come on if we didnt have religion then we wouldnt have wars... what kind of world would be with out wars... im mean come are u serious! :PNEXT!
Debate: Would the world be a better place without religions
Side: Yes of course

While I agree that religion obviously contributes to its fair share of wars in the world, it is not the ONLY reason people go to war with one another. Now, it may have the most wars under its belt, but there are far too many reasons people go to war (land, economy, food, water...) to just lump them all into one anti-religion argument.
Debate: Would the world be a better place without religions
Side: Yes of course

No one is lumping all the wars that have ever taken place in with religious wars. So i'm not sure i understand your point. the wars that have taken place to take land from another people of a differant religion, or because your god is not my god so i'm going to kill you and make your god my god. is what i was referring to
Debate: Would the world be a better place without religions
Side: Yes of course

Litchfield - I was referring to Kidem's argument:"Come on if we didnt have religion then we wouldnt have wars..."I was disagreeing that religion is the only reason people go to war. And I also disagree with your statement that land wars are only due to people having a different religion. For example, were the Native American Indians driven off their land and killed only because they had different religious viewpoints than European settlers? Or did the immense riches of the newfound land have something to do with it? I think the amount of potential money to be made had a large role to play.
Debate: Would the world be a better place without religions
Side: Yes of course

Religion is the reason behind just about every war etc. that has ever happened.
Debate: Would the world be a better place without religions
Side: Yes of course

Actually, colonialism, opposing ideologies, ethnic conflict, and financial loss or gain are what fuels wars. Religion used in war has already been perverted by a government in order to impose an agenda on its people and gain support.
Debate: Would the world be a better place without religions
Side: Yes of course

Key word there, opposing ideologies, those ideologies are religion.
Debate: Would the world be a better place without religions
Side: No

Yes, sometimes those ideologies are religions. However, they are not always religious. Getting rid of religion altogether wouldn't get rid of any of the other sources of conflict either. But there are actually places where religion does some good. Not always, mind you, but enough to where having religion in the world does have it's benefits in terms of helping the poor, sick, creating a sense of community, or providing support for addicts. Getting rid of religion altogether would greatly take away from this, and although not everyone needs religion to accomplish these things, there is still a large part of the population that does. Excluding their needs would not only exhibit a sense of moral superiority, but acting on a "This is What's Best for You Attitude" is still a conflict of ideologies, so nothing is really solved there.For the record, I am not religious. However, I understand that blaming the world's problems on religion is a dangerous way to absolve our personal (human) responsibility for a variety of conflicts.
Debate: Would the world be a better place without religions
Side: No

I think you hit on an interesting note in your last sentence. Do you think there is any way to absolve human responsibility?
Debate: Would the world be a better place without religions
Side: No

You know, I really don't think there's any way to absolve human responsibility. Blaming the world's conflicts on things like religion, video games, or any other third party entity is just a way of deflecting blame from ourselves as a species, thus ensuring that we repeat our mistakes on a massive scale.
Debate: Would the world be a better place without religions
Side: Yes of course

That is a pretty fatalistic viewpoint. I was thinking more along the lines of education. You know, those who do not take the time to learn about history are doomed to repeat it.
Debate: Would the world be a better place without religions
Side: No

It's not fatalistic. Education would be a benefit, but wouldn't absolve us of anything. I'm not saying we are doomed to repeat history no matter what. But as long as long we, as a society, continue to deflect the blame of conflict to any third party entity, we are attempting to absolve ourselves of responsibility and therefore doomed to repeat mistakes.
Debate: Would the world be a better place without religions
Side: No

The Man has spoken! Well said. We humans are a weak species. We ALWAYS tend to feel sorry for ourselves when we have failed in one way or another, INSTEAD of looking up ways to remedy the problem. Instead we play the blame game.
Debate: Would the world be a better place without religions
Side: No

You are forgetting Capitalism vs Communism, which is STILL on going today. Just look at what happened to Georgia this year.
Debate: Would the world be a better place without religions
Side: No

So you are trying to say Fascism and Democracy are religion now?
Debate: Would the world be a better place without religions
Side: No

I agree. However you could also say that every war etc. was caused by people making decisions. Therefore people shouldn't make decisions? That is about as realistic as saying we would be better off without religion.
Debate: Would the world be a better place without religions
Side: Yes of course

Religion promotes as virtue faith; the rejection of reason, rationality, and everything that separates us from the animals. Because evidence, reason, etc. are out of the question, faith can in many cases be immutable, and when two faiths compete, it results in a dogmatic brawl that resists any kind of progress -- look at Israel / Palestine for example. It also promotes irrationality and revelation over free thought and inquiry. These things are only dentrimental to society and our sovereignty no matter how benign they manifest. "Civilization will not attain perfection until the last stone from the last church falls on the last priest." — Émile Zola
Debate: Would the world be a better place without religions
Side: Yes of course

Nice opinions, but I don't see any solid argument here. I have seen religious groups who are absolutely intent on reasoning, rationality, balance and so forth. Moreover, I have seen religion support people who lost hope (something cold reason sometimes rips away from them). I have seen religion come about and bring people together to cry out against wars, group together to help those in dire need.The fact that you choose to see the bad side of religion doesn't make it so. The fact that it has a good and a bad side is a clear sign though that religion is a very human invention. This does not necessarily disprove God's existence of course (an almighty being logically wouldn't need a religion to make him exist after all).Zola is mistaken - he assumes perfection to be a complete state whereas a complete state is not part of the natural order of our existence. There is never a final product in living (or even dead) entities. Therefore there is never a final state of perfection. Instead perfection is a state of becoming, a way to change.Religion, in whatever capacity, is apparently a very important factor in how we change,and therefore instrumental in how we achieve perfection. If it wasn't useful it would have disappeared a very long time ago (much like stone implements).
Debate: Would the world be a better place without religions
Side: Yes of course

Asking "would the world be a better place without religions?" is like asking "would the world be a better place if human beings used their wit and intelligence to help each other and move towards the future instead of worshiping fairy tales and thinking that everything that happens is because of some unseen force and killing and oppressing each other for the sake of contrived beliefs?"Let's see......yes?
Debate: Would the world be a better place without religions
Side: No

Fairy tales? I cant say much about that.Unseen force? Cant say anything about that.Killing and oppressing each other for the sake of contrived beliefs? Now thats something I dont agree with. The world is not Iraq, or Medieval Europe. Wake up already. Im not saying those wars SUPPOSEDLY in the name of God did not happen. They did. But what makes you so firmly sure that all people with religion are like that? People with religion have lives like you. They have weaknesses like you. They all are just trying to make sense of it all just like you. They are - - - LIKE you. Don't label all the religious of the world an Islamic terrorist with AK47 in hand, or the overzealous christian who asked you why you didnt go to their church, or the medieval knights who slaughtered innocent people just because its all you think it to be. Go out there and find out from your friends who is religious and study them. Do they look like the kind of people who will hold a pistol behind your back and force you at gunpoint to convert? I dont think so. The world will always have dictators and Presidents to control the people. They are clever. Even if religion is eradicated, can you even be 1% sure they wont use other means to control you?
Debate: Would the world be a better place without religions
Side: No

Totally agree. People will always try to control other people and they will use any means available to best achieve that. In countries where religions are oppressed and controlled, the dictators control the masses by brainwashing people into worshipping dictators and making them into almost saint status. Ho Chi Minh is a good example of a human figure that's being made into a saint (the truth about him is quite to the contrary). Kim Jung Il is another good example where people think is almost like a god. So religion is not to blame but people is to blame. Without religion, the world would still be just the same.
Debate: Would the world be a better place without religions
Side: Yes of course

i dont have no religion so why have it
Debate: Would the world be a better place without religions
Side: Yes of course

Religion hinders science and social progress. It leads to death and hate. The worst part is there is no evidence for the basis of any religious belief. It is a pile of necrotic lard around the midriff of the world. Get rid of it so we can advance as a species.
Debate: Would the world be a better place without religions
Side: No

Religion does not hinder science or social progress. Religion does not hinder science at all, if religion did do that, then we would not be have as much knowledge of the world as we have now. If religion did hinder with science, then theories that do not go in accordance with some religions (such as the Big Bang, and Darwin's theory of Evolution) would have never been able to become as known as they are nowadays. Also, I believe that religion is something you cannot get rid of, that is because of the fact that it is a belief and it will stay around for a long time, one does not simply get rid of religion.
Debate: Would the world be a better place without religions
Side: Yes of course

Spirituality is fine, but religions are corrupt institutions in the same way that any powerful institution is corrupt. Some may argue that by nature, religions are exempt from such corruption because of the moral values to which they adhere. Sadly, this is not the case. The people in power in any institution, be it religious or otherwise, are human. And human beings are corruptible and sinful. Look to the Vatican for your proof. Is it IN ANY WAY the type of church Jesus would approve of? Absolutely not. It is an ornate waste of money. Religions breed hatred for those that disagree. They also provide an easy scapegoat for problems. History is full of examples, but let's look at present times. After September 11, it became abhorrent to be Muslim. Granted, Islam is a prime example of why religion is dangerous, but the blame is placed on all Muslims, rather than to those who act on hate. Historically speaking, we have gotten nowhere fast in terms of religious tolerance. Religions by nature believe that they alone are correct on the big questions. And that is the inherent flaw.
Debate: Would the world be a better place without religions
Side: Yes of course

More death has been caused due to religion than anything else in the history of humanity.However with that being said we would surely be even more overpopulated than we are now.
Debate: Would the world be a better place without religions
Side: Yes of course

1. All religions are false. There are too many points of view for there to be a true religion. 2. If what the government told us is true, then without religion the twin towers would still be standing. 3. Opposing religious views cause too much havoc and chaos.
Debate: Would the world be a better place without religions
Side: Yes of course

Yeah, then without religion, people would't be so fucking stupid!!
Debate: Would the world be a better place without religions
Side: Perhaps

Absolutely. Relegion is whats causing most of our problems today. Relegion has turned us against eachother. It would be completely FINE though if some people in the world would resepct eachothers beliefs.
Debate: Would the world be a better place without religions
Side: Yes of course

yep, the world would become one and there would be no differences between people. they would at least live in harmony and peace. people are mostly divided because of their religions so this is an obvious fact.
Debate: Would the world be a better place without religions
Side: Yes of course

of course it would, the catholic church gives food and water to the africans, however no condoms as they believe they are wrong, yet aids is spreading and making them become more buried in poverty. The bible doesnt make sense as it has been edited by kings and religious leaders throughout time several times and re written with different passages. Plus you cant have that quote that without the 10 commandments there would be no law, people have common sense they can make there own law. Plus without religion humanity would be hundreds of years in the future which means we could have cured cancer or aids.
Debate: Would the world be a better place without religions
Side: Yes of course

There would be no more wars fought over religion and there would be no more religious divisions.
Debate: Would the world be a better place without religions
Side: Yes of course

One of the worst things religion can do is make people close minded. From a young age, a lot of children are taught that the universe is only 6000 years old and that evolution is a lie. If you start teaching evolution in science without telling students that they're learning about evolution, they'll listen. However, if you break the news to them at the end of the lesson, they will start getting annoyed and rebelling.Religion also inspires fear. It scares children with the image of hell and overall makes people afraid to do thing that are absolutely normal. The day young-earth creationism comes into the science classroom is the day I give up hope.One example of the fear point would be found here. Be careful, some slightly graphic images. Also remember that this comic is given to children.http://imgur.com/a/VnYFq#0
Debate: Would the world be a better place without religions
Side: Yes of course

If there was no religion there would be no ISIS, 9/11 deaths, crusades, and much, much more.
Debate: Would the world be a better place without religions
Side: Yes of course

without religion everyone would be smarter and healthier. without religion there could still be different belief systems that people would have that would have someone or some people made into an authority figure that millions or billions would follow, believe and obey. women could be authority figures that decide the laws and males could promote and obey them or males could decide the laws and promote and obey them. women would still be less strong than men so women wouldn't be able to rule over men unless there were more women than men. or without religion then there could be a one world totalitarian government and one authority figure that everyone on earth would obey which could be a male or a female. without religion there would be authority figures that were people in place of deity authority figures. or without religion maybe there could be one world anarchy with no government and everyone ruling themselves or one world limited government like libertarian.
Debate: Would the world be a better place without religions
Side: Yes of course

The world would most defiantly be a better place without Religion, we divide ourselves by colour, gender, sexual orientation, location road, city country continent, etc.... religion is just another reason to be divided and gives reason and justification for acts of terrorism.
Debate: Would the world be a better place without religions
Side: Yes of course

But if we always find ways to divide ourselves, wouldn't the outcome be the same, just with something other than religion as the catalyst?
Debate: Would the world be a better place without religions
Side: Yes of course

of course, but why add another element, and religion is the biggest divider because of the brainwashing! the other elements are human nature.
Debate: Would the world be a better place without religions
Side: Yes of course

Religion has caused the suicide of many, the verbal abuse of some, and the heartbreak of others. A mere miss-writing, some misinformation, or a misunderstanding is what makes religion truly rotten. Sometimes, religion can be rotten to begin with. Falsely life changing. I don't know if you've noticed but most of the people in the "No" category are religiously fazed. Brainwashed. It scares me, somewhat.
Debate: Would the world be a better place without religions
Side: Yes of course

This concept is a component of the socialist "Utopia" wherein the abolition of religion is a stepping stone for communism. Well, religion can be used to control, dominate, and manipulate people as a context of classic capitalism. That's why poverty is rampant in this century and before that. The so-called religion is forbidding things that were ethically acceptable just because their religion says so. It creates social tensions between members of society if their religious beliefs differ from one another. And religion's dark side, which is religious extremism is what drives terrorist groups in the war for terror. With many religions coexisting with only a minor difference, it would cause confusion for people.