Debate: Would the world be a better place without religions
Side: No

Well, I am not opposed to religion, I cannot tell if it's right or wrong, but at the same time, I could say that about anything. Do I know if there really is a tea pot orbiting earth? No, I can't tell you there isn't, I don't have the means to find out if there is or not, and I don't think anyone else does either... but still, I don't believe in the teapot, I don't believe in the flying spaghetti monster, and I don't believe what religious people tell me concerning god. God, by the way is a completely different subject that I don't know if anyone can rightfully disagree with unless they are fooling themselves. I like to believe that if there is a god, that I am god. We are all god and god is in everything because he created us in his imagination. If he is omnipotent, then he could surely create the reality that we all live in, in his imagination, which would explain his omnipotence in the first place. I too can be all powerful in my imagination if I had to capacity to imagine as much as it (god).  I don't know, that makes more sense to me, and seems to cure every misunderstanding between people of faith and people who challenge the people of faith. For instance, how could god be so good, all good, but create evil, if he too is not evil? Well, he is evil, you see, but he battles the evil in him via calling the evil satan. The god that he wants us to look up to is the better side of him. We all know how that feels, deciding whether or not to be good or bad, we all want to be good, right? Just slap a label on what he does that is bad, and imagine the universe and see how many factions of his own imagination agree with good or bad... Maybe even, that is why god is no longer present and the world is going to shit, he is testing his self to see, what if there was no god to look up to, would I still be good? Well, I don't look up to god, I don't seek him, and I sometimes speak out against organizations or people in them, who believe in him... but still, I am true to the meaning of good in the bible. I am not a bad person. So maybe I am proving to god, or if I am just god's imagination, that I am really good, without the need of a figure to look up to. I make my decisions carefully, and most of the time I take the road with the most resistance for the sake of doing the right thing (yes, I know the saying, "good guys finish last", but life isn't a race to me so what do I care?).My point is that I understand where you're coming from, when you say that you believe the universe is systematic, but you still believe in god. Like I said, if everything is god, you believe both, but combined it's all the same. Science though, from my standpoint, of what I personally can say is real or not, produces more evidence than any religious sect. That is why I trust it more. Hell, if god shot down from the heavens right now, I would then believe in him too, but god is not. I have nothing else to be a truly good person than what I was given. I think being a good person of faith would be cheaper in gods eyes than being a good person out of necessity, don't you? If you die and you're judged, and he saw in you TRUE good that you yourself has learned, not from the teaching of other people, but by your own will to know and do what is right... I don't know how a god that I should bow to could disagree. If you earn your right to stand by him, alone, without being a sheep in one of "his" corrupt churches... don't you think that he would know that you've paid the price to be there???Again, I don't know. All i know is what I have, what I was given in life, and my choices and what I've learned from them. If there is a god, and I don't believe before I see for myself, how can that one thing out of all be the part that damns my soul if he's a good god?I'm still pondering the same thoughts... eugh, I hate when this happens. I'm just saying, there are good people and bad, with or without religion, that's just how people are. I think that religion should be replaced with philosophy and science because philosophy deals with every realm of humanity, even that of what is right or wrong. If god made us of his image, and we use what we were given, we will do what is right eventually. Look at the medieval times and compare that to now. It's a lot better for a lot of people now, though there is still mass corruption, but we are still doing better... because of what? Because religion, once it gets power can fuck things up just as much as the liberals that think that morality is imaginary and nothing is good or bad, and run around the streets naked and stoned and humping everything is sight because the most good that they know is the good that comes from their senses.Without religion, it would free a lot of minds that could contribute real reasons for why we should be good or bad.