Would the world be more peaceful without religion? (BBC Poll)

Would the world be more peaceful without religion?

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ttystikk

ttystikk

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I'd like to think people would still be as kind and charitable towards one another without organised religion, but maybe the better question is this; do we really need religion to know the right thing to do, and to do it?

As an atheist, I say I don't need moral guidance from a religious institution to know my right from wrong and indeed to follow a good and just path in life.

I see hypocrites everywhere, some go to church and some do not.

I think smoking weed makes me a more thoughtful and considerate person, and therefore a more ethical one. Do I need to sign up to The Church of Cannabis (there IS one, you know) to be taken seriously? HELL no! Lol

@tyler.durden you started a thread on atheism the other night. What do you think?
 
tyler.durden

tyler.durden

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ttystikk said:
I'd like to think people would still be as kind and charitable towards one another without organised religion, but maybe the better question is this; do we really need religion to know the right thing to do, and to do it?

As an atheist, I say I don't need moral guidance from a religious institution to know my right from wrong and indeed to follow a good and just path in life.

I see hypocrites everywhere, some go to church and some do not.

I think smoking weed makes me a more thoughtful and considerate person, and therefore a more ethical one. Do I need to sign up to The Church of Cannabis (there IS one, you know) to be taken seriously? HELL no! Lol

@tyler.durden you started a thread on atheism the other night. What do you think?
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Most religious people are not blind fundamentalists and tend to cherry pick the decent parts from their religious texts. That's a good thing, and it shows that we know right from wrong outside of the those texts. Iow, if we have the ability to choose the good parts and discard the darkly insane majority, our morality obviously does not come from the texts themselves. Morality is more or less evolved in normal human beings, some fine points come from the ethical teachings of our particular cultures. Morality certainly doesn't come from religion, as most of those teachings are highly immoral...
 
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