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Is It Possible for Humanity to Create a Peaceful World with Religion in it?

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Is It Possible for Humanity to Create a Peaceful World with Religion in it?
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RE: Is It Possible for Humanity to Create a Peaceful World with Religion in it?
October 25, 2016 at 3:23 pm
(October 24, 2016 at 7:34 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote:
(October 24, 2016 at 12:15 pm)Kernel Sohcahtoa Wrote: While my gut would like to answer in the affirmative, reason compels me to be skeptical about my intuition.  I'm curious about other peoples' thoughts on this? Do you think religion is peaceful? Does it ultimately hold us back from creating a peaceful world? Or, even without religion, would we still find ways to be hostile to one another? Can peace be obtained? What is your formula for peace?

Religion is not an inherently bad thing. Whether or not the world could be peaceful depends on what the religion consists of. What it teaches, what the faithful believe in regards to dignity of human life, etc.

It's basically no different from saying "can we have a peaceful world with opinions/ideas still in existence?" Well, that would depend on what the "opinions/ideas" were lol.

I don't think religion is what you think it is.
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RE: Is It Possible for Humanity to Create a Peaceful World with Religion in it? - by bennyboy - October 25, 2016 at 3:23 pm

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