One of my problems

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Furiidomu Wrote: History has shown that if we give religion the freedom to exist in any from, it ultimately entails them commiting 'acts that harm other people'.

Another view:

Sorry,that's an assertion of an opinion,not a fact based on evidence. Wars are never begun over matters of principle or for the sake of religion,although religion and/or claims of moral superiority are invariably used to justify wars. By that I mean those things are used by cynical old men to gull our stupid young men into going to another country to kill their stupid young men.


Religions reflect the societies which invent them. Religions exist because they meet a range of human needs. As those needs are met in other ways,religion declines. This can be seen by looking at the more affluent societies. There seems to be a correlation between education , affluence and lack of belief,and conversely,wth poverty,ignorance and superstition.

I heve seen no evidnece that abolishing churches /religion would make any noticeable difference to the long term behaviour of humans individually or as a species. If just a matter of law being passed,believers would ignore the laws,and religion could become even stronger.(look at Poland and Russia once Communism collapsed)

IF everyone simply stopped believing overnight, humans would remain the same greedy,stupid animals we have always been,motivated by self interest above all. We would immediately invent or modify something else to justify our every behaviour.

"Should be abolished" Morally? The basis of morality is pragmatism.I can see no pragmatic justification for the abolition of churches or of religion.

The question seems more matter of adolescent self absorption and limited knowledeg of history than any practical reasons based on evidence.