If everyone was atheist

[Catholic_Lady]

You can use "evil" as an adjective to describe something without believing in some supernatural force behind it.

I have to say nothing would really change.  Sure, there would be a lot of things for the better, but we're human beings.  We'll be a self-destructive species no matter what people believe in, so we'll find new stuff to wreak havoc with.

Fair enough, thank you for clarifying.

So when you say "religion is evil", what exactly do you think of religion as being? An entity? A philosophy?

I'm just wondering because sometimes people speak of religion here as being some sort of entity in itself. Rather than saying "some people who are religious have done bad things" you say "religion has sometimes done bad things."

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You can use "evil" as an adjective to describe something without believing in some supernatural force behind it.

I have to say nothing would really change.  Sure, there would be a lot of things for the better, but we're human beings.  We'll be a self-destructive species no matter what people believe in, so we'll find new stuff to wreak havoc with.

^^^ This ^^^

People regardless of their beliefs are, on average, still prone to irrationality and poor decision making.

God belief or religion aren't the problem - certain expressions of them are, and even the irreligious can be prone to idiocy.

Kudos.

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 I did not know you guys believed in forces of evil.

What? We can't speak to others in terms they understand? I can't use a colloquialism because I hold a different belief from you? No, I do not believe good and evil are real things on their own but labels we attach to the actions of people. Care to discuss the point or shall we continue playing meaningless word games?

I never said you couldn't do any of those things. Just made an observation.