You (catholic lady) inspire me to find the courage to also post on christian debate sites. In other words if you are here in an athiest site then i should be able to handle going to the other extreme. you are awesome.
to answer the question though would be speculative at best. I see religion as a tool like anything else man has made. in that context then it is not religion that is bad but the way it is used i.e. if it were simply a means to find spirutual peace and understanding in ones life then it would be a generaly good thing. Instead what humanity has witnessed is that it is more often used as a club, wedge, or cage against others. this is general bad and the whole reason that this forum exists becuase if religion were used correctly then there would be no real need to fight it.
That said my answer would be a shakey yes only because this species has never seen a world not divided by faiths. It would be interesting to see what would happen. Clubs, wedges, and cages my still be used but the tools would no longer include unfounded claims.
to answer the question though would be speculative at best. I see religion as a tool like anything else man has made. in that context then it is not religion that is bad but the way it is used i.e. if it were simply a means to find spirutual peace and understanding in ones life then it would be a generaly good thing. Instead what humanity has witnessed is that it is more often used as a club, wedge, or cage against others. this is general bad and the whole reason that this forum exists becuase if religion were used correctly then there would be no real need to fight it.
That said my answer would be a shakey yes only because this species has never seen a world not divided by faiths. It would be interesting to see what would happen. Clubs, wedges, and cages my still be used but the tools would no longer include unfounded claims.