What would the world be like if ther was no religion and what do you think if everyone followed one religion i think it would be less more violence and hatred. What do you think??

If it was Buddhism, we would have world peace for all time.

I have to say Buddhism has been painted with a perfect picture but its far from perfect. I've heard we all see the Buddhists of peaceful Tibet and think thats how they all are, when infact some buddhists are apparently just as pushy,mean,violent as others- which is of course against their code but meh.

There will always be a form of religion and if not religion there is government not much difference in them really. Instaed of worshiping chubby asian guy in the sky you might pledge full loyalty to a political person, a war hero, or maybe even your favorite band idk. Its alot harder when ya gotta think for your self.

Exactly. We'd still have government. You have to follow them and if you disagree with the law too bad, either follow them or get punished [jail].

If there was just the one religion, I am pretty sure that someone would disagree with it and build/create their own church....ie Catholics..soon someone protested against a number of the Catholic views and began their own church...thats how protestants came about, so yea there will always be someone some place that will reform their own kind of religion

Even if there wasn't religion, I think people will still have that need to believe in something. Violence and racism would most likely still exist. Human nature in my opinion.

Somebody would come forward and start talking about a spiritual experience then the whole cycle of religions would start again, in my opinion.

If there was never any religion, the human race would have never become the very stuctured society that it is today.

Two people would have to rule the world, who would have religion and governement hand in hand. If you found out who can vote, how many, and who would it be if it was possible? There is one factor since there is freedom of choice. If there are those without religion already there would have to be a count on who worshipped no one and who was voting.

But that is illegal. Since there is a freedom of religion, which in turn could be freedom of not having a religion. But being harrassed to be forced to vote no different from worshipping when you don't want to>is also a violation.

I suppose there would have to be some kind of agreement that the two leaders wouldn't be worshipped by anyone-but that is illegal.

So you can't confuse religion with society, of course. There would possibly be no way to transform every religion into one. Society on another hand has it's flexability, but being flexable doesn't always mean compatible. So what possible way would all of society live as one> unless it was threatened as one? We would have to fear a God of one religion all together I think.

Often I see that the word religion is singled out as the great evil and plight of mankind. Wars murder and whatever all started because of religions, is far too simple of an explanation. Remember that religion by definition is only a structured form of belief and actions that is shared and practiced by others. Bearing that in mind then politics’ and philosophy are also forms of religious/belief as well as our government structures that are the foundation of civilization. Our believes, encompass all religions, politics, philosophy and art and if you lay blame on only one part of human belief systems while ignoring the others your are simply using it as an excuse to hide your personal biases. And as such you are denying the very core of human civilization.
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Possessing the same religion has certainly never stopped groups of people from killing each other. Just look at Europe in the Middle Ages. Solidly catholic, with almost all heresy repressed until the 1500's, but no lack of wars, skirmishes, and conflict.

Then of course there's the infighting between the different schools of Buddhism, and the different temples: My spiritual master is the best; no mine is; what did you say; let's destroy the other temple to prove we're right!

I am still looking for a satisfactory definition of religion by which to base these arguments. Organized religion provides structure, stability and a regular place to congregate amongst the various religious groups. It also provides a dogmatic, sometimes hateful view from their particular spin.

But to look only at organized religion denies (or should I say ignores) faith and spirituality, personal beliefs and ideals. As long as we all have thoughts, we will all have our beliefs. Sometimes we deny those organizations, sometimes we ignore them. Sometimes we attach our belief to them, and sometime the organization informs our belief.

I don't know if I've answered the question, but this is what I see.

Regards, PA

this is an excilent point, in the middle ages the church was used in many differnet power struggles, and the pope also used the different nations for its self also.
this is an excilent post thanks Guardsman