Good read "Interested01.blogspot.com".
He mention JW. What would the world be without religion??
I know this is never going to happen ....however , what if ...?
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jam
"Interested A world without religion"
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Vidiot
John Lennon's "Imagine"...
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Vidiot
Jam - "Good read "Interested01 . blogspot . com". He mention JW. What would the world be without religion??"
Couldn't find the JW reference, but did take note of one of the FB quotes she made:
"Religious-owned companies - of which many will now appear - are going to screw so many people, that they will turn from Christianity at faster and greater rates."
Sometimes, I think that's what the majority of the really hard-core Jesus Freaks secretly want...
...to give the appearance of "spreading the word", but, in fact, doing it in a way that actually alienates most people, so that they don't have to share the afterlife with too much of the riffraff...
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BackseatDevil
You need to remember that there are basic human traits and behaviors that are inherent to who we are as beings in our evolution that exist with or without religion, but where religion exists (currently) as the outlet for such. An example is that people who are easily roweled into a frenzy will still be easily roweled into a frenzy just over something else.
I would think over time the only major difference between the world now and a world without religion is that people would be generally more tolerant (because civility deems it so), and there would be more pressure to display personal accountability and responsibility. I think one of the true definitions of religion is to blame everything on the DIVINE, in which case people grow up, live, have children, and teach this life where one can dodge accountability if GOD is there for the good times and SATAN is there for the bad times.
Of course, politically it would be easier, but I think there would still be the head to head battles of state since the elimination of religion doesn't equal the elimination of conflict.
I suppose the entire feel of it wouldn't be that dissimilar to Amsterdam.
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redvip2000
As I said in my O.P. its never going to happen , whats done is done .
What do you mean "never going to happen"?. What is "never"? if "never" is the next 100 years, or even the next 1000 years, perhaps that is true. But I firmly believe that as time advances, the trend for people to continue to move away from religion will grow. There is no doubt in my mind that assuming that mankind can survive the next 10000 or 20000 years, religion will be a thing of the past.
