What has to Happen to end Religion?
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We still build things and maybe for similar reasons (assuming money now = religious beleif) - just look at massively tall sky scrapers, I just road the MagLev in Shanghai (431 km/hr in 8 min), ever notice how the largest buildings in the CBD are Banks and Insurance companies? Same thing. The little people need to have faith that the system the runs their puny lives is going to take care of them. Now it's 500 floor mega towers - back then in was a big pyramid.
What do you think?
Money is not a religious belief. I really wish people on this forum would stop calling things religion which are not.
Skyscrapers and office space in general play a huge part in the economy. It's a little different than building a glorified tomb.
Its not "religious belief" in the sense that the object/subject of their worship is god, but is religious in the way they pursue their goals. Ultimately, religion is a way of life, not necessarily belief. For example I could chant and glorify the name of Allah, but would not be accepted into a muslim society if I lived my life contrary to that expected of a muslim.
In the same way one would be rejected from a society of millionares if one was broke. The only difference between the two scenarios is the object of desire.
This is why some things are regarded as religious, despite not having a belief in god.
jan
*************Belief in God will never end in this world, Your dream is self delusion. Belief in God is not going away, it is being taken more and more seriously by more and more theists. All Praise The Ancient Of Days
M*W: What theists aren't going away? Statistics, please!
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M*W: Then why are you here?
Conflict is part of religion, not part of who we are as humans.
Exactly. Just another absurd and meaningless statement of yours.
But, it doesn't erupt because it is part of who we are as humans.
However, religion is steeped in conflict. It shapes culture and nationality. For example:
Pakistan Penal Code:
"295-C. Use of derogatory remarks, etc., in respect of the Holy Prophet:
Whoever by words, either spoken or written, or by visible representation or by any imputation, innuendo, or insinuation, directly or indirectly, defiles the sacred name of the Holy Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) shall be punished with death, or imprisonment for life, and shall also be liable to fine."
http://www.pakistani.org/pakistan/legislation/1860/actXLVof1860.html
There has been no value religion has added to culture or nationality. Intolerance, bigotry, racism and heaps of conflict come to mind, though.
"Can. 1369 A person who in a public show or speech, in published writing, or in other uses of the instruments of social communication utters blasphemy, gravely injures good morals, expresses insults, or excites hatred or contempt against religion or the Church is to be punished with a just penalty."
http://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG1104/__P52.HTM
Religion does add value. For example, a typical Japanese leads their life and probably doens't spend to much time thinking about an afterlife, yet, one day their loved ones dies and suddenly they faced with a death. They turn to the local Buddhist Temple and speak with the Priest and at the funeral he goes through a ceremony and this restores their peace of mind and they pay for the service and life goes on.
IMO monotheism is inherently intolerant. How can monotheists accept someone else's Gods? They really can't be honest with their belief and also truly accept another persons different belief system if it involves other Gods. Also, if a monotheistic religion has a Last Messiah or Last Prophet they are not going to be able to accept any new ones.
But, I think polytheism and Buddhism are more than capable of adding value and culture and meaning to many people's lives and are able to meet the very real need many people have of overcoming the fear of non existence aka death and can do so without being inherently intolerant of other belief systems.
As long as there is death there will be a need for many people to adopt a superstitious explaination for what happens to "them" after they die, there will be religion for at least another 200 years I'd say..
IMO monotheism is inherently intolerant. How can monotheists accept someone else's Gods? They really can't be honest with their belief and also truly accept another persons different belief system if it involves other Gods. Also, if a monotheistic religion has a Last Messiah or Last Prophet they are not going to be able to accept any new ones.
But, I think polytheism and Buddhism are more than capable of adding value and culture and meaning to many people's lives and are able to meet the very real need many people have of overcoming the fear of non existence aka death and can do so without being inherently intolerant of other belief systems.
As long as there is death there will be a need for many people to adopt a superstitious explaination for what happens to "them" after they die, there will be religion for at least another 200 years I'd say..
Occasionally I like to mimic an expert.
Everyone would eventually drop dead. The human race would become extinct.
All Praise The Ancient Of Days
lol: Nice to see you have a sense of humor Adstar.
