Should all religion be banned?

Farmer Ed wrote: »

Personally I do believe in God but I'm beginning to think religion is one of the biggest reasons people don't believe. This scientist seams to believe.
http://beforeitsnews.com/prophecy/2016/06/scientist-says-he-found-definitive-proof-that-god-exists-video-2481345.html

Primitive semi-radius tachyons are not exactly definitive proof of 'God'

Even your poll is a load of shite.

Away to A&A with you, you'll get the thanks and back slapping you want over there.

I think a world without religion would be a better more rational place but the way to achieve that is not to ban it its to keep endeavoring to prove the tenants of religion to be false. Religion has already lost its relevance in most of Asia , western Europe and North america ( with the obvious exception of the american Bible Belt) In time Islam will come to be recognized as an oppressive load of nonsense the same as Christianity was in Europe it will take time and for the governments of the Middle East and Africa to be properly challenge by the international community.

The_Valeyard wrote: »

Off to the A&A thread with you OP. You might get the responses you want to help you fap off.

You'll find most atheists are reasonable and wouldn't want religion banned. Maybe you're getting confused with the desire to see religious influence removed from public policy.

No not religion full stop. Organised religion maybe, has far too much power in this world. I think meditation, reflection and thought of after life and a god watching over is very beneficial to a lot of people's live though.

You will never remove religion. How would you do it?

Tax all religious organisations like any other money making business. Also take all religion away from the schools. If parents are serious about their child being religious then go to a Sunday school. It is poisonous brainwashing.

Poor poll options by the way

LexieOnRale wrote: »

The way some atheists carry on is just as bad as islamophobics posting. Who cares what someone else believes as long as it's not being shoved down your throat? Whatever makes someone feel better. It's a personal thing.

I completely agree with you, I just don't agree with the idea of banning any kind of lampooning/comedy/mockery/thought as it's a step in the wrong direction.

I'm an atheist myself and don't 'carry on' like you've suggested. I have however come across viewpoints which could be seen as 'mockery' of atheism (yours above for example, comparing it to Islamophobic posts) - I'd never in a million years want to shut you down for it, say it as much as you want - I will do what I always do in such instances and just counter with well thought out retorts (okay maybe not this time as I'm about to run out the door! )

Yeah, the poll is way too restricted.

I agree with most of the posts I've read over on the thread so far - I want to see it removed from schools and, well, anything state-run. The State should be for all its citizens, not just the Catholic ones. I do not agree with the indoctrination of children, nor do I agree with the religious emphasis put in to teacher training courses. And once your religion starts conflicting with the laws of the State (kill homosexuals, chop bits off children), the laws of the State absolutely come first, second and last.

Schools should not be faith-based, and really should not be allowed to discriminate on the faith of the children they take in. I know this is a hugely complex situation, given who runs the schools and often owns the buildings/land or has the deeds based on x,y and z restrictions, but this does have to change. It's slowly changing, but while it is in flux as it is now, children don't get an education very easily. Let faith-based schooling be restricted to after-school or Sunday School.

If religion must be taught in schools, it should be taught impersonally. "Religion and Culture", perhaps, teach children about beliefs around the world, along with the cultures that it helps to shape and be shaped by. That would be more useful to them than indoctrination into one specific religion (be it Catholicism, Sunni/Shi'ite/whatever Islam, Judaism in its various forms, etcetera).
And don't even get me started on schools teaching religious interpretations over verifiable facts such as evolution!

Religion should be a private and personal thing and a decision that people come to themselves as and if they wish. Wearing outward signs of their religion is also a personal choice, be it a rosary or a hijab, although again, if the school requires a uniform, then that's how it is. If it demands no jewellery, then that comes before wearing a crucifix too. I feel no need to slag off religious people, their faith is important to them, and to make fun of it seems just plain rude.

Also, I'm on the A+A forum, so I do apologise if my post isn't fapworthy. But relatively few of us are militant, just don't like militant Christians demanding their ways to be everyone's ways.

Religion can be used for good or evil, but then so can science and I don't think one would do a poll 'should science be banned?'.

In China they banned the Roman Catholic church, but since you can't stop religion, they made set up an alternative Catholic church which has the Chinese state as the head of the church and they did this with other faiths too. Estimates of 5 to 6 million Chinese belong to the illegal Catholic church.

The Soviets cracked down on the Russian Orthodox church as they tried to remove religion from society.
The Khmer Rouge killed millions of Buddhists, Christians and Muslims in Cambodia in a bid to rid the country of religion.

Any society that had rulers that tried to ban religion, ended up with lots of death and eventually accepting religion in some form, as banning religion turns out be very destructive.

Banning it would only make it stronger, religion thrives in perceived persecution.

I take away some of it's concessions though, they shouldn't be able to make unsubstantiated claims just as other advertisers can't make unsubstantiated claims about their products. They shouldn't be able to make sweeping generalisations saying that just believing in god will make everything better. Or that praying will get you the things that you want.

But other than that we're probably stuck with religion forever, I think it will evolve with us and may become more about maintaining a moral identity and way of life that's beneficial to everyone.

I don't see it as a bad thing, it has been one of the most important and influential inventions humanity has ever came up with. It was part of a fantastic realization that there is a system to everything we see, that all life is interconnected and that there's more to life than survival.

It was basically science beta. It served us well in our ignorance but we've outgrown it now.

beach_walker wrote: »

Aye, good lad *pats on head*

Prove me wrong