Topic: Religion in our society - page 14. (Read 2956 times)

You know that isn't always the case, right? Who often time are the most charitable? Religious people. And when many religious organizations receive charitable donations, you don't think a lot of it might go towards helping people, with a few cases of abuse? You can make a large business out of religion, see scientology (which is more a cult designed as a belief system oppose to a religion). That doesn't mean it's immoral to accept money as a religious figure or organization.

There are several religious groups in the world today,which different people of different diversities believe in. It is accepted and known that there is freedom of worship,but the way some religions are castigating the other is really not encouraging.
Some humans think and believe that some of the religions shouldn't have existed,forgeting about that part they entitles every human being to worship whoever or which ever thing he or she deems it fit to worship.
If religious sentiment can be remove from our mind,the society will definitely be a better place to live.

You are right , but it ought not to be so, is as if the religion we use to know is different from the one we have now. Religion  is supposed to make a change but people are getting corrupt more.

True, today when a person walks down the street and sees a church, just pay 10 minutes of attention and they will see very sad things, believers give money to the church, and church priests take the money and buy luxury clothes, cars. luxury and luxury homes. we have reached such a low and disgusting level to see rankings of the richest priests in the world. How the hell does a priest who doesn't work, doesn't have any business get rich? they get rich thanks to the money people donate to the church.

they take hard-earned money from the poor

Those at the highest levels of Religion performs the worst of it all, although all sins are equally weighed by the Bible.
Lately I do not put or give I'm too Religion,they simply the worst and not doing too well,you would see preachers boasting about wealth and fame, rather than preaching the word that was committed to themselves.
This generation is trash you know.

I'm an atheist, I despise religion and I'm generally against all of them. However, I don't get why people need religion in order to behave. It's pure logic that you shouldn't steal, commit murder and so on, why do you need religion to tell you otherwise?

On top of that, the general idea is that good actions will get you to so-called heaven, and people actually abide to that.

What can transform bad to good is environment because environment changes the lives of creator which science called adaptation, combined with plants and animals way of living and this region just like what we learn from old living

Religion as a practice just as you have said does not completely eradicate self and one's nature/attributes. The practice of true religion, just helps to put these attributes under a check. Unfortunately, many do not practice true religion and their true nature that has been set either genetically or environmentally induced, has not been put under check and they only just hide under the the cover of being religious.

The introduction of a good and evil as to persons based on the religion they choose has brought some major pain to our world. Don't get me wrong, religion is actually a good thing because, it tries to input good morals in humans to watch out on there actions but then, the context of making it based on either you worship as they do is where it all goes sideways. Humanity should be put at right and at first before anything, we ought to acknowledge the human person before looking out for a way of worship if we should at all.

Religion can also be a good way to protect knowledge only if the people who're managing the books of those religious books are good and want the good of others.
Otherwise, they can misinterpret the lines written inside the books and make the sheep follow what servers them.
The second reason is what I think is going on.

Exactly,Religion and as stood as a means of sperating people who would have being of great help to each other,and the nation as well.There are several religious practices in the world,some of which are bad,while some are good.
Some persons have decided to stay without believing in anything called religion.
Whether good or bad,I have seen religion as a means of making people not to see things from thesame angle or perspectives,rather it puts confusion in the mind of people.

Religion just contend for supremacy. There is no religion without Regional sentiments. No religion without dogma. No religion without manipulators. No religion without corruption controllers at the top.
Religion has divided humanity extremely.
Religion is not righteousness.
Yet, man has overlooked the greatest religion called humanity in the quest to achieve adulterated religions.

It isn't right to fully base the solution to society's problem on religion. Most of them are not caused by religion. We can agree that all religion preaches good and love, but not everyone believes in religion or religious enough.
Though there are good people in the society, humans are generally selfish and greedy, and in some way tend to infect another who is victim of their evil. Religions don't teach the same thing. Most problems of the society is due to uniformity in belief. I think the world be a better place if religion and other differences are kept aside in human relationships.

In some cases, religion enables and encourages discrimination and crimes against some people.

Most countries around the world follow secular laws.

Which country follows the 'Christian' law?  Your country is 'Christian'?  What does it mean?

The law of the land is the Bible?  Do you guys stone people who work on Sabbath?  Or kill gays?
How about stoning women who have sex before marriage? 

How many stonings were carried out in your country last year?

I live in a Christian Country where people believe in God, goes to church ang always pray but crime rate is still high. Why? I think because of the extensive poverty that some people resort to robbery and killings plus  the alcohol and drug related crimes. I have seen the priest and pastors doing their duties and responsibilities teaching  the Gospel, visiting the prison and doing bible studies and all other missionary works but still humans have freewill and judgement. While I think religion can help creating ethical framework and a regulator for values in a day to day life but it is still enough to fight or reduce crimes and violence.

Yes, you are right all religions talk about good and lead man to the right track. It's up to the man's own discretion whether he chooses the right path or the bad one. We can't believe any religion that its followers have chosen a bad path or done something bad.
Also, society play's an important role in this regard. Lesser opportunities, racism, and the differences of thoughts of the elite class, middle class, and lower-middle-class, as well as the people beyond the level of the lower middle class, is also important key factor. We can reduce the crime rates by providing equal opportunities and justice to people of all classes.

People talk about religion but selfish.
Folk's talk about religion but lack compassion.
People talk about religion but will be the first to betray you.
The society getting worst though, this is my thoughts about it, people talk about religion but fear death moti than they fear God.
People want a sweet and beautiful lifestyle but don't want to work towards it.

Exactly,most person's do not believe in either being a Christian or Muslims,they just believe in living a moral life.They don't believe in going to church or mosque,they just live a life that is very simple.They are Pagans,they neither worship the devil nor worship God,neither believe in heaven not hell.They believe religion is brought to devide the unity of the people.
Therefore let every one live according to what suits him or her,being a pagan,a traditionalist,a Christian or a Muslim do not really matter,what matters is living a peaceful life that does not affects or troubles the existence of another person.

I certainly agrees to this statement. It's the same old cycle that most people would do, giving confessions and pray so that all of their sins will be forgiven. This is how the world turned out to be, the reality that we have face. It's just that religion won't stop the evil inside of them because they are swallowed by the darkness that causes them to do such crimes. We all started in being innocent and some started in being religious but nowadays instead of people who are believer influencing non-believers, the non-believers instead influences the believer to become a non-believer. It affected the society and our economy.

The key is their will, if they don't want to, they will never listen but if you can persuade them, they will realize. All of us are good people but it's just sad that some people lets their evil self takes control of everything and started to fall down in an empty hole that could lead them nowhere.

Although not all believers influences by non-believers to become one of them, some holds a strong faith that makes me idolize them. They work so hard to make other people realize their mistakes and could even influences non-believers to believe in God again and helps those believers but does not have a strong faith to be awaken again and make them realize once more.

Religion simply puts, the way of life of a person or groups of persons. So, we could say, a life of crime is a religion for criminals and its elements in the society. That's just how it is and as such, having someone to act or behave outside his or her religion is some difficult task to archive.
So, its really just up to a person as, the context circulates around freewill which could pose a lot of trouble becuase, not many individuals would want to go through the things they go through in the society and still choose a pius living. It's rare but, morally supporting religion can only try whole hoping for the best.