Has religion benefited this planet in anyway?

[QUOTE="m25105"]The quota of "Lol religion is bad, check me out I'm an atheist" posts must stay afloat or offtopic will go bankrupt.cloud3601

your just making excuses

Nothing sounds more biased than saying religion is either completely benefitless or its completely good.

[QUOTE="ShadowMoses900"]

What a stupid thread. Religion is one of (might be the most) important aspects in the history of humans. It has influenced human progress and morals in countless ways, to deny this means you would need to take a history course.

Yes there were some bad things commited by it, but bad things have happened without any religion involved. WW1, WW2, Vietnam, Korea, the Cold War etc....none of these conflicts had anything to do with religion. There was also mass murders against religious people commited under the Soviet Union.

Look at people like Martin Luther King Jr. He was a religious person whose faith gave him strength and inspiration. But this being Off Topic I don't expect many intelligent answers to come out of this thread.

Also if you have no God or religion than there is no such thing as "bad" or "evil" to you.

TopTierHustler

I believe today that my conduct is in accordance with the will of the Almighty Creator. - Adolf Hitler Mein Kampf, Vol. 1 Chapter 2

Religion has inspired many things in society, perhaps almost everything, from my perspective. All sorts of arts, sciences, and lifestyles have benefited from religion. Even athiests have been ispired by religion. I'll never understand why people choose to attack it so much.

Religion was one of the basic foundations of human society. I would say it was pretty damn important.

It's an expression of culture. I find it interesting to see how man has tried to explain the unknown and such. I look at it almost as a form of art.

It's an expression of culture. I find it interesting to see how man has tried to explain the unknown and such. I look at it almost as a form of art.

sonicare

Killing people, stoniing people to death is also part of religion, you also see that is art?

[QUOTE="sonicare"]

It's an expression of culture. I find it interesting to see how man has tried to explain the unknown and such. I look at it almost as a form of art.

cloud3601

Killing people, stoniing people to death is also part of religion, you also see that is art?

Religious art is some of the greatest artistic creations ever made, so there's that.

Aljosa23

Scientific endeavor, human dignity and the transcendence of man from the state of incipidness would not have feasible were it not for Christianity in the west and Hinduism in the east. You can thank the latter Greek philosophers for the eradication of scientific endeavor in Europe.

With fervour would I advocate the demanding policy ofthe Catholic Church over th enihilistic-relativist depravity you refer to as morality.

Those singing monks are rather cool.

[QUOTE="sonicare"]

It's an expression of culture. I find it interesting to see how man has tried to explain the unknown and such. I look at it almost as a form of art.

cloud3601

Killing people, stoniing people to death is also part of religion, you also see that is art?

[QUOTE="cloud3601"]

[QUOTE="sonicare"]

It's an expression of culture. I find it interesting to see how man has tried to explain the unknown and such. I look at it almost as a form of art.

brucewayne69

Killing people, stoniing people to death is also part of religion, you also see that is art?

[QUOTE="cloud3601"]

[QUOTE="sonicare"]

It's an expression of culture. I find it interesting to see how man has tried to explain the unknown and such. I look at it almost as a form of art.

brucewayne69

Killing people, stoniing people to death is also part of religion, you also see that is art?

He has point, many people have died because of religion, however many people have also been saved because of religion. Given the aid work in africa etc it may be the case that religion has helped more people then is has hurt. Overall I see it as a bad influence though.

Scratch that, I like this answer more:

People who say no are in denial. Even if you believe all religion is completely false, you can't negate the effect it can do on history and the everyday people who treat their religion humbly. The millinos of people who aren't beheading, killing, doing mass suicide and being pheophiles etc. This argument is completely one-sided. Yes, people can be ignorant about their own religion but those people are humble of their religion and aren't guided by the extremist and the propoganda the some religious groups produce. The Catholic church I used to go to donates over 200 turkeys every Thanksgiving. Those people they helped aren't suddenly canceled out because flawed history of religion.

To say the flaws of religion outweighs the good is debatable. To say that religion has done any good to the is world is ridiculous.

muffincakes87

The problem with religion is that its all to human.

We should look out for each other because we are the same species, not because some abstract god tells us to but because we want to survive.

I was convinced this was either a troll thread, or someone asking a serious question.

Now I am certain OP is just a moron and you guys should stop giving him/her/it attention. This whole thread is making us all dumber.

Historically religion has done a lot for the world, in mordern times though there is no place for it. All these silly superstitious beliefs do now is hold us back

Eating cow turd for good luck? :lol:JohnF111

[QUOTE="harashawn"]Confusing human nature with religion again, I see.cloud3601

The problem with religion is that its all to human.

We should look out for each other because we are the same species, not because some abstract god tells us to but because we want to survive.

tenaka2

"Religion" how do you define it. I define it as obeying God and all the other stuff are crap.