What if God disappeared?

The idea of religion plays a role in life whether you are religious or not. It has influenced policies of many civilizations, and has been used as a reason or justification for many historical events. What would happen if humans did not invent the idea of God? How different would the world be? Would their be mass chaos, or would the human race be more advanced because there would be no moral barrier to anything we do?

or would the human race be more advanced because there would be no moral barrier to anything we do?MotherSuperior

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He hasn't appeared yet so how can he disappear?

How can something that doesn't exist dissapear?mikegtfc

He hasn't appeared yet so how can he disappear?

Raikoh_

If there was no idea of god humans would find something else to fight about its our nature we are self destructive as a whole

That question is impossible to answer. I would think that cultural development would be significantly different, though.

That question is impossible to answer. I would think that culture development would be significantly different, though.

Theokhoth

Ok i'll bite. In all honesty I think we would be way more advanced morally and technologically due to not being force fed our lives ie - be good, die and go to heaven. Ever since atheism and god being a small part of peoples lives technology has advanced and so has morales.

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That question is impossible to answer. I would think that culture development would be significantly different, though.

MotherSuperior

Everything. Art, literature, monuments, traditions. The pyramids were made for the Pharaohs, who were considered gods; they probably wouldn't exist. Many major works of art (such as The Last Supper). The entire Vatican (and pretty much everything in it). The holidays. Several empires would probably never have risen to power. Everything would be radically diffferent. . .I would think. But like I said, we simply can't know.

[QUOTE="BabbsTheTitan"][QUOTE="Raikoh_"]

He hasn't appeared yet so how can he disappear?

Raikoh_

Sorry, your post fails. I did read the topic title, hence the sarcastic answer. Good job.

I understood where the TC was getting at though. I just didn't want to miss out on making fun of the topic title.

Ok i'll bite. In all honesty I think we would be way more advanced morally and technologically due to not being force fed our lives ie - be good, die and go to heaven. Ever since atheism and god being a small part of peoples lives technology has advanced and so has morales.

mikegtfc

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[QUOTE="BabbsTheTitan"] Read the topic title before jumping in to postMotherSuperior

Sorry, your post fails. I did read the topic title, hence the sarcastic answer. Good job.

I understood where the TC was getting at though. I just didn't want to miss out on making fun of the topic title.

Sneaky devil.

[QUOTE="MotherSuperior"][QUOTE="Theokhoth"]

That question is impossible to answer. I would think that culture development would be significantly different, though.

Theokhoth

Everything. Art, literature, monuments, traditions. The pyramids were made for the Pharaohs, who were considered gods; they probably wouldn't exist. Many major works of art (such as The Last Supper). The entire Vatican (and pretty much everything in it). The holidays. Several empires would probably never have risen to power. Everything would be radically diffferent. . .I would think. But like I said, we simply can't know.

I think that the world would be in a very primitive state. Every major civilization had gods.BabbsTheTitan

[QUOTE="BabbsTheTitan"]I think that the world would be in a very primitive state. Every major civilization had gods.MotherSuperior

[QUOTE="MotherSuperior"][QUOTE="BabbsTheTitan"]I think that the world would be in a very primitive state. Every major civilization had gods.Famiking

[QUOTE="BabbsTheTitan"]I think that the world would be in a very primitive state. Every major civilization had gods.MotherSuperior

I think that trend is fueled by the advancement of science.

[QUOTE="MotherSuperior"][QUOTE="BabbsTheTitan"]I think that the world would be in a very primitive state. Every major civilization had gods.Raikoh_

I think that trend is fueled by the advancement of science.

[QUOTE="Raikoh_"]

[QUOTE="MotherSuperior"] But there are more atheists, agnostic, non-religious, and non-believers today than ever. I'm not saying this is definitive proof, but there seems to be a trend.MotherSuperior

I think that trend is fueled by the advancement of science.

And we'd be on Mars having this coversation.... I wish science was more advanced now...

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[QUOTE="MotherSuperior"] But there are more atheists, agnostic, non-religious, and non-believers today than ever. I'm not saying this is definitive proof, but there seems to be a trend.MotherSuperior

I think that trend is fueled by the advancement of science.

[QUOTE="MotherSuperior"][QUOTE="Raikoh_"]

I think that trend is fueled by the advancement of science.

Raikoh_

And we'd be on Mars having this coversation.... I wish science was more advanced now...

[QUOTE="BabbsTheTitan"]I think that the world would be in a very primitive state. Every major civilization had gods.MotherSuperior

Has God appeared?

[QUOTE="MotherSuperior"] Yes, what I'm saying is that religion seemed to have stunted technological advancement.Famiking

[QUOTE="MotherSuperior"] That's what I'm saying. If humans never invented God, science might be more advanced than it is today.Famiking

Religion is the cause of most wars. No one would know he disappeared, as no one knows for sure he's real.

If the whole concept never existed, we may have been smarter. Or we would have no motivation to learn or something of the sort.

How can something that doesn't exist dissapear?mikegtfc