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If only atheist existed would this be a better world?

Would there be no more wars and more peace thru out the world?

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  • Rain
    Lv 4
    7 years ago
    Favorite Answer

    No. Don't blame religion, blame man. Man will always be at war, they just pick a reason: religion, land, resources, race. Religion is only one of the reasons for war. Just look at WW1 and WW2, that wasn't because of religion was it?

  • Anonymous
    7 years ago

    Where is Pantheism?

    Where is Creationism?

    Where is Evolution?

    Where is Agnosticism?

    Where is Atheism?

    Where is Deism?

    Where is Theism?

    Where is the Mosque?

    Where is the Synagogue?

    Where is the Ashram?

    Where is the Church?

    Where is Democracy?

    Where is Socialism?

    Where is Communism?

    Where is War?

    In the Mind

    It is a box I opened and entered.

  • ?
    Lv 7
    7 years ago

    Would it be a better place? Yes, without any doubt whatsoever. Would it be a perfect place? No. There would still be wars. But we wouldn't have people out beheading and torturing one another because they have different mythologies. One thing religions have always had in common also is making it easier to overcome a person's natural empathetic desire to NOT kill one another. If you can convince someone that "God" or "Gods" wants them to kill the other guy they're more likely to do it. Just read the old testament. A good portion of it is just trying to justify genocide in stealing the "promised land".

  • 7 years ago

    I personally do not think most wars are the result of religion. Sure, religion makes a nice dressing and is a sure fire way to get people willing to go to war but most wars can actually be traced to more economic reasons.

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  • 7 years ago

    The lack of peace in the world can be traced to stupidity and meanness. If religion was somehow eliminated, the stupid would just find some other banner to rally behind.

  • Anonymous
    7 years ago

    There would be wars even if no humans existed....yes, even chimpanzees hunt down and kill rival troupes. Hominids war. It's in the genes.

  • 7 years ago

    Anyone who believes that is a fool. Wars aren't fought for religion or faith, the vast majority are fought over land or money. I don't think atheists are impervious to greed.

  • Anonymous
    7 years ago

    Of course not! People seem to like destroying things. Even the "morally superior" here seem to want God to destroy all who don't agree with them. God's behaviour is just a reflection of ours. We invented Him after all.

  • Anonymous
    7 years ago

    Atheism is evil and brings mass murder

    Top 10 Socialist Atheist Dictators

    Joseph Stalin 43,000,000

    Mao Zedong 38,000,000+

    Adolf Hitler (Darwinist) 21,000,000

    Khubilai Khan 19,000,000

    Hideki Tojo 10,000,000+

    Chiang Kai-shek 10,000,000

    Leopold II 10,000,000

    Genghis Khan 4,000,000

    Vladimir Lenin 4,000,000

    Pol Pot 3,000,000

    -------------------------------

    Total 162,000,000

    Death Toll

  • 7 years ago

    We've had 6000 years of religion, how about we try a 100 years of no religion, it can't get any worse can it?

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