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Originally posted by CSflim
Do you think that the world would be a better place without religion?
If you could snap your fingers and make religion instantly disappear into some hazy disatnt memory, would you?
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I suppose you are correct about the necessity of the assumption - this discussion would be irrelevant otherwise.
As for snapping your fingers and making religion disappear - I think it brings up something to consider: would any such change be permanent? 'Religion,' in its many forms are at their core a way of life coupled with an rationalization/explanation of things unexplainable. I think regardless of how many times you wipe the memory of religion from the world, religion will always resurface. Religion would not exist today if there were not a need or desire for it. There is very little other than religion that can offer what the faithful think religion offers - that is what makes them unique.