Does religion destroy or improve society? Because many sociologists said religion is nothing ,...

@Wateribbon I told the basic definition of religion with respect to god that I have been told my dear. Many places may have many other definitions.. Your view of religion may be different too : ) by de way I am an atheist and you know it..

Indianboy

You see the current situation in the world, it is slowly destroying everything. People are fighting in the name of religion and that is more prominent in Asia.

Temporallube · M

There are things in it that work and I think that’s obvious.

By conditioning the imagination, and filling it with characters of “heaven and prosperity”, and “disobedience and hell”, it brings a type of order, pacification, forced cooperation or otherwise, and a means for the group at the top to get as much subsistence as possible.

With that being said, the cost to the collective of our species has seen more violence, inequity, and unfair treatment under the thumb of religious ideas (I speak of the Abrahamic faiths in particular).

So in some ways there are improvements. But in many ways there are levels of destruction.

ABCDEF7 · M

Every religion thinks differently, And there are different school of thoughts outside the conventional thinking of the different religions. So there are many possible answers to your question.

Convivial · 26-30, F

It does both, and it depends on the person.... Some will calmly accept it and be comforted by it... Others will ram it down everyone's throat and try to make them conform.... They are the dangerous ones...

Lyfis2live

Depends what one makes out of theirs and elses'.

First thought: Religion is rely on the humanE self within one's own n All others.

hippyjoe1955 · 70-79, M

Humans are innately religious. Religion is simply what you believe and put your trust in. Modern society is no less religious than our distant ancestors who threw virgins into a volcano to appease the gods and bring rain. We may have changed our gods but we still have the same belief in the gods of our creation. The question we have to ask ourselves and it is a difficult question given our present gods tell us that things will always improve no matter how much damage we do to our society is simply this: Is our present society better or worse now that we have rid ourselves of the Christian God/ethos?

hartfire · 61-69

Try reading Yuval Noah Harari's Sapiens: A brief history of humankind.
It shows, quite convincingly I think, that religions have made it possible for tribes to bind together into nations. WHen everyone has roughly the same expectations of how to behave, trade and cooperation with stranger becomes much easier.

It's very complex. Any religion can become divisive and destructive if used in the wrong ways.

PicturesOfABetterTomorrow · 41-45, M

There is no right answer because there are probably hundreds if not thousands of religions and for most people you have no clue what they believe.

I think it can become a problem with religions like Christianity where there is a perceived duty to impose their beliefs on everyone.

Not not all religions operate like that.

Than you have people of faith who don't belong to a formal religion. There is no simple answer.

Chaoshead · 22-25, M

Jesus

TheOneyouwerewarnedabout · 46-50, MVIP

There’s a distinct behaviour difference between god fearing ppl and godless heathens 😀

AngelKrish · 26-30, M

Freedom 🤪

SW-User

Religion can do good but there are some people who are born to ruin everything.

Also if religious people can leave judging others to God , religion will improve society.

SW-User

It can do both. I really depends upon what is meant by religion and how it is used as to whether it benefits or harms.

DocSavage · M

Two examples I read about today.
Muslin professor may face death because he protested the ban on female university students by the religious government
.Catholic schools want to ban children from same sex marriages from attending.
Religion is using itself as an excuse for personal bigotry. That can’t be good.

RebelliousSpirit · F

That depends on the religion. I think Buddhism adds value to a society.

Durkheim probably conducted his research at a time when the majority of the society he researched was of the same faith. In this instance it definitely is a binding factor. But if there are many different faiths and denominations that all claim absolute truth chaos breaks loose. Christianity destroys more than it builds up.

SW-User

It defines a society.

Quetzalcoatlus · 46-50, M

Depends on the religion

HollyW · 18-21, F

In its current state religion is a blessing and a curse. This is because it requires people to sacrifice reasonableness for a demented sense of desirability. Having future hopes is good, but it shouldn't be at the expense of sanity and freedom.

SlaveEt · 36-40, F

Overall religion has been a detriment to society. It has divided us more than united, kept us ignorant and poor. The few benefits it does provide would be better gained from secular pursuits.

DunningKruger · 61-69, M

Religion is a cancer.

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