Religion, Why is it still there?

[BADecker]

^^^ But there's the little point that people who don't think about religion at all, still hang onto that religion of not so thinking.

Maybe they like the funeral of that religion so they were sticking with it.

But of course. And their death is the death of all religion for them. But the resurrection will show them the only true religion... when it is way too late to accept it for any good purpose. Then comes the judgment of the kind of religion they had in life, and the punishment or reward.

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[af_newbie]

^^^ But there's the little point that people who don't think about religion at all, still hang onto that religion of not so thinking.

Maybe they like the funeral of that religion so they were sticking with it.

But of course. And their death is the death of all religion for them. But the resurrection will show them the only true religion... when it is way too late to accept it for any good purpose. Then comes the judgment of the kind of religion they had in life, and the punishment or reward.

Or the atoms in your body are recycled to form something else, and nothing happens.

[BADecker]

^^^ But there's the little point that people who don't think about religion at all, still hang onto that religion of not so thinking.

Maybe they like the funeral of that religion so they were sticking with it.

But of course. And their death is the death of all religion for them. But the resurrection will show them the only true religion... when it is way too late to accept it for any good purpose. Then comes the judgment of the kind of religion they had in life, and the punishment or reward.

Or the atoms in your body are recycled to form something else, and nothing happens.

Now you are talking about something happens while we are alive... in the restroom.

[Astargath]

religion is necessary for humanity. like air, water, but everyone chooses what to believe. and what is truth

Its only needed if you are weak minded and feel the need of a senseless purpose like going to heaven. Im fairly sure most religious people dont really give much thought to the idea of heaven which makes 0 sense and has really no purpose aside from living forever i guess

[styca]

I'm not massively anti-religion, but I do think that religion often serves as a way to abdicate personal responsibility. In some ways it's the same as being a child - children are supposed to live carefree lives, because as children they have little responsibility for their own circumstances, the responsibility is all with their parents. As an adult though, you are supposed to be a fully autonomous being, and everything you do, every action you take, is your own doing and your own responsibility. This can be scary, and I'm sure it can be easier in some circumstances and for some people to defer that responsibility by passing it on to some other higher agency - God being the perfect substitute. Similarly if you are faced with some appalling event that it can be difficult to process - it may be easier to bear if you consider it as being all part of some higher plan.

[Nwokocha]

Religion has helped maintain civilization where laws have failed us. Legislators gather everyday to enact laws that are considered inferior by most citizens and hence, they go about breaking those laws where as religion has been made a part of us such that even though we go astray from our teachings we have a consciousness  that tells us how wrong we are and should seek retribution. This is a self conscious thought without an enforcing body telling us what to do and i believe this makes us quite human and not animals.

[BADecker]

Religion is here because people are religion-based beings. There are 3 basic categories that people fall into regarding religion:
1. The people who know it and adhere to it;
2. The people who don't think about it, and have a religion of non-focus on religion;
3. The people who deny religion, thereby having the religion of non-religion.

Which category do you fall into?

[nofreecoins]

Well, you got religion, you got government, and then you got societies that work togheter for ends perhaps not many like.
All need another to survive and all need another to keep power, however I'm certain that we wouldn't do much better if we so malleable or "scareable".

[BADecker]

Well, you got religion, you got government, and then you got societies that work togheter for ends perhaps not many like.
All need another to survive and all need another to keep power, however I'm certain that we wouldn't do much better if we so malleable or "scareable".

Except that societies and governments collapse when people leave them. But the people always take their religion with them, even if they don't know it.

[Sutters Mill]

I think it comes down to fear and ignorance mostly. Most people don't want to look into the reality of existence because the truth behind it scares the hell out of them. For a lot of people they'd just rather shut off their brain and not have to think about something that no human can fully explain and they put everything on a creator because that's the easiest and most comfortable explanation for them rather than the cold, harsh truth. I think most believers are petrified of death or even worse punishment by god for not believing in them so they just fall back on their belief because that's what helps them sleep better at night and get through life. If you told or could convince these people that when you die you're just dead and there's truly not really much point to existence at the end of it all then a lot of them would lose their grip on reality or go all nihilistic and crazy. I've literally heard religious people - mostly Christians - say something along the lines of well what's stopping you from just going out and raping and murdering people. Well if the only thing that is stopping them from raping and murdering is their belief in god or an afterlife then firstly these aren't very good people and secondly imagine what would happen if you took that belief away from them. Would all these devoutly religious people lose all sense of morality and go crazy and start braking the law because nothing matters if there's no god? That's a scary thing to think about and that's why religion is such a strong phenomenon because it does give peace and comfort to a lot of people.