Religion in our society

[TheNineClub]

Religion practitioners are not exempt from doing awful things to others, as seen time and time again. So even full-on devotion to religion would not suddenly and magically lower crime rates. That's because in the real world we can compartmentalize, separating personal beliefs from other agendas. Religion as a set of moral guidelines is a fine concept, but religion itself did not invent those moral concepts, it merely embraced them as an addition to its beliefs (there are distinct separation between religion in terms of spirituality and in terms of morality), so the question is, why even have religion for morality if those concepts can come outside of religion. I do not need someone frightening me into being a moral person by invoking eternal damnation if not done in such and such manner. If I am not, as a person, able to come to grips with my societies morals, then my moral compass is off to begin with, and someone beating me with a stick over the head (religion) to abide by those moral standards will ultimately yield to nothing (as shown by many religious people doing amoral things).

[Cnut237]

why even have religion for morality if those concepts can come outside of religion. I do not need someone frightening me into being a moral person by invoking eternal damnation if not done in such and such manner.

There's the other side to this, as well. I'd argue that it's impossible for a religious person to commit a truly selfless act, because their expectation of being rewarded for doing good things (going to heaven) is inseparable from any other motivations they may have had in performing the act.

Someone loses their pet cat and offers a $1,000 reward. They live 30 miles away. You find the cat.
If you return the cat, how can you say for certain that the reward played no part in your decision?

If you act in accordance with religious tenets, then this says zero about whether you acted ethically.

[Lordhermes]

Religion has been in our society right from time even in the days of our forefathers,because they had a belief and something they worshipped whether good or bad,and they lived together without problem,therefore in today's generation,religion must be encouraged because it is that thing we belief that tends to protect us or be our God who answers us when we pray to him.

But we must try to discourage religious intolerance because it is what brings conflicts and crises in our society.

[Quintom]

Religion is one of the major problems facing us in the world today in so many countries, we claim to be holier than thou, some people even even think or feels they are holier than our Lord Jesus Christ himself with the way they live their lives, for example in Pentecostal churches, you'll see different church members arguing on who is serving God more or best,you'll see them comparing the pastors preaching,you'll even see them trying to discriminate or find faults in the pastors preaching. This is what religion has caused, so people misunderstood the Bible and we'll be living a terrible life in the name of "living holy"
God should help us 🙏
Religion is causing damages to the world of today.

[Zlantann]

The world is dying and everything in it is gradually loosing value. The lifespan of man reduces everyday. Materialism now rules the world. The rich are celebrated regardless of how their wealth was made.

I have read some Holy Books of different religion and I have observed that most religious people don't practice what is written.
No religion encourage materialism. Not one supported oppression and killings. Men's choice to do evil is not the product of any religion.

The teachings of Jesus and Buddha can bring peace an equality to mankind.

[Agbe]

Religion is used to weaken the aggressive mindset of human being in the society. According to Cuba, religion is opium which makes man to forget his actions which he would taken.

Religion can't reduced crime in the society because the poverty level in the world is higher than the rich and also the unequal level also causes crime. The rich people are oppressing the poor and that makes class struggle. So at that stage, the poor people will be forced to commit crime to survive because the religion did not provide the necessary needs for them.

[Edith1994]

The Bible says the judgment of God will start from the church because there is nothing you can't find in the church, weakness, backbiting, politics, killing, stealing and so on even the bad ones has over shadow the good ones.

The religion which is the church is now the fundamentals of corruptions so how will they change the society

[Markinzo]

These days people tend to attach themselves to a particular religion to hide their real color. Otherwise which religion in the world supports killings and destruction of properties? So when some persons tend to cause evil to their fellow man they use religion as a shade to backup their evil works and act. It's just unfortunate religion is losing its place in society due to how it has been used by many to perpetrate evil.

[im posible]

Religion exists to regulate life in the entire universe so that it runs in balance. Humans without being equipped with religion or faith and only using their reason and lust to live life then they will have no limits to know what is good and what is bad. Because humans are never satisfied with what they already have, religion is needed to control human desires so as not to cause damage.

[Lordhermes]

We can't really do without religion,and at the same religion has cause some damages to us in some aspects,because it looks like the Muslims are always against the christians most atimes just because they do not share thesame religious believe.War and conflicts tries to surface when they have this kind of believe,and it leads to religious intolerance.
And when one religion could not accomodate another in a particular country,the end point is war.

[Asiska02]

I believe all religion teaches peace and unity, love for one another. If everyone truly believe, respect and follow the teachings of his/her own religion everything in the world will be going smoothly. But all this happens because of the bad eggs that can be found in all these religions. No religion has 100% follower who believe and follow all the teachings of its religion hence the destruction, war and lack of unity. I believe if all religion can have at least 90-95% good followers and follow the teachings, then the world will be at peace as the good people will supersede the bad ones.

[Spontaneous]

why can't religion reduce the rate of crimes in our society?
Religion: I believe religion is a practice that teaches ways of good conducts and we all tend to found ourselves in a religion. I'm so sure all religion talks about good that leads man to the right track, correction from evil, love for one another, peace. But we still come across killings and all sort of different crimes in our society. If the society should practice our individual religion which they tend to belong, i feel the world would be a better place for mankind

    People now is hard to please them to change even their self they can't tolerate and that's people now who live in this generation. More people forgot their religion their spiritual has blinded by the advantage things like technology, Social Media and many more to influence . That's why people now has change by the time on what they want and , because of debt in life or living vulnerable and human is precious that easily to temptation but hoping that their some people still had a good righteous heart to continue doing God's will.

[Bamjos]

I feel religion can't reduce (nor put an end) to crime in our society, in fact, Christianity as a religion does not preach that there won't be crime or evil, the scripture (Bible) mentioned in 2 Timothy 3:1-2 that
"1 This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.
2 For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,", if we read the chapter further, the scripture (Bible) stated those behaviors that will be exhibited by people in the end time, this mean there would be crime, evil and even suffering in the world and there's nothing we can do about it. Yeah, it sounded appriopriate to say that religion should be able to cub evil, but it's so sad that the opposite is what we experience, and truly, nothing could be done about that, we are in the end time!

[Asiska02]

Many people belong to different religion and have different beliefs. One thing is common that all these religion’s teaches, to love one another, peace, unity, harmony etc. Every religion teaches positivity but the negativity comes in from the negative thoughts of man, quest for power and greed, this spoilt everything. You always find one bad beans in a group of beans that will affect the rest negatively. But nevertheless, the good ones will always overcome the bad ones if they’re determined for it.

[Lordhermes]

Many people belong to different religion and have different beliefs. One thing is common that all these religion’s teaches, to love one another, peace, unity, harmony etc. Every religion teaches positivity but the negativity comes in from the negative thoughts of man, quest for power and greed, this spoilt everything. You always find one bad beans in a group of beans that will affect the rest negatively. But nevertheless, the good ones will always overcome the bad ones if they’re determined for it.

Exactly,discrimination is one of the reasons why religious intolerance is active in the world. It is in the constitution,that human rights like freedom of worship should not be violated,that is to say that man as well as human being have the right to worship what ever they tend to worship,so that shouldn't cause any chaos in the society,but unfortunately,human being cannot love one another nomatter what,that is why there will always be issues and problems among humans.

[hashrateproducts]

Exactly,discrimination is one of the reasons why religious intolerance is active in the world. It is in the constitution,that human rights like freedom of worship should not be violated,that is to say that man as well as human being have the right to worship what ever they tend to worship,so that shouldn't cause any chaos in the society,but unfortunately,human being cannot love one another nomatter what,that is why there will always be issues and problems among humans.

There's are so many people who practice different religion in the world today. Although there are 6 great religion in the world. We have Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Buddaism and Hindaism.  All these religion have the same purpose, they teach about the same love, rights of a believer. But due to the mindset Man has, he as Backslide, and want power and materialistic things of the world. These stuffs has made him ready to do anything just to acquire what he really desires. Normally, it's a big task to keep Each rules and regulations that govern the people of these different religion. The religious beliefs are based on what you believe, not what you see,  It's within you.

[SeezeFire]

i have had a few friends tell me that Bitcoin and other Cryptos are Haram.
its a perplexing to see such comments in modern times like today.

[NoorulHuda]

Yes Of course Religion metter for society or for a man. But there is devil. Who always try to throw you on wrong side. The man can only go on right way by the blessings of God.

[Ahli38]

Religion has taught what can be done and what is forbidden. and when people obey religious rules. then I also believe this world will be better. and the most appropriate question regarding this is Why do people not want to obey the religion they profess?
so it's not a question of why religion can't reduce crime rates. but this is a question of why people do not want to obey their religion.

and the answer is very simple, that is because everyone has a desire in him. This desire has both good and bad.
bad desires such as greed, envy, jealousy, pride and wanting to be the most superior (ria).

 religion has taught to control these bad desires and managed to become good. such as greed can be made into the path of goodness if he is greedy looking for treasure but he still does not harm others and often helps people who need help.

and sometimes we can not directly blame the people who do evil. because there must be a reason why he could be evil. maybe he had been hurt by people so that his heart went blind.
so start improving yourself and never hurt others because we don't know the people we hurt can turn into criminals because they've been hurt.
let's hold fast to a religion that definitely teaches goodness.

[dataispower]

Yes Of course Religion metter for society or for a man. But there is devil. Who always try to throw you on wrong side. The man can only go on right way by the blessings of God.

For first time what is religion? That is first thing we should ask ourselves, religion is a doctrine of a particular group or particular set of people stay or living in one territory, religion make people to behave differently and mostly changes our mindset, that is why when making reference with religion it is very difficult to differentiate the impact of religion to the societies, i can agree with you by the emphasis of man can be right by the blessings of God, which way of God is also some people religion, kind of life