Religion in our society

[rahmad2nd]

The role of religion for some people on this earth is very important, considering that religion is a place to fulfill human needs spiritually. Hinduism is the oldest religion in the world according to experts. however, long before that, the ancients had embraced the belief system of animism and dynamism, and even today many still adhere to this belief system.
Religion plays an important role in the history of human development. to the extent that the development of religion is able to form a social identity with a religious label, then that label creates the distinction between humans and other humans.

On the other hand, crime is not something that is foreign to human life because crime is truly experienced by humans on this earth. within every human being has an immoral dimension that raises the potential to act evil. various kinds of criminal acts that occur on earth confirms that criminal acts already exist in the structure of the human mind itself. religious or not, evil will always exist as long as humans still rule this earth.

note: I used to love to read, and I remember one of the philosophers, Gottfried Leibniz. Leibniz said of all that is possible, God has created the best. in this world there must be evil. man is created imperfect, and in this imperfection, he can have moral vices. because the world is imperfect, humans are victims of physical crime.

[BADecker]

^^^ Like some India religions, creation of the earth is mentioned in the Bible. There is a timeline there that shows that this earth is about 7,500 years old. It is not an easy timeline to follow, and it needs backup from other versions of the Bible than what is generally found in English today.

The point is that the Christian religion goes back to the Beginning, even before the creation of Adam and Eve.

For those of you who listen to the scientists who talk like they know when and how the universe started, consider that there are many unknown things that could easily show that their calculations are probably very wrong. And, because of the way the Bible is written, it also doesn't show the length of time back to the actual beginning of the Universe. The Bible only shows the amount of time back to the making of Adam and Eve on the sixth day, and the five days before.

All time listed before the making of Earth in the Bible - about 7,500 years - is unknown.

[Newlifebtc]

all religions always teach good things, especially manners. but there are people who really understand religion and practice it, there are also people who understand but don't practice it, in other words he knows he made a mistake but he still does it.

and it is lust that drives all these bad deeds. all religions must teach us not to submit to our passions.

for passion can make a king a slave, while patience can make a slave a king.

so human passions are the first to be fought. if we continue to fulfill our desires then, all of that will not have an end, instead it will become greed that controls ourselves.

I think I disagree with that one that want is a fallacy not all religious or all religion teach a good thing song lay religion teach about things but people don't understand until another people or another person from another ethnic group that perform different religion visit their environment so not all religion that teach a good thing in society there is a religion that sacrifices human be and doors religion who sacrifices human be will they call a good religion or a bad religion

[Ebede]

all religions always teach good things, especially manners. but there are people who really understand religion and practice it, there are also people who understand but don't practice it, in other words he knows he made a mistake but he still does it.

and it is lust that drives all these bad deeds. all religions must teach us not to submit to our passions.

for passion can make a king a slave, while patience can make a slave a king.

so human passions are the first to be fought. if we continue to fulfill our desires then, all of that will not have an end, instead it will become greed that controls ourselves.

I think I disagree with that one that want is a fallacy not all religious or all religion teach a good thing song lay religion teach about things but people don't understand until another people or another person from another ethnic group that perform different religion visit their environment so not all religion that teach a good thing in society there is a religion that sacrifices human be and doors religion who sacrifices human be will they call a good religion or a bad religion

I am in support of your sentence because not all religion are right because many of the religion practice abnormal things for their society which even their environment many people who know that their tradition is not well defined will a also inform you if you have go into a deep environment that I have an ancient kind of culture

[Desmong]

So people had taken religion to be very important that there neighborhood. Religion is something we must treat with respect and at the same time we need to respect people around us so that we would not go too extreme in religion and do the things that would make people to ask questions whether we are metally okay or not.

[Wolfblood200$]

Religion has help in civilization and taming of humans who are wild in nature,
But those who have misinterpreted religion are the cause of the ugly face of religion  ,

Religion like every other thing in this world has its good sides and it's bad sides depending on which side you stand in viewing it

It is said that the more the religious centers in a place or dwelling ,the more the sin committed in that area , and that's because evil forces are always around to challenge good will,

There is a saying that states that,  wherever God build His church , the devil also build his shrine nearby.

[Belarge]

I think religion is a practice that directs it followers on a good path, but believe me humans will always remain humans,

Sincerely I don't really think a religion can change a person, except he/she is willing to change.
I believe every religion have it rules and regulations (commandments) but yet people go against it, because there's a belief that there's is forgiveness,

To me, I think religion is a personal thing, it's a matter of the heart, because a group of persons might be same religion practice but just few are doing the right thing, others are just there for eye service,
Example the church(Christians)

Religion I think it's playing a better role though, but the followers are the problem because they would always go contrary to their religion practices.

The persons that are involved in crimes in the society today are of many religion, and I don't think there's is any religion that supports crimes, eg
Killing,
Stealing,
Murder,
Rape, etc
But you will find out that those persons carrying out this crimes are of religion groups that are so much against crimes....

[BADecker]

^^^ The Taliban isn't Christian, is it?     

[BADecker]

^^^ The Taliban isn't Christian, is it?     

A paranoid schizophrenic is not a catatonic schizophrenic, isn't it?

As for Taliban and Christian cults, well, the adherents are just mentally ill, so I am not sure there is much difference
between them.

They all share the same psychopathic manuals, a.k.a. scriptures.

Torah->Talmud->Bible->Quran->Book of Mormon-> ...

All the same BS.

Satan doesn't care which religion. As long as he can get people to deny God, and especially Jesus, their Savior.

Among the best Satan religions are atheism and agnosticism. Islam has a better chance at saving someone, because the Koran mentions Jesus.

[uchegod-21]

A religious man is not a righteous man.
Religion is believed to have the ability to influence the way people behave, but it seems that Religion has failed by not leaving upto expectations. Instead religious people has left the purpose of Religion. They are now in a serious war with one another, fighting on which religion will dominate the earth.
I don't want religion but I want morality and Co existence of humans among other creatures.

[BADecker]

A religious man is not a righteous man.
Religion is believed to have the ability to influence the way people behave, but it seems that Religion has failed by not leaving upto expectations. Instead religious people has left the purpose of Religion. They are now in a serious war with one another, fighting on which religion will dominate the earth.
I don't want religion but I want morality and Co existence of humans among other creatures.

People understand how to act towards other people. It's natural. It goes something like Do unto others what you would have them do unto you. What formal religion is for is to show people what they would like others to do to them, so that they can do these things to other people.

But the main thing of the Christian formal religion is to remind people about God, and to show them Jesus, Who will raise them from the dead on the last day.

[Ever-young]

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

Another thing that must be taken into account is that not everyone practices religion. Even if religion has a good impact on some people, it may not influence others. So, while religion may have a good influence on certain people, it is unlikely to lead to a decrease in crime overall. It's also important to note that religion isn't the sole element influencing people's behaviour. Other factors, such as financial status, education, and upbringing, can also influence outcomes. So it is not as simple as claiming that religion would lower crime. In contrast, if we are raised in a way that encourages selfishness and aggression, we are more likely to participate in illegal activity.

[|MINER|]

Every religion teaches us morality.  Every religion has a message of peace and reconciliation.  If one follows his own religion perfectly I think he cannot indulge in any crime.  Because no religion supports crime.  Religion always shows people the way to peace.  But as the days go by, people's faith in religion is rising.  For which people are going astray and engaging themselves in various crimes.  Crime and corruption trends are increasing day by day in almost every country.  Nothing seems to be able to eliminate them.

[Uhwuchukwu53]

why can't religion reduce the rate of crimes in our society?

Religion as a practice just as you have said does not completely eradicate self and one's nature/attributes. The practice of true religion, just helps to put these attributes under a check. Unfortunately, many do not practice true religion and their true nature that has been set either genetically or environmentally induced, has not been put under check and they only just hide under the the cover of being religious.

This is very clear as the answer speak volume most they way I perceive the question, as long as human being is concerned where what is inside the heart is hidden it's very deficult for any religion to completely cut off crime but can only minimize the rate at which they would have occur through sound teaching and this could only be possible to those who 65% is to practice the true relijion.

Secondly religion don't have any parameters set to measure in how they can cut off crime because it's when you have such parameters that you will check and balance to know if your able to do or not, though people may say that sound religion has the power to cut down crime I don't disagree but can't eliminate it completely based on the human heart difference and the mind construction can't be read by the face many wear religion as cloth and are ready to dropped it at any given time to perpetrate crime.

Just as have said earlier if religion has parameters it's this that will make them know that from so number to next number is crime free and from there they will know what is left to tackle there by achieve it but since no parameters is not possible.

[TEBTC]

The mean reason for religion being introduced into society was for the regulation of the activities of Man to see how human activities and their excess can be contained and now human society has evolved and because of the economic hardship all over the world religion has little or no effect on man now because with what I see is man is now back to that hobbisians state where life is brutish nasty and shot because men will do anything just to survive now

[oktana]

I think that religion is actually reducing the rate of crimes, and we may not be able to tell this because we haven’t lived the world without religion. However, imagine if people didn’t have religion to hinder them from committing various crimes and sins? There are certain things we all could have done but we know it won’t be good by God so we don’t do them. That’s all because of  religion.

[SmartCharpa]

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

Everyone practices religion, but not everyone sticks to the rules. Many individuals do strange things out of their minds, forgetting that religion exists. Their minds have been closed, and they are unconcerned about anything religious. We always claim that the world has come to an end because people no longer follow religion, while some individuals will take someone's life simply to make themselves happy or to get money. Though it is because of religion that we still have peace of mind in some societies, when someone plans to do evil, they will remember religion, whereas others will not, prefer to get whatever they want by all possible means.

It is not everyone of us who is going in the right path right now, there is no more good love, we plan evil against each other, a lot of things are happening that are not supposed to, I keep wondering if this is the end of the world or if it is due to the hard economy. I think that at the end of the day, the reason we have it is that the hard economy is taking us in the wrong direction. Religion will be very hard for us as humans to complete, we can never be in the same direction because of our different thoughts.

[Zanab247]

Your words are completely correct. Religion should make our life a better place to live in, but what happens is the opposite most of the time. I think the reason is the difference in the interpretation of religion. Each person in his own way, every person believes himself is right and the rest of people are wrong, even those who belong To one religion, you find between them a difference of views, conflicts and perhaps hatred. This happens in all the major religions, including Christianity, Judaism and Islam.

Yes, but the bad leaders will have these days are no longer do the right thing their forefathers was doing for the betterment of their religion in the society than to do what will benefit them and their entire family.

Religion is to make people to love themselves, and do things that will make them know that they are one in the religion but some group of people that is benefiting from crimes and other negative things in the society, we never allow things like that to reign among the people in the society because their voices will no longer be heard anymore.

 Christian, Judaism and Islam believe that they are calling or serving one God but they will never allow Islam to marry Christian, and Christian will never allow their children to marry or relate to Judaism, and those are the things affecting our religion today causing killing and crimes everywhere.

[Dewiana]

Do you not know the heart of man is full of greed. The poor beg but not enough, many turned to scammers. Some rich people are full of greed, and do not think of second alternative than to betray their working partner. Although what is wrong is wrong, but the world is not balance. Religion help to an extent, because if not religion, people will be worse than this. The world is pleasurable for people that have enough to enjoy, and many saying 'the spirit is willing, but the flesh is week'.

All religions teach good things and prevent all forms of evil, but this is not done by humans due to a lack of faith in humans and a very minimal level of understanding of religion, thus creating shortcuts to obtain wealth through brutal methods, such as robbery. , and kill, even though it is only momentary satisfaction without thinking about the effects that will occur. So over time it becomes a bad habit. If you have faith within yourself and continue to hone your spiritual knowledge then that will not happen, and this religion is a way to cleanse our soul and body. When we have already sinned, there is still a way to cleanse the soul, namely by repenting and not repeating the act again.

[Jewan420]

We all belong to religion but very few people follow the principles of religion. Only one thing is responsible for all the murders, fights, wars and hatreds in the world and that is greed. Due to greed, brothers are killed, friends become enemies and even the wars of one country with another are responsible for this greed of people. Greed is of various types, greed for money, greed for power and greed for wealth etc. Religion never supports greed. But people are only greedy.