RELIGION IT'S POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE IMPACT ON SOCIETY

[I_am_the_Cosmos]

The impact of something is deternmined by how we use it.

Religion plays a crucial role for a person in giving a cultural identity. Each religion has festivals, traditions, mythologies which form a part of the tangible and intangible heritage of the country. Thus, religion contributes in order to protect this heritage and also adds to the diversity in the country.

Religion helps in creating an ethical framework and also a regulator for values in day to day life. This particular approach helps in character building of a person. In other words, Religion acts as an agency of socialization. Thus, religion helps in building values like love, empathy, respect, and harmony.

People are always on the quest of fulfilling the economic and material pursuits in today’s world. It is the religion which plays a crucial role in establishing our connection to the divine and developing the belief that there is a supreme energy that acts as a regulator in our day to day lives. Thus, the components of prayer, chants, hymns, etc. creates the spiritual bond.

Each and every religion promotes its philosophy and the crux of it has always been the welfare and wellness of the people. For example, in the Sanatana Dharma, there are ideas like Vasudaiva Kutumbakam (the whole world is a family), Sarve Sukhina Bhavantu (let everyone be happy) which nurture and cultivate love and compassion in the society.

[Natsuu]

^^^ But the people of the science religion realize that they aren't going to be saved by science. They know that they are doomed. But they keep hoping that science will find a way to everlasting life for them. In fact, that's the driving force behind the scientists promoting Covid and a mRNA vaccine for it.

"IN FACT, that's the driving force behind the scientists....." Are you a scientist yourself? do you work with scientist to have a solid deduction that they've said those things? or do you have a solid evidence, record that shows somehow?

Cause if theres non, then thats not a fact, thats your own opinion.

You must work with scientists. Notice that you want to follow their silly religion.

I am the one asking the question, cause you drop a "weighted statement" without giving supporting details, documents, records that will prove you .

[BADecker]

^^^ But the people of the science religion realize that they aren't going to be saved by science. They know that they are doomed. But they keep hoping that science will find a way to everlasting life for them. In fact, that's the driving force behind the scientists promoting Covid and a mRNA vaccine for it.

"IN FACT, that's the driving force behind the scientists....." Are you a scientist yourself? do you work with scientist to have a solid deduction that they've said those things? or do you have a solid evidence, record that shows somehow?

Cause if theres non, then thats not a fact, thats your own opinion.

You must work with scientists. Notice that you want to follow their silly religion.

I am the one asking the question, cause you drop a "weighted statement" without giving supporting details, documents, records that will prove you .

Well, I'm not going to drop a bunch of links for this, but here it is...

Einstein's Theory of Relativity has been a theory for a long time... well over 100 years. This means that it is known to not be proven to be factual, and the length that it has been a theory shows that it should be dropped from theory to some lesser category. But you almost can't find a scientist who uses it, and at the same time acts like it is only a theory. Most of them will say "theory." But most of them will treat it as fact.

Now, if Einstein's Theory of Relativity happened to be the only theory that was treated as fact, we would have a "Einstein's Theory of Relativity Religion." But the thing is, many scientific theories are treated as fact. Take Big Bang Theory for example. Everybody knows that the universe is around 13.5 billion years old, because the BB theory says so. Yet, it's just a theory, and one that can be collapsed quite easily.

Right in the theories alone science has become a great big religion.

[Masplanc]

In my society or the society at large Religion has been my basic concern, have been seeing the role religion is playing, the positive and negative aspect of it.

   So today you will tell me the positive and negative impact of it in your society or Environment.
  I go first,the positive aspect of it have seen is it brings unity among group of people, while d negative aspect of it is too much;
(1) so many people have been brain washed all in the name of Religion
(2) people spends more time to their religion which has affected so many lives
(3) people think religion will liberate them from poverty.

Religion has a lot of positive impact to the society
Religion is to give correction, rebuke, direction on how to live life.
But when one ties himself to religion too much , makes  one to be ignorant

[Renampun]

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(3) people think religion will liberate them from poverty.

in my religion, there is no promise to be rich if I embrace it...
It cannot be denied that some people think that they are blessed because they embrace a religion with a good job and also abundant wealth, they don't really understand the purpose of religion itself. for me religion is a measure of positive life because without it I do not know what is good and bad.

[af_newbie]

In my society or the society at large Religion has been my basic concern, have been seeing the role religion is playing, the positive and negative aspect of it.

   So today you will tell me the positive and negative impact of it in your society or Environment.
  I go first,the positive aspect of it have seen is it brings unity among group of people, while d negative aspect of it is too much;
(1) so many people have been brain washed all in the name of Religion
(2) people spends more time to their religion which has affected so many lives
(3) people think religion will liberate them from poverty.

Religion has a lot of positive impact to the society
Religion is to give correction, rebuke, direction on how to live life.
But when one ties himself to religion too much , makes  one to be ignorant

So religion is like cocaine. 

In small, infrequent doses it can cure your cold, but when used frequently
and copiously it can destroy you and the people around you.

[BADecker]

In my society or the society at large Religion has been my basic concern, have been seeing the role religion is playing, the positive and negative aspect of it.

   So today you will tell me the positive and negative impact of it in your society or Environment.
  I go first,the positive aspect of it have seen is it brings unity among group of people, while d negative aspect of it is too much;
(1) so many people have been brain washed all in the name of Religion
(2) people spends more time to their religion which has affected so many lives
(3) people think religion will liberate them from poverty.

Religion has a lot of positive impact to the society
Religion is to give correction, rebuke, direction on how to live life.
But when one ties himself to religion too much , makes  one to be ignorant

So religion is like cocaine.  

In small, infrequent doses it can cure your cold, but when used frequently
and copiously it can destroy you and the people around you.

All you are saying is that you don't even realize that everybody has his own religion? In other words, there are 7.5 billion religions on earth. Just because a person says he is part of this or that religion, doesn't mean that he believes just the same as any other person in that religion.

And that is the point. Trying to emulate some group religion, or the religion of somebody else, actually turns a person's religion into the religion of hypocricy.

It's kinda like you, running around loose with a religion of non-religion.

[Rruchi man]

Exactly @ op religion has caused and brought so much propaganda in our recent society many believers today argue blindly about religion and Christianity ✝️ there’s indeed a close thin line between the both and it is often confused for being outrightly religious, most pastors now try to extort money from their congregation all in the name of offerings and tithes once more again religion has brought more negativity and comparisons in our society than I can literally imagine.

Although the issue with Christianity is often the focus behind many people's response like this, Religion does not just pertain to Christianity , church services and pastors. Religion is a general organized set of beliefs that a group of persons hold dear. As a matter of fact, if you follow world history, even before the origin of Christianity, humans always sought to place beliefs in things or forces they could not see as a way to feel connected to a source.
When one begins to fall deep into those beliefs and starts to eliminate normal human logical reasoning, one has become too religious, and when one becomes too religious, he/she begins to act as though they have been brainwashed, and this is a major problem.

[BADecker]

When it comes right down to it, a person's private, personal religion is based on his freedom to choose a group, or no group at all.

Without freedom to chose there would be no religion, and without religion, there would be no freedom to choose.

Religion is essential for people to have life as people. If they didn't have this freedom, they would simply be like animals, acting out of instinct, rather than choice.

[af_newbie]

When it comes right down to it, a person's private, personal religion is based on his freedom to choose a group, or no group at all.

Without freedom to chose there would be no religion, and without religion, there would be no freedom to choose.

Religion is essential for people to have life as people. If they didn't have this freedom, they would simply be like animals, acting out of instinct, rather than choice.

Religion does not offer freedom.  It offers fear, servitude, submission, and bondage.

Religions are institutionalized cults.

[Poker Player]

Except that there is no sound, scientific evidence that the earth is older than about 5,000 years.

What there is no scientific evidence for is most of the nonsense you write.

Nowadays religion has a decreasing importance, thank god, we could say, lol.

Historically, religion has primarily been a method of social control. Partly as a tool to enhance cohesion, like a tribal affiliation, fighting together for the glory of your deity, as a proxy for a flag, or other symbol. Partly also as a tool to enforce good behaviour... god as an all-seeing all-knowing invisible policeman... if transgressions against the prescribed moral code are automatically punished in the afterlife, then you as a leader have less need to surveil your citizens.

The clearest example of this is the Middle Ages, when religion served to reinforce the subjugation of the majority of the population in the estates. One had to suffer in this life because God would reward in the next.

[Cnut237]

Einstein's Theory of Relativity has been a theory for a long time... [...] But you almost can't find a scientist who uses it

I'm sorry, but this claim is utter nonsense. There are plenty of examples of application of the theory today. To take one: GPS. If this didn't account for relativistic time dilation, it simply wouldn't work. Also, if we ignored Einstein and stuck with Newton's notion of a privileged reference frame, if we said there was absolute space and absolute time, rather than them being relative, then how would electromagnetism exist? Field changes would be propagated instantaneously. It's absurd. Newton was a genius, but a genius from the 17th C. Things have moved on somewhat since then. The idea of an absolute reference frame is an anachronism. Science advances, and understanding advances because of this.

The question of why relativity is a 'theory' is a little more complex. I have no desire to get into a discussion with you on scientific terminology. The important point here is that relativity - unlike, say, religion - is falsifiable. Experiments can be performed where if the results went a certain way, it would disprove relativity. And despite many attempts to do so, relativity has not been falsified. Experimental evidence demonstrates that it reflects reality extremely accurately.

[Xinarae*]

Change is the naturalness of time the infallible religion of time but the type nature and sequence of change are not under the control of time and space. Change in society due to religion can be desirable undesirable and positive negative religion makes life easier for people in society and thinks about the hereafter and prays for those who follow their religion the change of religion creates a comprehensive idea about the present and the future. Religious meditations religious doctrines the validity of religion and the practices customs rituals and related political and social changes related to the practice of religion.

[m. yasir]

I think religion is acceptable because it is rational and has a positive impact on society.
religion is a way of life about belief in a creator which includes rules or laws that must
 be carried out by all
 followers in every life and if they do not obey there will be a period of reprisal which becomes a risk for sinners.

[af_newbie]

I think religion is acceptable because it is rational and has a positive impact on society.
religion is a way of life about belief in a creator which includes rules or laws that must
 be carried out by all
 followers in every life and if they do not obey there will be a period of reprisal which becomes a risk for sinners.

Religions are irrational.  Buraqs/horses with human faces could not exist. In Bronze Age, women who did not have vaginal sex could not get pregnant.  Angels, demons, and other mythical figures do not exist.  Hell and heaven do not exist.  We checked.

Religions have a negative impact on human progress.

Most religious 'laws' are illegal in civilized countries.  For example:

1. Killing people who work on Sabbath is illegal
2. Killing gays is illegal
3. Discrimination of women is illegal
4. Stoning is illegal
5. Burning of witches is illegal

[BADecker]

Your 1-5 are simply religious ideals that some hold dear... same as the reverse of your 1-5 are other religious ideals that others hold dear.

All of your 1-5 are legal if they are done in a legal system that holds them to be legal. But they are illegal if they are done in a legal system that says they are illegal.

Your animosity against legal systems that do things differently than you want, is some of what makes for wars. You ain't smart enough to figure out what is fundamentally right or wrong.

[af_newbie]

Your 1-5 are simply religious ideals that some hold dear... same as the reverse of your 1-5 are other religious ideals that others hold dear.

All of your 1-5 are legal if they are done in a legal system that holds them to be legal. But they are illegal if they are done in a legal system that says they are illegal.

Your animosity against legal systems that do things differently than you want, is some of what makes for wars. You ain't smart enough to figure out what is fundamentally right or wrong.

Killing men who have sex with other men is wrong. Killing people who work 7 days a week is wrong.

Religious peoples' moral compass is skewed; if they even have one.

You might be a closet serial killer if you think 1-5 should be legal.

[BADecker]

Your 1-5 are simply religious ideals that some hold dear... same as the reverse of your 1-5 are other religious ideals that others hold dear.

All of your 1-5 are legal if they are done in a legal system that holds them to be legal. But they are illegal if they are done in a legal system that says they are illegal.

Your animosity against legal systems that do things differently than you want, is some of what makes for wars. You ain't smart enough to figure out what is fundamentally right or wrong.

Killing men who have sex with other men is wrong. Killing people who work 7 days a week is wrong. - Not wrong in a society that has such executions as their legal law.

Religious peoples' moral compass is skewed; if they even have one. - Right! It's about time you change your wrong moral compass, and start believing in the God of the Bible.

You might be a closet serial killer if you think 1-5 should be legal.

In the USA societies, 1-5 probably are not appropriate laws to be made. However, in some racial groups within the USA lands, such laws would be entirely appropriate if they WERE made. So we see that racism is unjust in the USA. Why? Because the races of BLM and Antifa do all kinds of things that you don't like. But they are allowed... why?

1-5 are right if the societies wherein they are exercised, exercise them legally. What? Are you trying to make people of other races slaves to your ideals? Sounds to me like you are a professional slave-maker.

[Natsuu]

^^^

As he said, religion is irrational, and so are you.

You emphasized the "BIBLE" which is "Christian religion" how about the others, do their rules matter to you?

Does eating a blood matter to you, cause in christian catholic, you can eat blood while in others you can't.

In Muslim, pork is not supposed to be eaten while in christians, it is allowed.

Thus religion is irrational, as they limit everything based on their own beliefs, and disowns others who contradicts their laws.

[FinneysTrueVision]

I used to be religious when I was younger. As I grew older I saw people who use religion to justify discrimination of certain groups. I think many Christians are hypocrites and pick and choose which aspects of the Bible they want to follow. There is also something strange about worshipping a being who you cannot see and who cannot talk to you. Religion has held us back in many ways. There are some things which are not considered morally acceptable but they don't harm any third parties and there is no logical reason why we can't do these things.