One day the sun of reason will expel the cloud of superstition. Is anybody else happy about this?

Question

As the world learns and advances the oppression caused by religion will eventually fade out and the world will know peace like never before.

Answer 1

Nice, but I'm too skeptical to believe in that, people are manipulative little b*stards....

Answer 2

Ok! I'm up for it!

Answer 3

If there is no God, then you are an accident of nature. Your thoughts are just chemicals firing randomly in your brain. If there is no God then you have no philosophical basis for Reason as you can't know that you are even thinking the right thoughts. If there is no God, then on what are you basing your "morality?" If there is no God there is no philosophical basis for morality - its just opinion - and not even a reasoned opinion because it come from a brain that's randomly firing neurons and dispersing chemicals.

Yet you obviously believe (inconsistently with your disbelief of God) in Reason and Morality. You believe in it so much that you didn't have to explain what such an animal was in making your argument. Your argument assumes a universal understanding of logic AND Morality.

Only a FAITH in God provides the philosophical basis for REASON and MORALITY. I believe in Reason because I believe in a God of Logic. I understand that there is a universal sense of morality, a set of standards that is universally taken for granted (as you demonstrated by appealing to such in your argument) because there is a LAW GIVER who is moral. So your argument falls down because it requires that you assume that there is universal standard of Reason and Morality, but for no good . . . well  . . reason.

Answer 4

Every religion is about peace. Thing is, extremists get carried away, and conflict arises when one "group" tries to either get the others to join them, or tells them what they believe in is bs.

"Without a path to follow, people get lost."

Answer 5

the average human of average intelligence requires guidance offered by religion.

if someday the average intelligence is doubled, perhaps reasoning can help us. but as of now, i would rather these average people believe in a religion so I can predict their actions up to a certain extent then leave them to their "reasoning" abilities.

To I am Ron

Religious groups may have set up a lot of charitable orgs, keep in mind though the biggest charitable contributor in the world are the Japanese, who mostly do not practice any religion. America on the other hand have a lot of christians but is among the last in international charity. Strangely though we spend the MOST in the world when it comes to advertising that we have donated money to the poor or needy, and sometimes the boosting advertising cost is greater then the actual money we donated. WOW.  

So dismiss the theorey that religion is required for charity.

Answer 6

I sure hope you're right, friend.

Answer 7

You mean the Son of Reason, don't you??

Answer 8

lol...lol...wow...do you understand reason does not equate to objective truth...reason is subjective...people can use reason why its ok to kill someone...and people can use reason why it wrong to kill someone...reason is only a tool for thinking...not an arbitrator of truth...

add on...i'm religious...and i used reason to answer your question...so which part of blind obedience did i use to answer this...or could your concept of religious people be bigoted and naive...

Answer 9

This has already heppened with the emergence of Islam.

Answer 10

Religious Oppression?

Religion founded some of the biggest charities in the world. Salvation Army, others, founded with a religious connotation in mind.

How can you take away something that makes 5 billion people of the world happy? That could only bring chaos. For the most part, 90% of religious people are NOT zealots, so you have the wrong idea in mind.

Greed, revenge, necessity, have all killed more people and caused more oppression than religion.

Answer 11

And not a day too soon

Answer 12

What has the world learned? Or better yet, what has it taught itself to be good? Peace without religion. How do you get rid of religion? By killing those who want to be religious? If that's the case, you can start with me because your idea of peace is not one I want to live in.

Answer 13

There will NEVER be a day when everyone will believe the same thing.  There will always be a group that disagrees with you.

If we both agree on everything, one of us is redundant.  and I want your stuff.

Answer 14

The religious virus will mutate out in few more generations, but if peace is desired, you have to be ready for war.

Answer 15

FMKO told you good.

Answer 16

The only time this earth will be at peace is when Jesus returns.