Why should we protect religion?

Question

i from China. and I know every bad things done by communist party. And I support the suggetion of protectting human rights in China.

But I don't think people should believe in any god as such GOD just don't exist. Especially so the called living GOD, like dalai lama, Japanese emperor, Falun-gong's li, and any man alike to them.

Why should we protect such a false thing? I think the religions just brainwash people to make them the slaves of the leaders.

eager for your scientific answers. Thank you.

Answer 1

You are absolutely correct!

As my username implies, more people are killed in the name of religion than by any other thing on earth.

Answer 2

There is no "scientific answer" to your question.  People of religion have faith in God, which means they believe in Him, despite the fact that there is no proof.  

This is not as absurd as it may seem.  For instance, you probably love your mother, even though logically speaking, she's just another woman, more or less like the others.  Yet you love HER.  That's how faith works.  

As a practical matter, believe me that you would not want to live in a world of atheists.  You may be an ethical person with self-imposed morality, but to many people, religion is the stripe in the middle of the road that determines which side we drive on.  Without it, chaos would ensue.

Answer 3

Well, you are operating under the impression that you have the answer.  Others think otherwise.  You wish to impose your ideas about religion on others.  We believe that is wrong, since religious questions are impossible to prove or disprove, by their very nature.

Since I wish to believe what I believe without persecution (being punished for my beliefs), it is only fair that I allow others the same option.

Clearly, some religions brainwash their followers for their own benefit.  One can wonder if in fact you yourself have not been the "beneficiary" of such brainwashing.

My brainwashing tells me it is best to allow people to choose for themsleves, to believe that they are as capable as myself of deciding for themselves on these matters.  I always get very suspicious of people that try to sell me something as the perfect solution or the only solution to pretty much anything.

Answer 4

THE PROBLEM WITH YOUR LOGIC IS SIMPLE. the PROTECTION YOU TALK OF IS FOR ALL RELIGION AND FOR THOSE WHO DO NOT BELIEVE. TO SAY WE SHOULDN'T PROTECT FREEDOM OF RELIGION IS TO SAY WE SHOULDN'T PROTECT FREEDOM OF THOUGHT!

Answer 5

From the range of answers you got, you see that we are a people of many opinions.

We protect religion in the USA, but in a very specific way.  We disallow the government from controlling religion.  If you study history, look at some of the atrocities committed in the name of religion when a particular government supported that religion.  Look at the losses of civil rights, the persecution, the outright murders that occurred.

The Crusades were an example of a war started over religion but supported by a monarchy that followed the religion.

The Spanish Inquisition was accepted by the government (by their ignoring it) because the monarch followed that religion.

In Germany between WW 1 and WW 2, Judaism and several other religions were again targeted by government, this time in a negative way, and look at what happened.

In the USA, we divorce religion from government because we know that when the two get together, bad things happen to human rights of the people who don't follow the religion of the government.

Look at countries where Islamic law - Sharia - is used.  Women have no rights like they do in other countries and yet the men lie to the world, saying they are PROTECTING the women.  Yeah, protecting them from the education that would allow them to leave the no-good bum of a husband and earn her own living without him.

Look at how the Taliban used the military to perform very bad actions in Afghanistan before the current government took over.  Look at the damage they did.

The reason why we protect religion is to avoid the bloody mess of an internal religious war that would invariably occur if we tried to make one religion "official" - even if that one "religion" was atheism.  So by preventing any government interference in religion, we prevent the terrible, historically provable excesses of a state-sponsored religion.

For what it is worth, I tend to agree that religions leaders all too often are caught up in the power issues, perhaps sometimes even when they don't realize how badly they are caught.  Look at Jim Bakker from several years ago.  Look at the scandals associated with Jerry Falwell.  Look at the power associated with Jim Jones, the leader of the cult in Guyana, he of the "grape drink with cyanide" fame.

On the other hand, there are those religious leaders I can respect.  For instance, Rev. Martin Luther King was caught up in the power, but used it for the good of his people.  And Rev. Billy Graham has NEVER been involved in any scandals or power mongering.  He has a message, he spreads it, and he goes on with his life.  Even if I disagree, I deeply respect his approach.

I hope that one day you TRULY learn about human rights.  From our perspective, you folks are only now getting the smallest taste of true freedom.  Good luck and I hope you find out about freedom without TOO much bloodshed.  Sadly, it sometimes takes that to earn your freedom.  May you live to tell your grandchildren the story of how you did so.

Answer 6

I'm an atheist too.

Obviously from the responses on here, many people have strong opinions about their religion or lack thereof. Throughout history, governments have tried to either get people to all follow some official religion or follow no religion at all. If stanley wants to believe in an invisible, magic Santa Claus in the sky, a government telling him otherwise won't change his belief.

Basically, it's not the government's business what I believe, one way or the other. Protecting the rights of others to believe as they so choose (as long as it doesn't hinder your same freedom) is important to PREVENTING forced brainwashing by the government, promoting free thought.

The good news is that as long as there is free thought, time is on our side. As science's range increases, the need for a God to explain things is diminished.

For now, I speak up when religious doctrine is forced upon me, know how to respond to common religious arguments, and try to live as a good example that 'nonreligious' doesn't mean 'amoral.'

Answer 7

Sure.

Why not?

How can one survive and advance in time without our creator'suniversal gifts of life in the real world?

Why one must differentiates which is our creator's universal gifts of life vital for the survival and advancement of living human kind.

Instead of blindly following the three monkeys with see no evil, hear no evil and say no evil.

Who was blind deaf and dumb.

Getting kick on the butts as casualty of the dead Mummy with rotten stench of empty skeleton of skull and bones of failures and horrors of the past from the graveyards of different ghostly ancestor's culture and custom.

Like who is Buddha?

Was he not an indian?

Was he not a dirty old man like you and me?

Who was dead and buried was long gone with time.

Why mess up an indian graveyards when one is tribe of different community?

In shaking and waking up the dead when we are the living and not dead yet?

What can the dead do for living human kind.

Sure we are following God or the dead?

Luke 6.39=40,41-45,46-49

What do you think?

Answer 8

You need to go back to China.

We'll take up a collection.

This country was founded on RELIGIOUS FREEDOM.

If there isn't a GOD out there... Does it hurt you that we believe?   Perhaps it gives us COMFORT.

Why should YOU dictate how people feel?

And about about g**s?  Are you going to tell them THEY SHOULDN'T BE ABLE TO HAVE s*x with a member of the SAME s*x because YOU don't believe it's right?

The thing is... belief in a GOD or any Ideal doesn't make them a SLAVE.    It actually makes them MORE free.

I'm in for 20 bucks... to send this clown back... who's with me?

Answer 9

Ok heres the thing- In America we protect your right to say that you don't believe in God just as we protect those who say there is. Each person must make up thier own mind and we are all different so in our country you are free to worship as you desire or not to worship at all.

Religious freedom is not about religion - its to keep governments from forcing us to believe only the way they want us too.  We are not protecting religion - we are protecting people from being forced to comply with religious leaders orders.

Stanleys: He didnt say he lived in the US- you are terribly rude. He stated his opinion thats all. And you attack him for asking how things work here. That is not how to make the world a better place.  In fact he stated he is from China.

Answer 10

you believe what you believe, and let others believe what they want to believe.  ok ? !!!

Otherwise,  what the heck is that BS you wrote about you supporting and protecting human rights ???  some propaganda so you can fool us to make us think you're a nice guy worth trusting ???  

We will not worship China.  OK !

Answer 11

Religion whatever type of religion. Is sacred to the worshiper.Taking away or not protecting the rights of worshipers goes against everything America has fought for. To many have died protecting that right. They were not brainwashed. But loved God and/or country.

Scientifically we don't have 100% proof God exsists. But even scintists themselves have started to believe in a Creator of all things. Since all non creation therorys eventually fall short or even fall completely through.

Answer 12

Freedom of religion was a primary reason for the founding of the original colonies that later became the USA.  Its important enough to have been explicitly enumerated in the First Amendment.

How is Chairman Mao's corpse doing, by the way?

Answer 13

What works in your country, or any countries religious or non-religious beliefs, simply does not work in another.

For our country, religion has and does serve a purpose. Your statement would tell me you would belong to the Group called Atheists, which have their own beliefs and serve a balancing element in our Society.

The only "leaders" leading the religious, are their Church elders and appointed reverends, etc.,.

Answer 14

Because it is the faith in something more powerful than the self that is what we are really trying to protect.  It is like the greater good.

Answer 15

You can not protect religion.However,the freedom to have a religious belief system,or belong to a religious organization

should defended.

Answer 16

Well, those are your believes. The pilgrims immigrated to the US looking for freedom of religion, and that's how our nation began forming. You might think that its st*pid to have such believes but that's only your opinion, not others. Countries protect religion rights just like they protect your rights of not believing in any religion. Is call freedom and liberty to follow whatever you believe in, and to make sure that everyone will receive equal treatment, and to avoid any boycotts from people, organization, or government itself that could conclude in death, the governments fcreates laws to protect people.

Answer 17

Well Chinaman in the U.S religion isn't protected but it is left alone. If you don't believe that other people should believe in GOD than welcome to the 15 percent of American who are Atheist/Agnostic. You shouldn't shove your "belief" down other people the same way they won't shove Jewish, Muslim, Hinduism down your throat. If you want to talk about brainwash try Capatilism and Communism.

Answer 18

Don't protect it.  Leave it alone.  No government assistance.  Unfortunately in America the government has weighed in on the side of Protestant Fundamentalism.