Atheists: Name some reasons why you don't think organized religions

[OirasEcen]

should continue to exist? I want substantial answers, not petty ones like "... because God doesn't exist!". Why don't you think religions should continue to exist? If you were to adamantly fight for your "belief" in the nonexistence of a higher being, for what cause would it be?

 

[Sheogorath]

I don't care if they exist or not. Just stay the hell out of our government and public school.

 

[Beafairwitness]

I do not believe organized religion should not exist.

I am extremely fond of freedom of religion.

What I take umbrage with is religionists trying to legislate their dogma.

I'd feel the same way if the stamp collectior's club tried to force be to collect stamps by enacting it into our laws.

I'd not want to eliminate stamp clubs. I'd just want to eliminate any possibility that they could force their values on me.

 

[BrianFantana]

I think that religion is a serious impediment to the advancement of this species, as for it discourages creative thought, and more importantly is the biggest opponent of science in the classroom.
It is not a good thing that the majority of humans devote their lives and love to something that is utterly false, when that love and motivation could be directed to moving this species forward.
Screw Biggie, the stars are the limit.

 

[Pedestal421]

Elimination of religious conflict...

Where two or more sets of dogmas or traditions and customs collide.
Have a look at Nigeria and India, for a start.

But I'm looking towards a quiet fading, not an enforced banning and repression.

 

[SyamMohan]

no..i do not have a 'belief' in the non-existance of something.
I deny the existence of this being which has no evidence.

Now moving on to the reasons :Opression of groups of people like homosexuals,atheists and women.
Non tax paying=bad for the economy.
Trying to influence school sylabusses

 

[BoredAgainBrokenEye]

I don't understand. Why wouldn't I think organized religions should continue to exist?

 

[StrikeEagle]

Prevent further acts of extremism e.g. 9/11 and Crusades (modern day equivalent in the middle eat)

Allow free-will and freedom of thought

 

[AcidZebra]

I don't really care if they exist one way or the other as long as they don't bother others with their nonsense.

 

[Brayden]

Disorganized religion doesn't get the same rap as organized religion.
If Christians were solitaires and never voted in mass or had opinions this would be as ridiculous as atheists being denied a voice and a vote.
No one I know has ever tried to restrict women or deny them rights. The Suffragette movement began when Christian women banded together to devote themselves to getting the vote for women.
Churches worked hard for abolitionists and many Christians devoted themselves to helping slaves escape through the Underground railroads. I do not understand why so many paint all Christians with such a broad brush. While it is true that some used the scriptures about treating your slaves well as an excuse to keep slaves, there was an equal amount of Christians who felt the law of love overruled this example and fought for the freedom of African Americans
Very few atheists are aware how much money is given to feed the poor through soup kitchens, shelters and ministries to ex cons and gang members through Teen Challenge Most of what is published about the church is negative like some lunatic pastor said something mean spirited This does not take into account how many churches support women in crisis , donate diapers, baby clothing to single women who choose not to abort their children.
The home schooling movement is regularly criticized when the facts are that students out perform government sponsored students . Not all homeschooling deny evolution or that dinosaurs existed. One of my friends was a chemist who continued to work and home teach for the academic advantage.
Most atheist simply are not aware of why the church enjoys tax deferred status. The answer is simple : service to the community. The government would not do this if there was no advantage to them to do so.

 

[PullMyFinger]

I don't really think they should be forced to cease existing or anything, I'd just really rather they didn't. I want to make that clear.

The beliefs that people get from their religions are unsubstantiated. The cause I would "fight" for is that no one would be taken seriously who claimed that it was okay for them to hold a belief or a position on faith alone, with no supporting reasoning behind it. It leads to irrational public policy. Really. For example, take the instances of people in Florida being punished by law for "cohabitation." Please tell me how that has anything to do with anything other than people forcing their religious codes on others. As long as such beliefs continue to inform public policy, I have all the motive I'll ever need to wish that those beliefs would disappear. But barring that unlikely event, I'll settle for the government not establishing laws whose justifications are purely religious in nature.

 

[shems]

The core Islamic belief is that man has been given free will in this life, and the retribution in the Hereafter is based on how he utilizes his freedom of choice in the worldly trial. Reconciling it with the notion of predestination is one of the most complex issues in Islamic theology. However, scholars have responded to this problem by stating that God is independent of space-time, and hence al-Qadr actually refers not to predestination (which has the notion of time) but to His knowledge of all events and actions, irrespective of time. Thus, who will go to Hell and who will enter Heaven is determined (not predetermined) for God, but for man, he will always bear the fruit of his actions. The issue can be solved only by considering God and man independently, and not on the same scale. In other words, Omniscience of God is not the opposite of Free Will.

[edit] ConceptThe phrase reflects a Muslim doctrine that Allah has measured out the span of every person's life, their lot of good or ill fortune, and the fruits of their efforts [1]. When referring to the future, Muslims frequently qualify any predictions of what will come to pass with the phrase Insha'Allah, Arabic for "if God wills [it]." The phrase recognizes that human knowledge of the future is limited, and that all that may or may not come to pass is under the control of God.

Qadar is one of the aspects of aqidah. Some Muslims believe that the divine destiny is when God wrote down in the Preserved Tablet ("al-Lau? al-Ma?fu?") all that has happened and will happen, which will come to pass as written[citation needed].

According to this belief, a person's action is not caused by what is written in the Preserved Tablet but, rather, the action is written in the Preserved Tablet because God already knows all occurrences without the restrictions of time.[3]

[edit] In the QuranThe doctrine of Predestination is sometimes only implied, and not mentioned together with the first five articles required for belief (i.e., God, hereafter, angels, Book, and the Prophets), which are stated in the same verses one after the other. In fact, Quran does so more than once,[clarification needed] God goes on to emphasise it in another way, He forbids the denial of the same five articles of belief, once again without the notion of Predestination;[Qur'an 2:177][Qur'an 4:136]

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[Jennifer]

They get carried away. It's not about the religion itself anymore. It's about the people who carry out the image of religion. And Christian's aren't doing that great of a job. Honestly I think it's just brainwashing bigotry and it's spread like a disease in the modern day. Most debates are from the "christian" view now, about gays or mexicans or the death penalty.
I agree with the other user, they should stay out of politics altogether.
If I were a leader of a country and had full reign and full power I would ban religion.
People need to start thinking more often.