What has religion contributed to society?

[JuliaQuinones]

And don't give me any morality or charity bullcrap.

 

[Dina]

War and violence

 

[hbomb1]

The nicest things I can come up with are music, buildings, expressions of surprise (jesus christ!, oh my god!, holy fuck!) and that's about it. It also gives wars, crusades, corruption, lying to masses, general disgustingness really.

 

[YesWeCant1]

i can see your point, religion has caused violence. but there are a bunch of people like me that religion has helped my making me peaceful.

 

[EnigmaticAtheist]

Division among communities and nations as well as family and friends. Hatred of groups of people who think or live differently. Intolerance. War. Gee, there's just so much.

 

[Miranda]

Wars.

 

[Allen]

You can learn a lot about the human psyche by watching religion. By watching the effects on people, and the mental juggling people do.

I think it has indirectly done a lot!

 

[Rod]

It destroyed all of the ancient knowledge, was responsible for the Dark Ages, murdered millions in the name of Jesus, or Mohammad I can go on for some time, but you get the picture.

Taoist/Atheist

 

[Hannah]

It had a great effect on art and architecture. A lot of fancy churches, buildings and religious arts.

 

[Fsd1]

a whole lot of war; unity amongst those in the same religion but at the same time it has caused people within the same religions to turn against eachother and hurt eachother as well as outsiders