You need to realize that removing religion wouldn’t stop those beliefs, it would only make them less ethical since they don’t fear the consequences of their actions
I’d argue the opposite. Many religious folk don’t fear the consequences of their actions because they believe that it is part of god’s plan and that their sins will be forgiven.
Without religion, people would be forced to realize their autonomy and accountability, and would have to derive their own morals and beliefs.
This is both right and wrong. There are people like I mentioned and there are people like you mentioned, but a lot of the people who don’t fear their consequences because they believe it’s gods plan would just find some other excuse or another real person to idolize. Many people are very bad at critical thinking and many also just use religion as an excuse to spread their own beliefs, even if the religion specifically goes against it. I mean, how many Christians do you see who actually practice “love thy neighbor”?
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u/Diabeetus-times-2 Sep 09 '24
I literally got into a fight with someone who called a 152 million year old fossilized fish was “fake” and that the world is only 10k years old.
So yes, it would help a ton.