Can The World Survive Without Religion (Yes or No) A Hindu P (General)

by satyansh , Thursday, November 25, 2010, 18:09 (4921 days ago)

I am an atheist only till the extent that I agree that the chance of any god existing is very little. I do not agree with the thought which many atheists believe that by merely being an atheist you have automatically become rational.-**But I dun like to call myself that I prefer the word Rational Thinker because ahtheism makes us part of the same cult phenomenum**). -I do believe, unlike a lot of atheists that Hinduism is a fantastic religion because it isnt institutionalized unlike the abrahamic religions. People could criticize me here by mentioning the different Hindu gurus that exist, but they do not exist because of Hinduism per say, they would exist in any case in society because people are always going to give opinions and you will have some who would like to follow them because they like their opinions. For example, I am on this website because I admire the work of Agnostics so I could well be a follower of the Agnostics Cult.-Hinduism has given a lot of rationalists like me the freedom to be what I am without any serious concerns. Infact I find rationalists have been more heard around Hindu Circles than the other religious circles because of the basic teachings of tolerance of thought in Hindu scriptures.( **I could be wrong on a small scale level because there are exceptions to every religious cult and every religious identity but my opinion obviously is from what I have seen or experienced in the form of reading/watching or living life in general** )-I also believe we r not ready for a godless society because our whole premise is that whole world should think rationally( The underlying assumption here is that if you believe in god you are thinking irrationally which is what a lot of atheists & rationalists believe). While I agree with all my fellow rationalists that the concept of a godless society is something intriguing( not necessarily appealing), I dont think that it is a realistic possibility. Some might argue that natural selection would probably develop the brain so much that it will eventually become highly rational and even I do believe and hope that it happens( But not at the cost of peoples faith in God & Religion). -While I hope it does become rational, I think the only way out till then is The Concept God along with religion because in a country like India where law and order is a thing on paper not in reality if we didn't have the concept of god we would be finished. A lot of credit has to be given to Hinduism for this balance, however bad, we perceive it to be in India right now. -My suggestion to this subject would be make a new version of all the religions(**especially the abrahamic variety**) something which Thomas Jefferson tried to when he submitted his version of the bible without the bullshit. Because irrationality is a genetic phenomenum according to me which isn't going to go overnite and I believe to get rid of something you have to go step by step. In this process you lay foundations for rational thinking which I hope would eventually lead to what we rationalists believe is a better world without religion and its biases.-I would appreciate new suggestions so that I improve my views on this subject.