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

by satyansh , Friday, November 26, 2010, 13:20 (4920 days ago) @ dhw

First of all I thank you for the reply and the welcome to the forum. -"atheism is based on the belief that all the mysteries of life and consciousness must be explicable in terms of the material world as we know it. That is not reason, but faith."-beautiful explanation I have to admit. -Now to the point of rationality. Well the very reason I feel that religion is needed is because the human specie is not ready for the Religionless/ Godless society for the very reasons you have mentioned in the end.-For me rationality plays a major role in your life because rationality defines most of the things that your life governs hence it is quite important. but at the same time i do know that emotions are kind of opposed to rationality.
But for me rationality is of prime importance because they form the basis of setting up morals.-Why I say religion is needed and not replace it which is the popular atheist suggestion is because religion just cannot go because of human needs and who is to say that the replaced set of ideas wont be corrupted. I dont mean to say that morals come out of religion but they are heavily influenced by religion because religion for me is nothing but a popular set of thoughts which are written down and transferred down to us over the years. hence to me they do affect morals and as thoughts can be changed or influenced, i beleive in reforms which have been sucessfully applied in the hindu society where stupid religious and non religious beleifs of our society were eradicated by reforms.-The hindu faith is very different from the abrahamic faiths simply because what hinduism is all about. It isn't institutionalized as that there isn't one set of thoughts that govern the whole religion. it is a conglomerate of different thoughts with open arms for new suggestions. I will be posting a brief explanation Hinduism from the web and you will really find it interesting as it one of the religions and that legally accepts atheism and agnosticism.-Hinduism is among the most curious of religions that exist on the planet Earth. It's over 3000 years old and still kicking. It's never waged a Holy War. Its followers are some of the most deeply religious in existence and yet there are no widespread debates about its teachings. There are supposedly thirty million gods and goddesses in its pantheon, and though they themselves have rarely gotten along, their followers seem to be doing just fine.-Hinduism is also the only religion in the world that considers atheism legitimate.-The Philosophical Roots of Atheism in Hinduism-There are nine major Hindu schools of philosophy. These are broadly divided into 'Astika' schools and 'Nastika' schools. While the terms 'Astika' and 'Nastika' are loosely translated to mean 'theist' and 'atheist', they technically refer to belief in the Vedas (four of the 'holy books' of Hinduism) rather than belief in God. The six schools which fall under the title 'Astika' believe in the teachings of the Vedas, even if they do not subscribe a Creator-God.-Of the 'Astika' schools, the Samkhya and Karma-Mimasa thinkers can be described as atheists. Samkaya believed in the material world (Prakriti) and the existence of the spirit (Purusha) but not in God. The Karma-Mimasa school believes strongly in natural Karmic law (that good deeds are rewarded and bad deeds punished) and has no need of an omnipotent being to enforce it.-The three Nastika schools ... Buddhism, Jainism and Carvaka ... reject the doctrine of the Vedas. However, they are not necessarily atheist. Buddhism is, perhaps, the only agnostic religion in existence. Jainism rejects the idea of an omnipotent manager, believing instead that the universe has always existed, will always exist and is governed by natural laws.-Carvaka is the most strongly atheist of the three schools. Also called the Lokayata, it is named after its founder, Carvaka. It seems to have originated somewhere around 300 BC and died out around the 1400s AD. The original works of this school have been lost and our knowledge of it is based upon criticism of Carvaka philosophy written by Hindu and Buddhist opponents.