religion,, is it really needed? Options

[OriskybusinessO]

Lets say that no one ever knew about God, or how we got here (im not trying to offend anyone here, or saying this is true etc.) but do you think that we could go on w/o something to tell us how we got here. Which brings me to another point, what if someone just made all this religion stuff up? So, if from everyones brain, religion was erased, do you think we could go on w/o making something up, or discovering something new. Hey, i thought of something else, do you think that if there were more people focused on finding out how we got here (without God) would we find out?

Im trying not offend anyone by saying their religion is false, which i am doing, but nevermind this has no point...

[gigiopolis]

I think that it doesn't matter if religion is "real" or "made up". Who cares if God exists or not? Who cares if God didn't create the earth, or the whole book of Genesis is incorrect? Because it doesn't matter. Religion is there to help people, an emotional crutch. Its main purpose is to give some moral value to people who need guidance.

I'm quite sure we would be able to live on without religion, because there are plenty of people in the world who are not religious and are the most loving and charitable. Religion helps those to become better people, but doesn't necessarily make them better people from the start. It only guides us and strengthens us, and doesn't actually create any moral goodness from us.

The whole above explanation may be contrary to what I say in debate a lot, that God doesn't exist and whatnot. But that doesn't mean I don't believe that religion helps many people around the world, because it does. I'm only against the fact that people are silly enough to believe everything in the Bible and take all of the text literally. I'm against the fact that people believe in Creationism, because I'm more on the theistic evolution side.

Hey, i thought of something else, do you think that if there were more people focused on finding out how we got here (without God) would we find out?

There are plenty of scientists that would like nothing more than to prove that the universe was created without the assistance of God or any higher power. What, are you saying that if everyone was non-religious, we'd find the origins of the earth and the universe? Hardly. Now, if everyone was non-religious and were well-educated scientists, maybe that would happen.