More efficient: All believe, or No belief
 

Today I was thinking about Utopia and other scnearios that the world could encounter far along down the road of evolution and a weird question came onto me. What would honestly be more effective for our evolution as a race/species/world..etc. Would it be better for every single person on the face of this Earth to share the same religion, wheather it be Christian, Muslim, Buddhist, etc..OR Would it be better to have an entire society of people, every single man, woman, and child on the face of this earth to be Non-believers.

I guess really there isn't much of a difference rather than one potential group all beleiving that we are here on this Earth for some reason, there is a higher power at work. And the other group would all believe that we have no reason for living on this Earth, and we are just a very small chance that we have evolved to this point. It's a very vast subject to try and deter in my head, but honestly I would have to say as believers our morals would be more in tact if all humans shared the same religion and beliefs, but we would advance much faster if we were all non-believers (ex: stem cell research, abortion/population control/human harvesting for energy)

Worldwide aetheism. No more idiotic "rules" about homosexuality, scientific research, or morality. Rational thought would prevail.

I don't see the difference between theists and atheists. Besides the obvious DUH about religion, it's basically two sides of the same spectrum. One group believes there is a higher power, the other believes there isn't. There will always be extremists on either side due to the fervent nature of human belief. For example, several people on this forum are so absolutely sure that there is no God, no faith and no reason why religion should hold back science. They believe so much, it angers them to such a degree that obscenities and derogatory statements are made that obviously characterize anger. In no contrast at all, I know several Christians who absolutely believe the Bible to be the exact word of God and would defend that to the death.

Considering this, the world would be far worse off with a single belief system, whether it be for God or against. What we need is acceptance. Trust in the democratic way of voting in laws that our nation (directed at those in the US) has set forth. For example, the past few decades of seen several advances towards abortion in stark contrast of the centuries of laws prohibiting it.

Score one for atheists who have no moral structure (not saying they're immoral) to base their decisions off of. But it shouldn't be like that. It shouldn't be one group winning over the other. That's why we elect officials to pass our laws. One group may abolish abortion, the other may reinstate it. Repetitively.

That's how it works. Seperation of Church from State was the best thing to happen to democracy, despite the moral ramifications directed at unborn children.

Man is guilty of his own sin, not the sins of those around him. What sin you create, you pass down for generations until no clarity is found. In the end we must reap what we sow and whether or not I'm right, I find comfort and love in my faith when the sins of others press upon me. I'd rather walk through life with a crutch being right, and go to heaven, for even if I am wrong and everything I love and feel about God is wrong, I'll just rot in the ground. But if I chose not to belief and was wrong, what are the consequences there?

One question though: what does life have to offer that being a Christian prevents me from doing?

You are always going to be busy on Sunday from 8am-11am

I believe he asked if there exists anything fulfilling enough to substitute his Christian lifestyle.

edit: You were stating a consequence never mind what I said.

In any case, Wed-G presents a good argument. He always does

Exactly.

It's somewhat of a branch of the other religion threads, but this is a more generalized question in which it cannot be simply answered. I, myself, have come to the conclusion that the ying and yang of this world equals everything out and both extremes of both sides are needed for our society to function.