wan wrote:Main point of religion:
To save you so that you will not degrade further in terms of morals which will eventually lead to self destruction and the end of everything. Take science cloning for the obvious example. This leads back to the issue of morals. People either believe and adhere to it or they don't.
If one thinks further a little, religion is also to save Other people, so stop thinking about yourself.
Pfft... That's not the point of religion.
I can come to the same conclusion as you about cloning (what the heck is "science cloning"?) without religion. Obviously, religion must have a completely different purpose.
I would say the purpose of religion is a tool to enforce group identity, whilst at the same time scaring the minority into conforming. The idea of religion is also selfish in a way, because prayer doesn't actually help other people, but has bizarrely been shown scientifically to improve one's health. (I myself am quite sceptical about that piece of research, but to each his own, I say...)
It's sad to say that there are those who really wouldn't be good people without religion. It's nice though, to know that there are people out there, a good deal of people, who are nice without religion and come to nearly all the same conclusions that a religious people would concerning what is right and wrong.
