What harm would come if society in every nation were to become a secular nation?
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Personaly nothing, in fact I think soceity would become a better to live in fo we were to become a secular nation.\nNo more people using religion to push their ideology onto others, or trying to hinder peoples lifestyle or dictate how one should live or can not live.
365440
Get rid of EVERY religion. Think about it.
610094
I agree with you. Think of how many millions would live full lives without religious problems placed on them. Think of how many people will suddenly have a high quality of life since they are no longer sending their hard earned money to mega-church bank-accounts. The issue is so clear to me. Right my brother right on. The world could live in such perfect harmony. Right and wrong could be the new laws to follow, withouth the intervention of mythical persons watching over you waiting to punish you for not accepting them as the truth.
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Only through education will we rid ourselves of the virus that is religion.  Ignorance and social acceptance will be the end of us if we don't grow out of this phase.  As you are reading this, overly religious countries are refining nuclear fuel.  It will only be a matter of time until someone sets off a nuclear bomb in the name of their God.  This is our future unless we can outgrow this nonsense!
616069
Chaos!\nRape, murder, crime would be a normal thing.\nRelgion was invented to contol and curb the animal instincts that all humans have
783301
Unequivocally NO! If they chose that life style then so be it, but as far as benefits are concerned out of the question.  Societies fall from moral decay and that is a fact, and ours is well on it's way, I do believe all this gay and lesbian stuff is about to blow up in their faces.  It is a life style that destroys the vary meaning of marriage between a man and a woman, In my opinion they are an insult to humanity.  I believe it is time our religious leaders and government gives these people a loud and clear message that the party is over and will not be condoned by our society.
222423
Intolerance needs to go.  It's the source of almost every world problem.
1182008
A very good thing is that it grounds a society with some moral value system - this a central theme of most religions.\nUnfortunately that very grounding when taken too literally can drive extreme behavior and rather than create an inclusive cohesive world, it's differences can create rifts in our willingness to accept each other for who we are rather than what we believe.
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I would ban all religions,taxes and government. I would also put individual freedom as the top agenda.
321873
Well, if there is one thing our government does right it is go with the mass mentality. Since the major religion is Christianity then they go with it. Putting everyone under the same heading. You can bet that if there were a more popular bandwagon (not that religion is a bandwagon, don't get me wrong) they would be on that too, in a second.\nUnfortunately for the people that aren't Christian, they are put under our law. Apparently their beliefs don't "count".\nI'm sure no government can please everyone all the time but it is not fair to not take into account the many other religious beliefs. \nIn a way it's like a weird form of conversion. "If you don't believe what we believe we will just make it illegal for you to practice what you believe." "I'm sorry, pursuit of happiness? You must be thinking of some other country."
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I would first make all americans realise that this great country build on solid christian foundations realise that we have gone astray from the biblical principals and the convictions of our founding fathers. I would call for a fast and ask the nation to rededicate itself to God and cleanse the nation of all ungodliness and get rid of all idolatory and sin and once again urge people to honour God and follow what God wants us to do.
1187537
I don't think it would help anything. We'd still have religious conflicts.
1119860
You question has an assumption that secular people have no morals of right and wrong.  This is religious bias that has been taught to children.  The word "Secular" can mean anyone from any other religion but their own.  \n\nThrough out history, this type of thinking has created more wars and loss of live than any other reason.  It hearkens back to the Crusades where the Christians fought the Islams.  \n\nPeople in general know right from wrong.  I believe our society is falling apart because of lack of education and opportunity.  Why are there rich people and poor people.  Rich people commit crimes just as much as poor people do.  The media is good at sensationalizing the plight of the poor as being "Bad".  \n\nThis of course is only my opinion.  I do not subscribe to the religious bigotry of blame those who are different.
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atheist speaking-christianity is not detrimental to humans-a lot of good comes with it and as a rule it works to better mankind-always should look for a better system but you cant make people disbelieve-keep the peace old hippie
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There *are* no eternal consequences, and people do exactly what you observe they do.  One of the things you might observe is that the least religious societies are also the most civilised.  Reflect on that.
730859
Certainly. In fact, if ALL religions were equally respected or if ALL religions were equally non-existant, we would have a LOT more peace than we do now.
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You are going to have to define your terms 'target population' versus overall society. I think if passed it would harden class lines, reduce services (including education) thereby reducing upward mobility, create a larger impoverished class, and would increase social tensions and resentments immeasurably.\n\nI am not sure if that addresses your question.