A “Utopian” World Where Religion Is Illegal To Practice

[Chrissy22]

Outside of the home and inside if the numbers become beyond 10.

Would this be a good idea in your eyes?

Currently public based religion allows the worlds secret police to infiltrate and gain understanding of what makes certain people/groups tick so would removing this yieldy source of intel be a good or bad idea?

[kvalidir]

You can't stop people practising religion even if you make it illegal, it's just not possible never mind morally right.

[Neveracrossword]

It sounds a very bad - and impractical - idea to me.

[Chrissy22]

If morals and political correctness has destroyed our infrastructure then surely we need to overthrow these laws/rules temporarily to see whether a new way works?

[Neveracrossword]

That's a very big 'If' and I'm unconvinced by the 'surely'.

[kvalidir]

Yes but you can't police people thoughts and beliefs, people have been trying that since time immemorial. The Romans had a good crack at outlawing Christianity because of all the chaos it was causing them and look how well that turned out. People will believe whatever they want to and there's nothing you can do to stop that, it's just not practical x

[Chrissy22]

Good catch kvaldir this is one of my points. Can you in this day and age of shared information stop an idea?,the people?A revolt? A revolution? Someone pointed me to a movie called “ V IS FOR VENDETTA” but haven’t watched it yet.

[douglas9401]

There's a reason that words are coined. 'Callow' is a good example.

[-Talbot-]

I wouldn't make it illegal but I would stop the building of new religious premises.

Why do people need to gather to pray to their perceived Gods?

On many occasions it is just a show of strength.

[douglas9401]

Or weakness.

[vetuste_ennemi]

Nothing Utopian about criminalising religious practice, Chrissy. That's Stalinism, isn't it? There's an obvious (or rather what I thought ought to be obvious) exception: when a given religious practice contravenes the law of the land, e.g. polygamous marriage, or FGM.

"Practices" apart, bad ideas (religious or other) don't need legal proscription, they need refutation.

[woofgang]

bad and unreasonable idea. What shall we ban next?

[Spungle]

Football is a religion for many, and it might be difficult to keep this inside the home, practically speaking :)

[Theland]

I can understand your concerns about religion, but what exactly do you see as the negatives?
Your own personal gripes?

[benhilton]

Check out the author of " Utopia " .

[naomi24]

Have a gold star, benhilton. :o)

[Zacs-Master]

‘Currently public based religion allows the worlds secret police to infiltrate and gain understanding of what makes certain people/groups tick’

Does it?

[benhilton]

Undercover secret police are welcome to attend any of the services and activities of my local church . They will go home relaxed and reassured .

[New Judge]

I would proscribe all organised religious groups. There is no need for people to gather together to "pray" (or whatever it is they feel the need to do). They can do that in the comfort of their own living rooms with equally successful results. There's no need to control their thoughts. They can still have them. They simply have to keep them to themselves.

The comparison with football is very appropriate. I would not allow that to be played before a paying public either. If it must be played, it can be played in an empty stadium and broadcast over TV only. Matches would not be allowed to be shown on TV in any public place.

Fanciful? Very much so. Desirable? Even more so.

[EDDIE51]

To even attempt this you first have to define 'religion ' . Is Humanism a religion for example? You could even define atheism as a Religion, as it is a belief. You could say it is a religion that has no 'God' or 'Gods'.

[jackthehat]

No, you couldn't, EDDIE.
That would be like saying *not* collecting stamps was a hobby...