UTOPIA: What if the entire world banned public practice/promotion of religion?

[ohhwanderlust]

Originally Posted by kidkaos2

No, I never feel that way. But I do feel that it would be better if America banned the Democratic party.

This is obviously a fantasy and would never happen (sigh!), but hypothetically if all states agreed to mandate that people keep left wing views a private and personal matter, wouldn't there be a lot less drama in the world? Wouldn't there be more progress of science and civilization?

Of course, this would force people to be more honest about their real issues with others, but at least then it becomes a concrete, tangible matter that can be more easily negotiated, rather than a battle of subjective political ideologies that are, nearly by definition, impossible or not intended to be proven.

I know it's a totalitarianish idea, but it might be the only way to bring about more peace in the nation. People are still free to have their own political beliefs, and private political discussions, but anything more public than that should be considered as inappropriate as advertising one's preferred sex positions.

Somehow I predict that when your wonderful idea to ban other peoples' religious beliefs is applied to your own political ideology, it suddenly becomes a lot less attractive of an idea to you, now doesn't it?

Nice attempt to seem clever, but if you actually wanted to compare apples to apples, you'd wish away publicity of all political ideologies. Not just one party.

And unlike religion, secular politics tend to be based on the world and the tangible things in it, enabling things to be tested, proven, disproven or negotiated. Quite distinct from beliefs in what happens to one's soul after death.

Which one is more relevant to the world here and now? And by the way, that world actually extends beyond the US. I understand if that's mindblowing for you. =)