Would the world benefit or not if it were all to follow the same religion?

[Bismillah]

If it had been thy Lord's will, they would all have believed,- all who are on earth! wilt thou then compel mankind, against their will, to believe! (Surah Yunus Ayat 99)

 

[McBell]

Jesus is the Son of God who was sent to teach us how to worship God correctly.

If every person of every religion in every land joined themselves to Christ, we would have a united and peaceful world. So the answer is yes, a one world religious system would benefit all.

Except that Christianity is broken up into how many different sects?

 

[McBell]

I'm thinking of all the fighting and wars, the endless arguments, the religious fundamentalism etc. which seem to result from the religious pluralism which exists now, and what would be the case in the reverse scenario.

It is the goal or future vision of some religions that the world will or should all follow the one religion and its rules/beliefs (in particular Christianity). It seems the impression of many who hold this belief/beliefs is that if the world were to follow the same religious path, it would herald in peace and 'heaven on earth'.

I'm wondering what RFers think would be the case in this scenario?

I think the scenario will never come to pass.
Unless, of course, there is only one human left on the planet.

 

[McBell]

Well one question that does have to be answered is whether any one religion extant in the world would allow for such universal application. People are very different, and the wide variety of religious expressions which exist in the world today are very much reflective of this. So you'd have to consider if any one religion, even where such a religion has flexibility, could account for this.

No, there isn't one religion that would allow for all the various beliefs.

 

[McBell]

If it had been thy Lord's will, they would all have believed,- all who are on earth! wilt thou then compel mankind, against their will, to believe! (Surah Yunus Ayat 99)

So it is painfully clear that that thy Lord's will is that there is not to be one world wide religion.

 

[McBell]

The fact remains that no attempt to split the Baha'i Faith has survived beyond one lifetime, and indeed, many of those attempts have either re-split and fragmented themselves or are already completely extinct!

Just the facts.


Bruce

Seems to me you are merely splitting hairs....

 

[Revoltingest]

If everyone everwhere shared a single religion, there would still be infinitesimal differences.
But all would expect complete uniformity, so fighting over these would be the most vicious
the world has ever seen.

 

[Sunstone]

How would the world benefit if everyone was forced to wear the same size pants? Some folks would have pants too loose for them. Some folks would have pants too tight for them. Some folks would have pants too long for them. Some folks would have pants too short for them. How would the world benefit if that was the case?

So, how would the world benefit if everyone had the same religion? All that would mean in practice is that many people were poorly served by their religion. Many people would go without having their spiritual needs met.

If you want an example of a society that doesn't recognize nor cherish the differences between people, just look to North Korea. Everyone is supposed to be the same in North Korea.

 

[CynthiaCypher]

Would people benefit if everyone thought and behave uniformly? Without difference of opinion, without distinct and unique personalities or individual thought? Yeah, we might get peace, but at what price?