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I have seen multiple threads stating that the Earth would be a more peaceful and "nice" place if religion never played a part.

This is untrue; religion is what keeps a good amount of the population in line, its why everyone obeys countless laws, rules, and regulations. Religious followers thrive to maintain adequate character due to some intangible power that shakes its finger at us from thousands of years ago, saying "do it and i'll ******** kill you".

Its why many people are not raping and commiting genocide every day, its a fear of a mythical badass who is posed and ready to beat your head in. I do realize that many people are'nt religious, and athiests tend to be peaceful people anyway...

And yes, many wars have been fought and many people have died due to religion; but many more would suffer without its presence.

I'm not saying that "God" and popular religion are true (personally i dont), but i'm saying that the earth would not be a pefect world without religion.

This is to suggest that everyone who does not follow religion is a serial rapist, murderer and generally morally bereft person.

Exactly.

No, it's to say that people who fallow relgion usaly put it above themselves. People who do not value something over themselves are usaly selfish to the point it greatly harms others.

Not all people without religion are like that, but with out religion, there would be a great deal of brutaly self centered people.

I thought people didnt break the law because the cops would come after them and shoot them in the head if they had to..
Who cares about a god that is not there and all you have to do is say sorry and your good again..
Yeah theres no god so you could do w/e you want till you get put down like a dog at the pound..
And look at all the killings because of religion...

I'm not to sure about that.

I look at every extreamist, Islam and Christan, people who would kill and be killed over religion. I just think without religion most of these people would devote all that engery to greed and self induldence.

As you said, hellfire motavates, but it(usaly) motavates people to fallow laws, give to chaiity, and help others.

1) Most of the world is underdeveloped. 3rd world countries still need religion to tell them where lightning comes from. What makes you think that the whole world understands science. In fact, people in fully developed countries don't understand science, or ethics, or philosophy in general. So, how exactly do you propose to implement these new social motivators to the under-evolved masses?
2) The very fact that religious charities produce billions of dollars for the under-privileged is enough to keep it around for forever. We need to feed the hungry somehow, and religion gets the job done better than anything else we've seen so far. Maybe when we find a way to bypass efficiency laws and mass-clone cows without feeding them, we can do without religious charities, but until then we've gotta find another source of food for all those little African kids with the bloated bellies.