Is religion still relevant in modern society?

[Zlejedi]

Runa216 said:

Marks said:
Can't just make religion disappear because you don't agree with it my good man. It may "not have a purpose" (assuming science is right about big bang/evolution/etc) but there are still billions around the world who are religious.

I've kind of outgrown religion myself but I still think it serves a good purpose of teaching kids good values. It teaches not to kill, not to steal, to be faithful to your wife/husband, not to lie, etc. If it wasn't for all the extremists in religion nobody would have any problem with religions.

*sigh*  You do not need religion to teach you that deliberately harming others is wrong. if anything, religion would only serve to push outdated values on the weakminded (gays are evil, men are greater than women, kill all those who worship any others...).  if I actually had t he time, I could easily give you hundreds more bad things the bible could teach compared to the good things it teaches.  

Sadly, I have a life so this will have to go unresolved.  

I see we finally get to the real motives why people hate religion and try to actively reduce it's importance.

Religions preserve a set of traditional values which is huge problem for certain minorities who would want to push their own agenda but are blocked by conservatist values upheld by majority.