Can you imagine a world without any religion?

[JWeinCom]

the-pi-guy said:

JWeinCom said:

Look at what's happening in the middle east.  You can probably make a good case that the root cause of these issues involve economics, foreign policy, western interventionism, and so on so forth.  A lot of people probably would want to react violently one way or another.  But without allah and islam to unify the disgruntled, justify their violence, and promise a reward, do you think the situation would be as bad as it is?

Maybe not as bad, but would it be gone?  I don't think so.

I don't think anyone is saying that it would be completely gone.  If they are, then they're stupid.  But just because you can't get rid of every instance of violence doesn't mean you shouldn't try to deal with one of the major causes.