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Old 02-05-2009, 11:23 AM
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Default what would the world be like without christianity?

what would the world be like without christianity?
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Old 02-09-2009, 11:23 AM
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Their wouldn't be one, if you believe in Christianity as I do."In the beginning was The Word(Jesus)and The Word(Jesus)was with God, and The Word(Jesus) was God! So it was in the beginning"!
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Old 02-13-2009, 11:23 AM
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it'd be the same way only without people trying to push beliefs on another. don't get me wrong i'm not saying spirituality is a bad thing, i just think it works both ways, more people have been harmed in the name of "christianity" than anything.

p.s. "eyelovesjesus"- without God there would also be no devil..right? so no evil as well?
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Old 02-16-2009, 11:23 AM
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Hello star of94..

We all will go in front of God, at the great white Throne to be Judged..for those that go to hell, will see what it will be like for eternity without Christ..

There will be hate..greed..fear..gnashing of teeth..for without God there will be NO LOVE..

I do not even want to imagine a world without Love..

In Jesus Most Precious Name..
With Love..In Christ..
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Old 02-18-2009, 11:23 AM
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pure hell
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Old 02-21-2009, 11:23 AM
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It would be like it was before God made the great flood. People would not care about their sinning. People would be dead all over the streets, people would be having sex in front of your kids, doing drugs, drinking from the bottle, having no concern in the world. Kids would never listen to their parents, there would be a lot more murdering, and a lot more theft... Everything that is negative now, would be how many Christians are there that much more negative. That many more people not caring.
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Old 02-26-2009, 11:23 AM
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History would have unfolded completely differently. It's possible that Islam would have spread from North Africa and Spain into the rest of Europe. Or any one of ten million other variations.
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Old 02-28-2009, 11:23 AM
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A lot better.
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Old 03-01-2009, 11:23 AM
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It would be MUCH better.
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Old 03-03-2009, 11:23 AM
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Full of sin and no fun. Everyone would be doing their own
thing. God would be angry with us. That's why he flooded the earth because the people were wild and crazy.
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Old 03-04-2009, 11:23 AM
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If you read other questions that I have answered, you would really get the hint that I am defiantly Not Christian and am not to fond of their beliefs...BUT...I am Putting that Aside and I hope you Judge my answer knowing that I have done so.
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I Actually think that the World would be better with out Christianity...I think there should be no religion at all. Religion has over powered everything. People use religion against others. Even government has religion. Too much blood spills over Religion Do you know how pathetic that is?
'Oh, you dint believe in Christianity, we have to start a war over this! this is Such a huge deal! There is only one god and if you dint believe in him then you are going to HELL'
Well you know what? Thats Lame. And Also, How can some one go to Hell if they dint Believe in hell!?
There would be less trouble, pain and pointless effort with out Christianity or any other Religion.
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Old 03-07-2009, 11:23 AM
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The same.There will still be Judgement and murder.The same.Christians going around scorning people for not believing what they do is simply judging.If Christians weren't around,people would still judge people,they just wouldn't have a book that corresponds to what they believe.

That's similar to asking "what if there was no God,other than there not being life"

There will be:

killing, incest, rape ,pedophilia, prostitution, war, slavery etc.


All of those things are happening now.
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Old 03-12-2009, 12:23 PM
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Statistics show that, although there are many Christians around the world, church attendance is on the decline. It would be fair to say that a world full of a bunch of non-practicing Christians is a world without Christianity. If the trends are a true reflection of reality, we will have a world without Christianity very soon. Then we'll really find out what it would be like.
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Old 03-15-2009, 12:23 PM
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John Lennon said it best:

Imagine

Imagine there's no heaven,
It's easy if you try,
No hell below us,
Above us only sky,
Imagine all the people
living for today...

Imagine there's no countries,
It isn't hard to do,
Nothing to kill or die for,
No religion too,
Imagine all the people
living life in peace...

Imagine no posses ions,
I wonder if you can,
No need for greed or hunger,
A brotherhood of man,
Imagine all the people
Sharing all the world...

You may say I'm a dreamer,
but I'm not the only one,
I hope some day you'll join us,
And the world will live as one.
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Old 03-20-2009, 12:23 PM
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Some Christians believe that the world is getting ready to find out shortly. After the church gets ruptured, the only people left will be non believers. With the righteous gone only evil will exist. What a world that will be. I hope I'm one of the chosen few.
So many will be called but will not heed the call, and will be left behind to face the awful wrath of God almighty.
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Old 03-23-2009, 12:23 PM
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Hmn... my opinion... it'd be filled with Pagans, Atheists, Agnostics, Buddhists, Jews, and Muslims. The Muslims would be a combo of Christianity itself and Judaism, and probably would branch off into Islam and Christianity eventually, but, half the world would be Judaic/Muslim, half Pagan. The Native Americans would have been a strong force, along with Native Hispanics and loads of other people. Hitler wouldn't have been a problem. No Crusades, either... things seem to me like they'd be a lot better. Who knows, though, people might adopt certain Christian roles...? Door-to-door Asatru? "Have you found Yggdrasil yet? We can tell you how." People complaining that Beltane has become too commercial... one thing would stay the same: Samhain/Halloween. It'd stay commercial, without a doubt. Furthermore, a lot of trees would still be on earth. And animals. Seems like without Christianity the earth would be pretty darn nice to me.
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Old 03-24-2009, 12:23 PM
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It is impossible to say. our history for the past 2,000 years has been greatly influenced by Christianity. Without this religion, it seems likely that another religion would have grown to dominate Europe. The most likely candidate to me seems to be Roman/Greek polytheism. Christianity replaced roman polytheism as the religion of the Romans, who (along with similar-minded Greeks) were the largest single influence on medieval European culture. Whatever the Romans adopted, it likely would have spread as their culture influenced the rest of Europe. since it happened to be Christianity, Christianity came to dominate Europe. Europe, and especially european expansion and colonialism, then was the vehicle which spread christianity throughout the world. Without christianity, it is probably unlikely that Islam would have developed. Islam came about after Christianity was already in power, and is largely based off of Christianity. I can't say that Islam would not have developed without Christianity, but it at least seems that it developed in part as a response to the success of christianity. I don't know nearly enough about the doctrines and beliefs of roman/greek polytheism to speculate on how that would have caused europe to develop differently or how this would affect us today.

My guess is that there would not have been too much of a difference - the actions of europe, such as colonialism, expansion, and war, were usually only justified by Christianity, not caused by it, and it seems to me that any religion dominant in this time would have been likewise used. This being said, according to wikipedia, "Before the rise of Christianity in most cults orthopraxy (doing the right things), was more important than orthodoxy (believing the right things). This is the case in Roman religion too." This implies that maybe in a europe dominated by roman religion there would not have been as much intellectual persecution, and a lesser, maybe even nonexistant, dark age. This is only my guess.
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Old 03-29-2009, 12:23 PM
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Far fewer wars I would imagine....many wars waged in the name of Christanity...something I cannot understand.
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Old 04-03-2009, 12:23 PM
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First of all I would ask you to disregard Eric M. Bliss's answer A.K.A. First Emperor.
This world would be in absolute chaos more than what it is now without Christ.
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Old 04-08-2009, 12:23 PM
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Without Christianity, then one will be pathetic of thinking why he should be doing good when there is no salvation after all.
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Old 04-10-2009, 12:23 PM
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It would be like being on the 50 yard line at the super bowl, frig gin' great.
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Old 04-15-2009, 12:23 PM
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Horrible! But can you imagine what Heaven would be like? Empty. But God isn't gonna let that happen(Praise God!!!)
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Old 04-19-2009, 12:23 PM
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it would be fine. Christianity does not really provide much original philosophy . except that Jesus can own all your sins.
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