I am wondering what will become of our world if all people suddenly realize atheism, and that religion is a lie. We know that religions have somehow controlled and managed the behaviour of society in a way, that religions provide practical benefits/usefulness to other people even though that there is a part in them that bring disadvantages as well.

I can see that religions ‘brainwash’ people to not murder, rape, steal, etc (even though it still happens the number is curb down for most people due to religion’s influence). People are motivated by religion, in that, they’re given hope that good behaviour to others will be rewarded and bad behaviour will be punished in afterlife, that you won’t disappear forever after your death as there is life after death, and through these ways, the society is somehow ‘controlled’ to operate in a way that will benefit others.

Now imagine if such ‘control’ is suddenly taken away, which mean, all people have realized atheism and no more benefits can be gained from religions. Will most people keep on donating for others? (You may say yes but many others in religious societies will lose reason for doing that) Will the number of murder, rape, robbery, etc increasing since no more conscience barriers to keep them in line? Will people become more selfish as they believe they must enjoy all in the world for themselves since they’ll disappear forever after death anyway?

Topics: religion, people, society, atheism, benefits, chaos, order