Importance of religion in one's life Why is religion important in our life? How is it important? What will happen if we will have no religion? What...

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third question is interesting to ponder. I believe that if we have no religion, other ideologies
will take the place of religion. We can look historically at states that have tried to ban
religion, and in many of these cases a kind of non-theistic "state religion" took
over, in which the head of state was revered and deified just like a god would be in a
traditional religion. Also, many non religious people have strong attachments to on ideology or
another (environmentalism, secular humanism, objectivism, materialism, etc.). Ideologies help
create community and give people a sense of purpose and order. I think that in the absence of
religion, people will find other conceptual frameworks in which to ground their
lives.