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I read a thread today showing some Ghanaians trooping in their numbers to enter an ark built by an acclaimed prophet, who predicted that a great flood would begin today, 25th December 2025. Incidents like this raise important questions, and I decided to bring this discussion here.

I ask this question with genuine curiosity, not hostility.
Has religion outlived its purpose?
For thousands of years, religion has been one of humanity’s most powerful tools for understanding the world. Long before science, data, and experimentation, humans faced a universe filled with mystery, fear, and uncertainty. We didn’t know why the rain fell, why sickness came, why people died suddenly, or why disasters struck without warning. In trying to make sense of these things, humans created explanations — and many of those explanations took religious forms.
In that sense, religion did not start as stupidity or wickedness. It started as an attempt to explain the unknown.
When thunder roared, it was a god.
When crops failed, it was divine anger.
When someone recovered from illness, it was a miracle.
When someone died suddenly, it was destiny or punishment.
This is what many today call the “god of the gaps” idea — where whatever humans could not explain was simply placed in the hands of a god.
As knowledge expanded, those gaps began to shrink.
Biology now explains life, reproduction, and evolution.
Medicine explains diseases, infections, and healing.
Meteorology explains rain, droughts, storms, and climate.
Psychology explains human behavior, emotions, trauma, and belief.
Astronomy explains the heavens once thought to be spiritual realms.
Many things that were once purely religious questions now have natural explanations backed by evidence.
Yet religion remains — not just as a personal belief, but as a powerful social force influencing laws, politics, education, relationships, and even conflict.
This brings me to the real question:
If religion was largely created to answer questions humans could not explain at the time, what role does it truly play today in a world where science and knowledge explain so much?
Some argue religion still provides:
Moral guidance
Community and identity
Comfort in suffering
Meaning and purpose
Others argue:
Morality does not require religion
Religion often divides more than it unites
It discourages critical thinking
It can slow social and scientific progress
It is frequently used as a tool for control
In today’s world, people still pray for healing while rejecting medicine.
People still blame witches, demons, or divine punishment for psychological or medical conditions.
People still fight, discriminate, and kill over religious differences.
So one must ask honestly:
Is religion still a solution — or has it become part of the problem?
Has belief evolved with human knowledge, or has it remained stuck in an ancient framework while the world moved forward?
Is religion now more about tradition, fear, and identity than truth and understanding?
Or does religion still serve a deep human need that science can never replace?
I am not saying religion is useless.
I am also not saying science has all the answers.
But I am asking this sincerely:
Has religion outlived its original purpose, or does it still have a valid role in shaping modern society?
I’d like to hear thoughtful opinions from believers, non-believers, skeptics, and everyone in between.
Let’s discuss respectfully.

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When it comes to death that is when everyone remembers that they are afraid of God. So religion will always be in play and will always be relevant

Dtruthspeaker:
When it comes to death that is when everyone remembers that they are afraid of God. So religion will always be in play and will always be relevant

Read carefully and if you have any meaningful contribution please post, but if not stay one side.

If you want to enter the office of the HOD of chemical engineering back in my college.....you will boldy see ... "an engineer designed a pacemaker that helps the human' heart function better, an engineer also designed a gas chamber that kill millions of people...don't abuse engineering"

Virtually everything can be abused, where knowledge is limited or misinterpreted, including science....

Man has always been the flaw in the equation of life either because of limited understanding, uncontrolled lust, or his corrupted reasoning..

Buy hey!! U can always move on shaa....

gsegun43:
Has religion outlived its purpose?

Christianity’s purpose was never to explain thunder or disease or whatever bla bla bla you wrote up there.

It was to answer who God is, who humans are, what good is, why evil exists, and most importantly whether hope beyond death is real.

gsegun43:
Read carefully and if you have any meaningful contribution please post, but if not stay one side.

You raised this thread because of the Ghana man doing Noah, which means you are talking about life and death. And this is where my statement comes in and why religion will always be relevant.

So, I see, you are annoyed that I have reminded you of death and the fear of God and this is why religion will always be important because it would always come to remind you of your fear and dread of God

bolabizzle:
Christianity’s purpose was never to explain thunder or disease or whatever bla bla bla you wrote up there.

It was to answer who God is, who humans are, what good is, why evil exists, and most importantly whether hope beyond death is real.

Christianity is still a religion — just one of the many religions that exist in the world today, albeit the most popular.
While it may not have been created specifically to explain thunder or disease, in practice it has historically been used to explain and interpret many aspects of human experience, including suffering, illness, death, and unexplained events.
For many Christians, outcomes are often framed in a way that cannot be questioned: if a prayer is answered, god did it; if it is not answered, it is god’s will. That circular reasoning is part of what the original post is addressing — belief systems that explain everything, yet cannot be tested or challenged.
Questions about god, morality, evil, and life after death are important, but the issue being raised is whether faith-based answers are still sufficient or useful in a world where evidence-based explanations increasingly shape how we understand reality.

success1smyn:
Christianity is still a religion — just one of the many religions that exist in the world today, albeit the most popular.
While it may not have been created specifically to explain thunder or disease, in practice it has historically been used to explain and interpret many aspects of human experience, including suffering, illness, death, and unexplained events.
For many Christians, outcomes are often framed in a way that cannot be questioned: if a prayer is answered, god did it; if it is not answered, it is god’s will. That circular reasoning is part of what the original post is addressing — belief systems that explain everything, yet cannot be tested or challenged.
Questions about god, morality, evil, and life after death are important, but the issue being raised is whether faith-based answers are still sufficient or useful in a world where evidence-based explanations increasingly shape how we understand reality.

Your thoughts or that of the AI you "copy pasted" this from?

advanceDNA:
If you want to enter the office of the HOD of chemical engineering back in my college.....you will boldy see ... "an engineer designed a pacemaker that helps the human' heart function better, an engineer also designed a gas chamber that kill millions of people...don't abuse engineering"

Virtually everything can be abused, where knowledge is limited or misinterpreted, including science....

Man has always been the flaw in the equation of life either because of limited understanding, uncontrolled lust, or his corrupted reasoning..

Buy hey!! U can always move on shaa....

"His Corrupted reason" what a political way of saying his evil mind".

bolabizzle:
Christianity’s purpose was never to explain thunder or disease or whatever bla bla bla you wrote up there.

It was to answer who God is, who humans are, what good is, why evil exists, and most importantly whether hope beyond death is real.

To put it better, Christianity reminds us that we are owned and the property of God. And that like every thing that is owned, if we fail to please our Owner, there will be bad consequences.

success1smyn:
..if a prayer is answered, god did it; if it is not answered, it is god’s will. That circular reasoning is part of what the original post is addressing — belief systems that explain everything, yet cannot be tested or challenged.
Questions about god, morality, evil, and life after death are important, but the issue being raised is whether faith-based answers are still sufficient or useful in a world where evidence-based explanations increasingly shape how we understand reality.

The Truth is, if men could solve all their problems they would not pray.

And our parents have given us a semblance of how God is which is the Law eg you don't get everything you want. You get whatever the parent chooses to give or not give you, if you could get whatever you want for yourself you won't even need your parents.

So are God based answers still relevant? The answer is always "Yes". But definitely it is understandable that God haters would not want that answer and will definitely take any other answer.

That is what is going on.

Dtruthspeaker:
if we fail to please our Owner

But you cant please your owner. Remember he is perfect, and your bible told you that your works are irrelevant and useless in his sight so save your energy.

The main point of your christianity is to accept jesus as your lord and saviour or else you will burn in hell for eternity.

Dtruthspeaker:
The Truth is, if men could solve all their problems they would not pray.

Is that a bad thing? What did he give us brains for? Decoration?

Dtruthspeaker:
if you could get whatever you want for yourself you won't even need your parents.

Actually the wish of every parent is that their child grows up to become independent and not need their help or protection. Can you say the same thing for your God?

Dtruthspeaker:
So are God based answers still relevant? The answer is always "Yes".

That is why netanyahu is happy murdering children and quoting scriptures to back his agenda. Because God telling the jews to kill children is an answer that is still relevant today

SarcasticWords:
But you cant please your owner. Remember he is perfect, and your bible told you that your works are irrelevant and useless in his sight so save your energy.

The main point of your christianity is to accept jesus as your lord and saviour or else you will burn in hell for eternity.

Oh no! That is not True. Abel pleased Him, Seth pleased Him, Enoch pleased Him, Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob aka Isreal etc and the list of people who pleased Him grew.

And no, the bold is not fully correct. The main point of Christianity is to please God and escape His Anger.

Any one who is saying "just believe" is Lying and a liar. That is what I am dealing with in this thread as I point out to them fake believers and fake Christians in this thread

https://www.nairaland.com/8586778/saved-obeying-god-laws-believing/2#137901860

'He does not believe that does not live according to his belief.'Sigmund Freud

And Christ never did any wrong thing, his followers were never accused of doing any wrong thing, therefore anyone who says he is a Christian must be one who never does a wrong thing.

That is what Christianity is about.

And as you can see because people love to do the wrong, bad and wicked thing, (even those who claim that they are Christians, yet they fornicate and adulterate and lie upanda) is why they very much hate God and Christianity with a murder full hatred. See how the op responded to me. That tells you

Dtruthspeaker:
That is what I am dealing with in this thread as I point out to them fake believers and fake Christians in this thread

Anyone who says he is a Christian must be one who never does a wrong thing.

That is what Christianity is about.

Wow, so many divisions, disorder and confusion in Christianity.

This one says A , the other says B.

Maybe all of you are wrong. After all your bible did say God is not an author of confusion.

SarcasticWords:
Wow, so many divisions, disorder and confusion in Christianity.

This one says A , the other says B.

Maybe all of you are wrong. After all your bible did say God is not an author of confusion.

Is this world a perfect world where there are no liars? Or is there any society or group in which confusion and argument is none existent?

You know what things are wrongs and that is why you are not able to find fault with what I have said. So, it's clear that you do not have any reasonable thing to say on this issue.

SarcasticWords:
Is that a bad thing? What did he give us brains for? Decoration?

If you could solve all your problems you won't participate in social relations and conversations like Dr Robotnik. Which means you would be alone and depressed.

So yes, it's a bad thing.

SarcasticWords:
Actually the wish of every parent is that their child grows up to become independent and not need their help or protection. Can you say the same thing for your God?

First, this guy and many others prove that you are lucky and blessed if your parents do not hinder your growth
https://www.nairaland.com/8587241/parents-one-hindering-progress-life

Secondly, If God had not made your parents free and independent, you won't have grown.

So, you see, God has already done it.

SarcasticWords:
That is why netanyahu is happy murdering children and quoting scriptures to back his agenda. Because God telling the jews to kill children is an answer that is still relevant today

Please be reasonable. Netanyahu's quoting of scriptures is not connected to my response on "whether faith-based answers are still sufficient or useful in a world".

Dtruthspeaker:
You raised this thread because of the Ghana man doing Noah, which means you are talking about life and death. And this is where my statement comes in and why religion will always be relevant.

So, I see, you are annoyed that I have reminded you of death and the fear of God and this is why religion will always be important because it would always come to remind you of your fear and dread of God

Honestly, I don’t enjoy replying to you because you often go off point. This discussion is not about death, and the Ghana prophet incident has nothing to do with death either. If anything, it should be a source of embarrassment for Christians.

gsegun43:
Honestly, I don’t enjoy replying to you because you often go off point. This discussion is not about death, and the Ghana prophet incident has nothing to do with death either. If anything, it should be a source of embarrassment for Christians.

You do not like responding to me because you know that in the end you would find out that you are wrong, for you used the Ghana rubbish to put religions relevance on the stand.

And my response is simply that religion will always be in play because of the high point of religion is when death is in focus.

Yes, religion will be low on science and some other topics but it will certainly pick up once death is raised. That is all I am saying.

And unfortunately, every topic in the world cannot do without involving death hence why I say religion can never ever become irrelevant as the question your header asked

Dtruthspeaker:
You do not like responding to me because you know that in the end you would find out that you are wrong, for you used the Ghana rubbish to put religions relevance on the stand.

And my response is simply that religion will always be in play because of the high point of religion is when death is in focus.

Yes, religion will be low on science and some other topics but it will certainly pick up once death is raised. That is all I am saying.

And unfortunately, every topic in the world cannot do without involving death hence why I say religion can never ever become irrelevant as the question your header asked

Lol, I think many of us have moved past that level — death. It’s the least of my concerns. Death is simply the end of one’s existence, nothing more. We will all die someday, and we’re not going anywhere after that.
What matters to me is living well now: making life better for myself, my loved ones, and leaving the world better than I met it. That’s it. No eternity, no fear of hellfire, no hope of an afterlife reward. I left that level long ago.

gsegun43:
Lol, I think many of us have moved past that level — death. It’s the least of my concerns. Death is simply the end of one’s existence, nothing more. We will all die someday, and we’re not going anywhere after that.
What matters to me is living well now: making life better for myself, my loved ones, and leaving the world better than I met it. That’s it. No eternity, no fear of hellfire, no hope of an afterlife reward. I left that level long ago.

Your earlier aggressive response about death betrays you but I will not pursue it but respect your right not to be reminded of death and your fear especially as this is not what the thread is really about.

And on living well, I say forget it. For it is only when God comes that living well will begin. It is as sure as fuel will never be 87 naira for a litre.

Dtruthspeaker:
Your earlier aggressive response about death betrays you but I will not pursue it but respect your right not to be reminded of death and your fear especially as this is not what the thread is really about.

And on living well, I say forget it. For it is only when God comes that living well will begin. It is as sure as fuel will never be 87 naira for a litre.

This guy! Where exactly did I respond aggressively about death? Go back to the beginning of the thread and read it again — slowly and carefully this time. This is exactly why I don’t like replying to you. You constantly go off point, then quickly declare yourself the winner while avoiding the actual argument. Please park one side.

gsegun43:
This guy! Where exactly did I respond aggressively about death? Go back to the beginning of the thread and read it again — slowly and carefully this time. This is exactly why I don’t like replying to you. You constantly go off point, then quickly declare yourself the winner while avoiding the actual argument. Please park one side.

Your anger and aggression is already permanently stamped up here. Plus, it makes no sense you repeating what I have already explained. And , no where here did I declare myself winner.

It's apparent that my beating you has greatly traumatized you. Sorry, that is what it means to be wrong