- Question
Should we ban all religions?
Should all religions be banned? This entry sets out the two positions on the provocative question — that we should ban all religions, and that we should not — weighing claimed harms against freedom of belief.
Position 1 of 2
Read this position →Yes, we should ban all religions
The position that religion should be prohibited outright, holding that organised belief drives conflict, obstructs inquiry and subjects adherents to unaccountable authority, and that society would be better served by its absence than by its toleration.
Position 2 of 2
Read this position →No, we should not ban all religions
The position that religion should not be prohibited, holding that freedom of belief is a basic liberty, that no ban could be enforced without repression, and that prohibition would drive religious practice underground rather than bring it to an end.