Most people that ignore God have a decent reason for doing so, albeit not so decent to the good ole Christian folks. The type of chaos that reigns freely in this world today is mostly a direct result of religion (not simply from ignorance), though not in all cases is it mutually exclusive. People seem to think that because many people ignore God, this results in chaos because of a devil roaming around tempting us. Although there are many reasons for the different types of chaos that are laced through the world today, I'm going to cover the chaos that is religion.
In almost all religious groups, there have been great attempts to establish control, and what better way to gain control of the masses by telling the populace that a priest hears direct orders and ideas from their patron (or matron) god? Throughout Christian history, it has been thought that God came down and gave instructions on how to live life properly, which is laughable at best. Assuming that God is indeed all-powerful, I'm not so sure he actually involved himself directly with his own creations at all. Animals and insects have their own way of life and they got along just fine without God. Dolphins and monkeys did as well, and those two types of animals are considered 'higher intellects'. The argument I've gotten for this is, 'Well, God made us in his image.' This doesn't make a bit of difference, but it -does- explain the chaos that governs our lives.
If we are indeed made in God's image, then it clearly explains why we have a thirst for destruction. God's attitude in the Old Testament was that of a malevolent bully, constantly dishing out punishment to the objects of his creation with little pity or remorse, mostly for acts they did against him. Many of these acts included worshiping other gods (which supposedly didn't exist), disobeying a direct order from him, acting according to our curious human nature, and so on. It purely exhibits how we as humans act today in regards to our fellow man, how children behave in accordance to authority from their parents, and how adults regard other authority figures: at one point or another, any one of these individuals will challenge the other's authority. The result is not to strike the other person dead, though a few passages in the Old Testament condone this behavior.
Being made in God's image does not give us any reason or merit to worship a figment of the imagination. Submission to this 'authority figure' is actually submission to the human beings who created him for that purpose. What better way to get the attention of a bunch of primitive animals than to threaten them with violence that they know very well? Humans are no different, and many of us clearly understand what violence results in: pain. How odd is it that most human beings do their best to avoid physical pain, but allow themselves to become subjects of brainwashing and death threats from a hypocritical god that lives by a famous double standard 'Do as I say, not as I do'?
In short, the chaos in this world is not the result of ignoring God, it's the result of condoning and tolerating the religion that supports him. Religion has always tried to control humanity for its own ends, and it won't ever give up that cause. Each time science or secularism debunks another myth about God, another version of the bible is printed, or another apologist attempts to falsify the claim, or whatever needs to be done to protect their precious death cult. Christianity is losing the battle against atheism, and as a result, chaos is going to grow exponentially due to Christians trying to restore their religion in many acts of desperation. The question is, are we going to ignore the real problem?
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