Religious Crimes

Spanish Inquisition

Salem Witch Trials

Crusades

Near Genocide of Native Americans, Irish, and many Arab people

Pedifile Acts against Young Boys

Destruction of Twin Towers

Historical Executions of those who did not follow a Nation's religious laws

Question: Does Religion actually WORK ? Isn't one of the major goals of religion to promote Unity? What are your thoughts.....

Originally posted by Lord Urizen
Isn't one of the major goals of religion to promote Unity?

No. Ecumenism is a recent movement.

Originally posted by Lord Urizen
Near Genocide of Native Americans, Irish, and many Arab people

What?

Have you forgot a large chunk of history? What about the Islamic invasion of india? 600,000 people were killed in a DAY. Every living/moving thing was murdered.

Armanian Genocide ring a bell?
Mass persecution and murder of Jews around Arabia since the raise of Islam till...well now?

If you're already going to talk about crimes commited in the name of religion, at least include ALL religions.

If you're already going to talk about crimes commited in the name of religion, at least include ALL religions.

Destruction of Twin Towers

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Destruction of twin towers had nothing to do with religion. Its a political not a religious issue! 😱

Because when someone blows something up in the name of God or Allah, it's not a religious issue.

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What?

Have you forgot a large chunk of history? What about the Islamic invasion of india? 600,000 people were killed in a DAY. Every living/moving thing was murdered.

Armanian Genocide ring a bell?
Mass persecution and murder of Jews around Arabia since the raise of Islam till...well now?

If you're already going to talk about crimes commited in the name of religion, at least include ALL religions.

I wrote this under exhaustion, it was the last thread i made before i took a nap...ofcourse there are so many examples i could have listed, but there are toooo many to include for myself.....thanks for including THESE.....

I only wrote those that came to mind.....those that i am FAMILIAR with...am i familar with Armenian genocide? No...thats y i didnt include it...im not a history professor, i apologize, but i always welcome more information on the topic. 🙂

Destruction of twin towers had nothing to do with religion. Its a political not a religious issue!

The way the extermination of the Jews in the Holocaust was not a religous issue ?

It's not just a political issue, it is also a religious one. Ofcourse to Bin Ladin its all political, but to many of his lowest followers who actually beleive they are going to Heaven for this, YES its a RELIGIOUS issue.....

Barbara Walters interviewed an Arab would-be terrorist, i forget which country he comes from exactly..again sorry...point is he is a Muslim Extremist and he beleives that those who are not part of his Faith will burn in Hell, and that he will get 72 Virgins to mate with in Heaven when he dies.

Yes, Moderator, its 9/11 is a RELIGIOUS issue as well.

Heard this joke?

Bin Laden dies and goes to heaven. He's met there by Allah who says, "follow me to your just reward" They go into a room where George Washington walks in and proceeds to beat Bin Laden to a pulp, afterwards James Madison follows and starts kicking him, Jefferson walks in and gives him another pounding.

Bruised, broken, and bloody, Bin Laden looks at Allah as the door opens admitting another American founding father. Bin Laden asks, "what is this? Where is my reward?"

Allah looks at him and says, "Oh, you thought I said 72 virgins would be waiting for you. Sorry, I actually said Virginians."

Any man-made religion (or God-made religion corrupted by man) will have it's share of religious "crime"

I don't know why it is that religious views are the source of so much hatred. Eastern religions do pretty well about avoiding that. Aside from the beliefs of Imperial Japan, most eastern religions are all about non-attachment and calm.

Western religious texts definitely profess peace, but the followers seldom seem to pay much attention when those get in the way.

That's a sad reality, but thanks for enlightening us Docb77.....

Estern religion have thier poblems too, there is a long history of buddhist/Hindu conflicts in Southeast Asia.

I don't see the Nazi persecution of Jews anywhere, nor the Russian hate crimes against Jews. This thread fails....

Originally posted by Lord Urizen
Spanish Inquisition

Salem Witch Trials

Crusades

Near Genocide of Native Americans, Irish, and many Arab people

Pedifile Acts against Young Boys

Destruction of Twin Towers

Historical Executions of those who did not follow a Nation's religious laws

The Inquisition and Crusades can be considered religious crimes, I suppose. Death to Native Americans and Irish and Arabs? How is that a religious crime? Pedophilia against young boys is not a religious crime, it's just plain crime.

The Salem Witch Trials are just stupid.

When people are executed, I prefer to use a bit stronger terminology thatn "just stupid"

Originally posted by Lord Urizen
Spanish Inquisition

Salem Witch Trials

Crusades

Near Genocide of Native Americans, Irish, and many Arab people

Pedifile Acts against Young Boys

Destruction of Twin Towers

Historical Executions of those who did not follow a Nation's religious laws

[B]Question: Does Religion actually WORK ? Isn't one of the major goals of religion to promote Unity? What are your thoughts..... [/B]

I will repeat myself, there is no such thing as religious crimes (unless you are stanist). Not Christian, nor Jewish nor muslim religion accepts violance. You can't call anything criminals or terrorists do a religious crime. By this logic if you kill someone this would be religious crime only because the killer (you) was a believer.

Originally posted by Arachnoidfreak
Because when someone blows something up in the name of God or Allah, it's not a religious issue.

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No it's not, it only means that the one who made it is a bastard and really thinks that God or Allah would approve what he did. It is a question of sanity. Religion don't make people terrorists, these people just are terrirists from the beginning and they are trying to excuse their acts with religion.

Religion does wants conversion to get it's unity.......That's not peaceful, and won't work.

Although religion sometimes plays an important role, so do a variety of cultural, political and historical factors. Leaders use differences over faith as a way of sowing hatred and mobilising support for political wars. Religion sometimes is a cause for conflict, sometimes it simply helps sustain conflict, and other times it is used as a pretext for conflicts that have deeper roots in other issues.

Originally posted by Storm
Although religion sometimes plays an important role, so do a variety of cultural, political and historical factors. Leaders use differences over faith as a way of sowing hatred and mobilising support for political wars. Religion sometimes is a cause for conflict, sometimes it simply helps sustain conflict, and other times it is used as a pretext for conflicts that have deeper roots in other issues.

The cause for conflicts usualy are politics, they use religion to manipulate trusting people. But religion itself never approve violance.

The OT does...