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Re: What good is Religion
Originally posted by don_robertsThere have been wars fought over numerous things. Religion, I do not believe, is the true impetus behind most wars attributed to religion. I believe a ruling body had some reason for wanting the war, and they used religion to get the people to support an otherwise unnecessary war. It is like Bush using possible terrorist threat to validate his war in Iraq. religion doesn't often instigate war, various ruling individuals do. Religion is just an easy method to gain unity among the people, and so various individuals have used it to promote their own agendas.
Many wars are about religion many die though misguided religion e.g Jehad (a terrorist religion)
I think it may be impossible to have a well rounded opinion in youth. It takes years and experience in other cultures to come close to such a thing. Similarly, it is probably impossible to understand properly another belief system without direct exposure to people in that system when it is in a position of majority and oneself is in the position of minority, unless of course you lived the system and studied it thoroughly during that time.
Originally posted by ThePittmanWell the problem with modern day religions is that they started no less than 1000 years ago, and back then people died at an early age. Now we have 100 times the science, and we got there without religion. More of Francis Bacon.
There is good and bad in most religions and the concept of religion in its self but I believe that religion as a whole is creating separations in the human race as much as race and color.