RE: The danger of religion. .
May 18, 2012 at 5:27 pm
(This post was last modified: May 18, 2012 at 5:59 pm by Tobie.)
(May 18, 2012 at 5:24 pm)Hovik Wrote:(May 18, 2012 at 5:22 pm)Tobie Wrote: A lot of modern wars have religion as a contributing factor. Look to the middle east, it's all Islamic Extremists. Ireland, it was Catholics vs. Protestants. Religion has been a contributing factor to many a war - mostly due to it's ability to separate otherwise similar peoples.
This is extremely relevant to the situation in the Middle East, where peoples who are otherwise part of the same ethnicity are separated by religious differences. There are whole cities that get sectored by religion (Beirut used to be one of them).
Iraq under Saddam Hussein was another. As long as religion has existed, there has been fighting about which is right.
(May 18, 2012 at 5:26 pm)Polaris Wrote:(May 18, 2012 at 5:20 pm)Annik Wrote: Religion has been a great tool for oppression. Religion was not only the backer for the Crusades, but the horrors of the Dark Ages, the Witch Trials... And these are just some of the Christian ones.
Actually the Dark Ages was a time when organized religion took a back seat. The end of the Dark Ages coincided with the increase in the power of the Church and it's domination in European politics.
Salem Witch Trials? More people were just found dead along a highway in Mexico.
Religion has not been the factor except perhaps a little in Israel (mostly due to illegal land seizures in 1948). Economic stress and Western intervention are the cause of that strife.
You can continue being ignorant if you wish, but there have been many more wars about religion than "a little in Israel".
