Religion and War

People, throughout this site and the world, argue about how certain religions say certain things about war and do the opposite. Along with that we argue about which religions are the most violent and are responsible for the death of innocents or something along those lines. Christianity, Islam, and mostly every other modern day religion have done something bad. But I think arguing about these points are stupid.

The reason is that basically everything has been used to start a war or slaughter innocents, religion, wealth, hatred, arrogance, ect. To say that religions are bad because they are responsible for the death of many is stupid. Should we say that wealth is bad because people fight over it? Religion can be used as a tool to start war along with many other things. Along with this we also shouldn't say that Islam is a violent religion but Christianity isn't and vice versa. It is stupid and pointless because someone somewhere will use religion as a reason to raise war.

Instead we should argue about how peaceful and generally good religions can be corrupted by man. Is it because man is generally bad and religion is there to try and save us, even though it can be corrupted? Or do religions have flaws which can make a target to the few evil people in the world. Or is it something else? I think arguing about the how and why is more important than the who and when.

partier9 said:

Instead we should argue about how peaceful and generally good religions can be corrupted by man. Is it because man is generally bad and religion is there to try and save us, even though it can be corrupted? Or do religions have flaws which can make a target to the few evil people in the world. Or is it something else? I think arguing about the how and why is more important than the who and when.

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Anything can be used for good or bad. I can use a hammer to help build an orphanage or I can use it to commit murder.

I can use speech to make peace or I can use it to make war. There have been atheist regimes and it did not stop them from killing.

Moe

partier9 said:

People, throughout this site and the world, argue about how certain religions say certain things about war and do the opposite. Along with that we argue about which religions are the most violent and are responsible for the death of innocents or something along those lines. Christianity, Islam, and mostly every other modern day religion have done something bad.

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Buddism? Confucianism? Neither have gone to war in the name of their ideology.

partier9 said:

The reason is that basically everything has been used to start a war or slaughter innocents, religion, wealth, hatred, arrogance, ect. To say that religions are bad because they are responsible for the death of many is stupid. Should we say that wealth is bad because people fight over it? Religion can be used as a tool to start war along with many other things. Along with this we also shouldn't say that Islam is a violent religion but Christianity isn't and vice versa. It is stupid and pointless because someone somewhere will use religion as a reason to raise war.

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It's argued in such a fashion because of it's hypocrisy.
Does greed, hatred, arrogance or wealth ever claim to have moral supremecy or legitimacy because of being "god's chosen people"?

partier9 said:

Instead we should argue about how peaceful and generally good religions can be corrupted by man. Is it because man is generally bad and religion is there to try and save us, even though it can be corrupted? Or do religions have flaws which can make a target to the few evil people in the world. Or is it something else? I think arguing about the how and why is more important than the who and when.

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The big three religions, judaism, islam, and christiaty are just fine if it's only the individual. However, once a group come together and bring in the political nature of social heirchy into the mess, religion is then a strategy to control the minds of the ignorant - teaching oblivious and blind obedience.
People no longer think for themselves and just agree completely with those at the top.
In mayan culture it became human sacrifices - killing each other was wrong but as long as they are your enemy so be it.
Christianity - the most tolerant of the 3 - has also been perverted into that in too many cases we see that the moral codes are only applicable upon other christians, not towards those who do not share in the belief.

Man will always go to war regardless of, it's dangerous when man claims legitimacy in going to war by god's command - W.