I dunno...i hear this argument a lot....the religion is just a cover for bad people to cause mayhem and gain power. And perhaps that is true in some cases. But by in large I think most of these people ARE driven by their religious ideologies...and if we could somehow magically wave a wand that killed God......a lot of these people would forget why they hated each other in the first place.
The siblings squabbling over who Dad likes best is a great analogy...because if you equate the father to God, and removed him from teh situation....meaning the kids are no longer siblings.....they would probably stop fighting. On Tue, Jul 15, 2014 at 1:15 PM, Maureen <[email protected]> wrote: > > Many more people have died during warfare between sects of the same > religion than have died in wars between two different religions: > Catholics versus Protestant, Sunni versus Shia, etc. But even those > wars are really about power and greed - which group gets control - and > have little or nothing to do with religious belief. The Sunnis aren't > fighting the Shia over doctrine but over who was the rightful heir to > the Prophet. Religion makes a great scapegoat for warmongers. Let's > do it "in God's name". In the case of Jews versus Muslims, since the > both claim the God of Abraham, it's like siblings squabbling over who > Dad likes best. > > On Tue, Jul 15, 2014 at 10:43 AM, GMoney <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Oh right, you can root for the right God, but for the wrong reasons, and > > still be killed for it. > > > > I need to re-read my "Religion: Who Can Kill Who and Why" handbook. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:371571 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
