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8. I don't think Islamic terrorists really

Reply to tomhagen (Original post)

Fri Jun 1, 2018, 09:54 AM

Jun 2018

believe they are doing it for Allah. It's a geopolitical battle. The religion is used to motivate people. Every society has a religion. It is natural to question them as science explains things.

Every war has some kind of resource distribution or control behind it. Things other than religion can also be used to motivate people - tribal and national, etc.

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Religion: the root of all Evil [View all] tomhagen May 2018 OP

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From the Buddhist perspective vlyons May 2018 #3

while cleaning & purging i found this quote i had written down. pansypoo53219 May 2018 #4

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I don't think Islamic terrorists really treestar Jun 2018 #8