Town bans pagan temple after finding out its not Christian

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22. Agreed, even if not proven in this. The ISIS and Boko Harum actions aren't about religion, either.

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In Ukraine, India, and so many other countries, the terrorism is about money and territory.

Religious, political and ideological explanations follow actions that could have been made sans any of those excuses. They are justifications for the acts and encouragement for warriors at a shallow thinking level, but they know deep down what they will get in the end even if they don't admit to themselves.

They will get more 'stuff' and say they deserved it and those they slaughter or oppress didn't deserve possession. I now see sexism and racism and all of it in that lens now.

I know non-believers and believers who made their decisions according to a view of the market place, be it marriage, jobs, party, then add on religion or political reasons to say they are beyond reproach after taking their pure materialist approach to all of those matters.

The 'because of religion' crowd, both supporters or detractors of religion, are dismissing intended, if not admitted, real world consequences underlying the words that seek to obscure the acts. This is where the focus needs to be and not the words that are being used to justify or demonize their actions.

JMHO.