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marylandblue

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46. Is this ethnic or religiois violence?

Reply to Lordquinton (Reply #17)

Sun Jan 7, 2018, 09:59 AM

Jan 2018

Seems more ethnic to me, and not in the name of religion.

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Do some religions prime us for war and violence [View all] mia Jan 2018 OP

I believe almost every religion has a war on or against something or someone. democratisphere Jan 2018 #1

I think it's a feeling of primacy. MineralMan Jan 2018 #2

the people they are displacing or killing are lesser people, or even "not real" people mitch96 Jan 2018 #5

Exactly. Look at India and the other colonies of various nations. MineralMan Jan 2018 #6

Gott mit uns..? mitch96 Jan 2018 #7

The first time I heard "Deus lo vult" mitch96 Jan 2018 #3

Religion and Nationalism and the Two Primary Causes of All Wars dlk Jan 2018 #4

Some, not all sects. safeinOhio Jan 2018 #8

People will use many belief systems as an excuse for violence. guillaumeb Jan 2018 #9

Patriotism is not a religion. MineralMan Jan 2018 #10

It is, if one recognizes it. guillaumeb Jan 2018 #11

You don't get to make up your own definitions of MineralMan Jan 2018 #12

Google "civil religion" and see what you find. guillaumeb Jan 2018 #13

It's a fairly common metaphorical extension. Igel Jan 2018 #14

It is his equivocation strategy. Voltaire2 Jan 2018 #20

Yes, well, I'm limiting my interactions MineralMan Jan 2018 #21

No, they won't. trotsky Jan 2018 #15

Inconvenient, that. MineralMan Jan 2018 #16

Depends on the buddhist Lordquinton Jan 2018 #17

Yes, well, it always does, doesn't it? MineralMan Jan 2018 #22

There's a tendency to project that somehow Asian religions Lordquinton Jan 2018 #24

Is this ethnic or religiois violence? marylandblue Jan 2018 #46

Marvelous observation. I will edit to say "many". guillaumeb Jan 2018 #19

There's more. trotsky Jan 2018 #54

+1... tribalism....nt 2naSalit Jan 2018 #53

Some definitely do, some don't have to shoulder that blame nearly to the extent as others Pope George Ringo II Jan 2018 #18

Religion is a means of organizing society towards a set of goals. Act_of_Reparation Jan 2018 #23

Unfortunately the answer is yes. PragmaticDem Jan 2018 #25

Then again I think of the USSR, Red China, etc. Sneederbunk Jan 2018 #26

"Red" China? how quaint. Voltaire2 Jan 2018 #27

The USSR is no more. MineralMan Jan 2018 #28

I understand your point but I would still say religion has caused more wars, or it would be fair... PragmaticDem Jan 2018 #29

Thank you. Neither the religious nor non-religious have clean hands. Sneederbunk Jan 2018 #30

War is a very human thing and even if religion went away there would still PragmaticDem Jan 2018 #31

did anyone claim the non-religious have "clean hands"? Voltaire2 Jan 2018 #32

No but the poster was making a point. PragmaticDem Jan 2018 #34

well the poster still hasn't elucidated the point the poster was making Voltaire2 Jan 2018 #49

Oh ok. PragmaticDem Jan 2018 #51

This is basically the argument that lung cancer is fine because people die from other things too. Pope George Ringo II Jan 2018 #33

So we should give up our beliefs because there have been wars? PragmaticDem Jan 2018 #35

Of course not. You should give up your beliefs because religion directly causes mass murders. Pope George Ringo II Jan 2018 #36

Maybe I am reading this wrong but you are arguing I should give up my faith because others PragmaticDem Jan 2018 #37

Obvious answer? Pope George Ringo II Jan 2018 #38

Yes I did ask! PragmaticDem Jan 2018 #39

It happened again. Pope George Ringo II Jan 2018 #40

I am sorry but I never told you my religious beliefs so you don't know what I think. PragmaticDem Jan 2018 #41

Well, you said you had faith and didn't want to give it up. Pope George Ringo II Jan 2018 #42

You seem confused. PragmaticDem Jan 2018 #43

It's only reasonable Pope George Ringo II Jan 2018 #44

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you are now a badz atheists, a choir, a harmonium. Voltaire2 Jan 2018 #48

Do you give out medals? PragmaticDem Jan 2018 #52

Some of the comments here seem to miss the point of the article marylandblue Jan 2018 #47

everything in this forum is theism vs atheism Voltaire2 Jan 2018 #50