Originally Posted by magnusalex
the stealing of the amercias was not down to reliigon.
the stealing of lands was not down to religions.
the first and second world wars were not down to religion.
the 2 atomic bombs in japan were not due to religions.
vietnam war was not due to religion.
genghis khan was not religious, hitler, or stalin, or po pot, or mugabe, bonaparte, the roman empire, saddam hussein, mussolini, all the european monarchs who stole lands were not religious.
Violent offenders are not religious, rapists, murderers, but monarchs and govts, and deluded people twist reliigon to suit their own invading or terrorist wishes.
religions did not shape humanity, humanity shapad humanity. weve never known a time without wars, even when in the hunter gatherer stages we were murdering our ancestors.
religious people who stick to the basics and guidelines of their religion are pillars of society, it is non religious people who use and abuse people, religions or peoples vulnerability.
society is weak and without decent religious people it would be more weak.