You're saying that the religious are trying to get you to live the way they do, you're acting like the religion is forcing you into war.
I would say it's the people in power who are forcing the people to go to wars and suffer, and sometimes they do it in the name of religion. Not a single religion advocates the atrocities done it's name, it's the corruption of the religion that leads to such things. If I killed a family and told the world I did it in your name, would you just accept that, and accept responsibility for that? Exactly, so why should religion do the same?
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Thu 15 Apr 2010, 14:10, 1 reply, 16 years ago)

I don't know which planet you're living on.
It must be nice there.
( girlinthehole, Thu 15 Apr 2010, 14:15, Reply)

The Crusades
are not my period of history. But having brushed over them I can assure you there were a myriad of different reasons for people embarking upon them
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Thu 15 Apr 2010, 14:16, Reply)

Well
I've grown up in a Catholic country, and since before I can remember, went to Church, went to a Catholic school and had to pray to God at least 5 times a day.

However, I was never asked to go to war. And I never tried to convince anyone to join the club.

Sorry about your bad experiences. It must have been painful for you to feel so bad about it.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Thu 15 Apr 2010, 14:21, Reply)

What atrocities have religion advocated?
Personally, I agree, state over religion, any day of the week, but I don't say religion should be dismissed as a cause of war. In fact, I'd say religion is quite against that sort of thing.

Mankind will always find ways of grouping and fighting with itself. There are people who just want to fight, both for reasons of creating a bond with their fellow fighters/football team/country/whatever, and just simply for narcersectic reasons.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Thu 15 Apr 2010, 14:22, Reply)