Why is there enough religion to incite war, but not enough religion to instill tolerance?

I would be interested to learn where you get your information from. The Druids were wiped out in 60 AD by Pagan Romans, because of their supposed practice of human sacrifice. Since the druids kept no records and were wiped out almost 1900 years ago, the fact that anyone claims to know what Druids believed is absurd. Besides, I can't imagine anyone who was a "druid" calling themself a "druid", since druid means "tree fu*ker" and was an insult created by the Romans.

Regardless to the plethia of information provided here by others. Religions are a major reason for war. Religions do not want you to believe it but they are. And even if it was not out right war, religions have caused a lot of blood on the ground throughout history and still to this day.

Religions are often used as an excuse for war or bloodshed, but you really have to look at the teachings of a religion to judge if the religion incites violence or if the religion was used as an excuse for violence.

Religions are often used as an excuse for war or bloodshed, but you really have to look at the teachings of a religion to judge if the religion incites violence or if the religion was used as an excuse for violence.

spider, just by claiming to be right and true and the one and only way to heaven they are enciting a warring attitude. One cannot claim to be right and everyone else wrong at a level of religion and not be inciting war. Believers take this to heart. If they are right and everyone else is wrong and they die for the right, they have been told is right, they will willingly die, right? Justification for extreme violence is given solely on the fact their religion is the one true right religion. Look at the abortion clinic bomber...... he is justified right? Killed the killer, right? Religion at it's best there. Many more examples but I get upset by this one so I will leave it here.

Ephesians 6:12
For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places

Sort of like the way the United States was founded as a model for freedom, truth, justice, tolerance, and moral conduct, and what our government really does is swiftly crush our own indigenous peoples and then follow up with 2nd/3rd world countries, appropriating their land, draining them of resources and dignity just to support it's runaway military-industrial complex?
They hate us for our freedom!!!

The abortion clinic bombers and other extremists are rejected by the majority of Christians. Christianity has a long line of martyrs, including a large number of the people killed at Columbine. Even after seeing other children killed when they answered that they believed in God, the children continued to say "Yes, I believe in God." only to be shot and killed.



My enemy doesn't have flesh or blood. No person whom I can see and talk to is my enemy. Your average Christian believes this way, becuase it's a very basic teaching of Christianity.

Because I'm right, I understand that if I take anyones life, I have just removed that person's chance of being saved. I can't imagine a more terrible thing I could do. Killing a human is only acceptable in Christianity when it is done to save another's or my own life from violence. I hope that I am never put into the situation, because I don't know that I could kill someone even if my life were in danger.

More people have been killed in the name of Jesus Christ then any other person in history. Chew on that.

So? Point being? You just supported my position, people have used Christianity as an excuse to kill people. Show me where a Christian is taught to kill non-believers. Show me where Jesus said "kill in my name". It's not possible, so Christianity was an excuse for murder, not a reason.

More people have been killed in the name of Allah, but Allah isn't a person. More people have been killed by atheist regiemns (China, Russia, Vietnam, Cuba, Cambodia, Korea, etc). Don't believe me? Check a copy of Guiness World Records, it's in there. Or you could google "Democide" and do the research yourself.

I wasn't talking to you specificly, just everyone in general. And if you want to get technical God and Allah are the same being.

I would be interested to learn where you get your information from. The Druids were wiped out in 60 AD by Pagan Romans, because of their supposed practice of human sacrifice. Since the druids kept no records and were wiped out almost 1900 years ago, the fact that anyone claims to know what Druids believed is absurd. Besides, I can't imagine anyone who was a "druid" calling themself a "druid", since druid means "tree fu*ker" and was an insult created by the Romans.

I hear that a lot...Allah admits to being fooled by Jews, my God is all knowing. My God taught tolerance to outsiders, Allah's position on outsiders changed throughout the Koran. They aren't the same God. Why is it that theologians say "Judeo-Christian" and not "Judeo-Christian-Islam"? Because Islam has many marked differences between itself and Judaism / Christianity. Christianity is a cap stone upon Judaism, which doesn't contradict but rather clarifies Judaism.

Regardless to the plethia of information provided here by others. Religions are a major reason for war. Religions do not want you to believe it but they are. And even if it was not out right war, religions have caused a lot of blood on the ground throughout history and still to this day.

How can religion be more of a factor than the underlying circumstances? Religion is also a major reason for people feeding the poor, respect, and non violent resistance. As I said before religion is never the reason but an excuse, even between Palestine & Isreal.

As for Islam, someone who's never read the Qu'ran pretends to know an awful lot about Islam and what the Qu'ran says, but the truth is Salam;^]