I mean think about it! Who took that right to just say "Oh we're better cause we have a different god" This is the kind of BS why war's get started! And what cowardly B****** allow themselves to say "Oh this is a war in "his" name!"???
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We don't have a different god. You call him God, we call him Allah, Turkish Muslims also call him Tanri, Germans call it Gott , and so on.. We are all taking about the same Almighty. \n\nMost off the wars nowadays start and carry on for only one reason; Power.
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EXACTLY. The reason is because they wanted their god to be above all others. Although they are all the same---mythical.\nThey wrote the lines in the Bible where it says that he can't have a name or whatever, for pride--- to rise above other religions.\nWhat's worse than non-tolerance for other religions? I don't know anything that is.
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No one can know the mind of God, because I don’t think anything written in ANY religious book is from a divine source, it’s from people who were trying to control the status quo in whatever time it was written.  It had more to do with politics than it did worship.
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If only. Wars used to be fought because someone didn't worship someone else's god. Then the Crusades started the trend of fighting wars because someone didn't worship God in what seemed to be to someone else the right way. Chirstians, Catholics, Muslims, these and many other religions don't worship a different God, they all worship the same God, the only difference being that they just worship God in different ways. So who's way of worshiping God is the right way to worship God? Who's to say. Each religion claims that they are right. Atheists claim that everyone is wrong. Who's to say? I personally am supposed to be a Presbiterian, but I haven't been in a church, let alone a Prebiterian one, for quite a while. I'm more spiritual than religious nowadays. I see inconsistantsees and problems with many religions, so I do what I think most people should do. I worship God not in a way told to me by man, but rather, in my own way. My God is a manifestation of my beliefs, as opposed to most people who believe, for the most part, in a God of someone else's beliefs. I too ask myself, "why can't we all have a common God?" And I am answered with, "because of our differences that, though for the better and making us all unique, is what ultimately keeps us apart." Yes, it WOULD pave the way for mankind if we all beleived in a common God, but as I stated with my very first sentence, if only. Do we need a religion for worshipping God? Some do. Most do in fact. But I don't.
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"He who is without sin, cast the first stone."  All of you should be ashamed for the hatred that you show towards indviduals, even though your reference to hate is only subtle.  If we asked for every president to apologize for their mistakes, where would we be?  I'm not condoning the man, but I cannot accept the answers you give as those from knowledgable, thinking, unbiased people.
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I asked this same question and the answers were hilarious. You are dealing with an irrational brainwashed mass of idiots. The bible was stolen from Pagans, Romans, Greeks, all kinds of people. And, used to cause more death and destruction than all wars combined (heck, most wars were caused by christians)
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I AM A CHRISTIAN AND I AM PROUD OF IT! \nGod made the earth and all the things in it, and he does in fact exsist! There is no excuse for not believing! THE BIBLE IS A TRUE BOOK! And all of you say that religion starts wars.. well there are wars in the world because of sin. If everyone in the world was a christian, then there wouldn't be a problem. But people aren't all christians, and frankly, i think that's sad. People are bickering over The pledge of alligence now, and whether or not we should leave the "one nation under God" statement in it and i definitely think we should! Our country was found based on christianity! The pledge ect. has always had those words in there, and that's the way it should stay!!!! \nI am a christian because that is the right way to be, and i am proud of it!
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yeah i agree, we are the only people that aren't crazy enough to start wars about our religion! these religious fanatics need to get a grip on reality..... if only they were not brainwashed and studied physics and quantum physics they would know that all that religion crap is LIES!!!!
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soldier of GOD's account has now been suspended.\n\nI am sure any 'God(s)', if they exist,  would have better things to do, than make sure some people have lots of best answers. \n:).
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And the war over slavery was bloody.  how is this god the same yesterday, today and forever?\n\nslavery is not condemned as hellish, it says,\n\n" do not become slaves of men " and then " slaves, submit yourselves to your masters with all respect, not only to those who are good and considerate, but also to those who are harsh. "\n\nand how does that work out for you?  submitting to the harsh?\n\nUD:\n\nahc24- you are mad!
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are you upset...I war for the Lord because I am one of His chosen,,sorry if it bothers you but I have has much right to call myself that as you have the right to say you are whatever...God still loves you though even though you pick on me with no cause...
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Not good, not god at all. The war was over when Bush stood on the deck of that ship with his showboating self. I wish that he would have to go and fight or maybe one or both of his kids. I bet he would pull the troupes out then.
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Beleive in Bush? What is it, a new religion? Are you a freaking idiot, or what? I am guessing the former, and not the latter. I am not planning on arguing politics with someone that can't see past their mamma's teet, but this is the way it is - No one care about Islam because of what the idiots believe. If you haven't been downrange, if you haven't met the Iraqis and spent time with them, then you don't have a right to draw an oppionion. For all of you losers, that hide behind your F-'in computer screen talking about how this is all Bush's fault, and how American soldiers are 'killing innocent people', get off your fat lazy rears and go do what our soldiers are doing. Lazy disgraceful bums! No wonder Iraqis hate us so much. Who wouldn't hate a nation of disgusting fat, slobby people that think what they are TOLD to think, without actually know what the hell they are talking about!!! You are a bunch of disgusting, dispictable, lazy, arrogant mamma's boys! GET A FREAKING LIFE, LOSERRRRRSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!
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Well throught the years the self-righteous have always tried to beat up on people that don't have their beliefs... And say well god said to do it... If there is a god I picture him being one of love not one who says "you are different" or "I hate the fags" you know in the bible it says you should keep slaves... I bet a certain group in very happy that their were good people who said no it's not ok to have slaves. Religion is evil... in the wrong peoples hand like Hitler, Bush Jr.
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The argument is that because Bush is a God-loving man and is "moral" (I don't know how moral it is to send our troops into a war under faulty intelligence or to side with corrupt corporations, but ok.), it is okay to look away from anything else that he does.  I don't have a problem with him being such, but I do have a problem of him using religion as a shield for everything that he does.
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I just want to know why it was okay to have scriptures & other signs of faith posted on government property in the past and now it's not okay. Who gave a group so much authority to think and act for the majority? If something is offensive, I turn my head away, but I respect someone else's right to do the offensive thing. I don't like it, but I don't go running to the ACLU & cry all over them because I was offended. I don't urge them to hire a multitude of lawyers to make those people stop their vile display, violating my senses. I don't like a lot of things that are happening in this world. I try to make a difference where I live, and an even smaller difference at the ballot box. But, all this talk about separation of church and state is horse hockey. Our constitution DOES NOT have that wording in it anywhere. I've read through it several times and I don't see it. Must have been written with invisible ink! But, the Russian constitution DOES have that wording. I can see how that would be important...to the Russians. This country was founded on scripture and Godly values, not matter what the history revisionists are trying print in our school books now days. And no matter if you or anyone else likes that fact, it's a fact. If it was good enough for our forefathers, why isn't it good enough for us now? I don't believe that we are so very enlightened now that we've forgotten where we've come from. I think a lot of people just don't want to be reminded of any symbol of faith. It might make them uncomfortable, and we wouldn't want that! We want everyone to be happy, right? But, in their effort to please one group, they're offending another. I guess it's okay. Those crazy Christians have had the past couple hundred of years to plaster their stuff all over this country. So, now they can just back off quietly and shut up. That's the attitude that the ACLU sends every time they force someone to remove another symbol of faith from public view. It reminds me of what happened in Nazi Germany. When Hitler was killing all the handicapped people, no one made a fuss because it didn't affect them. When he started killing another group of people, no one said anything because they weren't affected. Then Hitler came for them, with not a whole lot of people left to put up a cry. It wasn't until Hitler started taking over other countries that people stopped him. This tearing down of the symbols of faith will not stop. Many new churches don't even display a cross anymore, blending in with all the other buildings in the area. I believe that this country has been blessed with so much because of Godly people living and working here. Revelation 3:15-17 says, "I know your works, that you are neither cold nor hot: I wish that you were cold or hot, one or the other. So then because you are lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spit you out of my mouth. Because you said, I am rich, and have lots of  stuff, and have need of nothing (even God); don't you know that you are wretched, miserable, poor, blind and naked?" I believe we are already reaping the consequences of our departure of faith. That's why more & more bad stuff is happening to America than ever before. We will believe in anything, as long as it doesn't make us too uncomfortable. I know I am making this really long, but this is something that's very dear to my heart. I love America and I love the people who live in her. I also know that there will be a few who are offended by my long tirade. Sorry that your feelings have been hurt in any way. But, I stand firm in what I believe. Everyone has the right to live out their faith in any fashion they desire. That includes government property, because it's a part of America too. Stopping the public viewing of these symbols isn't going to stop people from believing in Jesus, worshipping God or limiting their church attendance. But,
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i think you are right.... but remember not everyone believes in God so they would create evil in certain ways. Which would cause arguements which would cause fights which would cause war