Why is there so much hatred between the different religions?
115012
The question is why is there so much hatred between ANY groups? We discriminate between skin tones, ages, sex, sex preferences, weight, car preferences, sports teams, political parties, language, education, finances, and far more.
485646
Religion is not about tolerance (despite much lip service to the contrary), it is about power and control and whenever that is challenged it brings about war. Sad but true!
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I'm pretty sure the capacity for starting fights is equally shared among all belief systems.  Certainly Yahoo Answers creates a forum for moronic, facile attacks on the belief systems of others, whether one is atheist, Christian, Buddhist, Muslim, Jewish, Wiccan, Baha'i, Yezidi, Hindu, Jain, you name it.  Maybe what you mean is that your attention is drawn to atheist expressions of hostility to the beliefs of others.  Your own question does smach of anti-Catholic prejudice, for example, so perhaps anti-Catholic statements made by others don't offend you.  In all fairness, it is hard to explain the contemporary situation in the world of mutual hostility between, say, Jews, Christians, and Muslims by blaming the atheists, right?  I mean, the atheists didn't start the Iraq war and aren't playing a major role in perpetuating the Israeli-Palestinian crisis.  I think you are right to advocate for a more civil dialogue (you can begin by examining your anti-Catholic and anti-Atheist prejudices, perhaps)--considered starting with the man or woman in the mirror?
304822
I think a lot of people have a negative reaction toward religion because a lot of really ignorant and aggressive religious people give it a bad name.  Religion's biggest enemy isn't money, it's the hypocrisy of some of its most loud and outspoken practitioners. (I'm not saying all religious people are like that; however, the nice religious people generally don't proclaim their religion as loudly and so they aren't as visible.)
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It is hate that you must understand if you are to understand the why of your query,as well as so many other questions.\nPeople hate some have reasons,some remarkably hate because they are good Christians,others hate because they don't understand,still others are pure evil and hate just to hate.
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Hatred motivates them both, ignorance and arrogance causes their motivation, and narrow-minded bigotry underlies their ignorance and arrogance.\n\nBoth are brutal and cruel.  Physical violence is more obviously harmful and dangerous.  The "Christian" who does this, by the way, is not really true to his or her faith - and may be considered a cultist depending on which denomination is involved.
595694
Because there are many ignorant people out there who let one incident decide their judgement about a religion.  There are also some narrow minded people who feel that their religion is what everyone should be.
911363
They don't get along because they're both full of hatered, which is what Islam teaches.  Religion of peace my butt.
66893
Despite all the religions of the world and their constant advocating of peace and justice, things are pretty violent on the third planet. Religion itself must share some of the blame. All religions tend to cultivate a sense of absolutism: the idea that one is right, and others are wrong, and that's just how it is. This sort of thinking leads to the next step: if others are wrong and evil, why do the good people have to tolerate them? From that thought, the bullets begin to fly, and the mass graves are filled up quickly. A famous general once said that a criminal may kill one, ten, or even a hundred people, but only someone who absolutely believes that what they are doing is right, moral, and just will kill millions.
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Thing is that are differences in all cultures and religions.  We are people with different ideas and different beliefs.  That shouldn't mean because I am different from some one else they have a right to hate the difference or me.  We are different, we should celebrate that not hate it.  The religious hatred has been going on as long as one can remember I am sure.  Why?  Does it make one better than the other? No.  Just makes you look like an ass when you scream hatred and have no valid reason for it.  \nAnd as far as on this forum goes.  Its sad, I am genuinely curious about other faiths.  Though I do not follow them I do enjoy learning about them and I am constantly bumping into people trying to convert some one.  This should be a place of education and nothing more.  If you are interested in converting people do it else where.. Thats my take on it.  and the VonJumbo character and Schneb, to me, fuel the fire for forced conversion and hatred on this forum.. But again this is only my opinion.
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probably the same reason they have so many denominations,different bibles,and differing\ninterpetations,to some of us folks thats just to much to keep up with,i mean they all cant be correct.and with differences comes condemnation\nsuch as what we saw with the recent denomination\nthat installed there first gay leader, or the denomination that installed there first female leader, all the rest condems there actions,\nso for most peace loving people there is to much hate and division within the ranks of religion\nso this causes desention thus leads to Agnostics
577175
Being one of the oldest religions in the world I have never seen why we are hated.  Once the human race can expect that we have different religions and believes and honer that we will all get along better
474850
That time will never come because the two faiths seem to be different in their emphases. one preaches tolerance and peace, one says peace but  seem to encourage violence in defence of faith. Things could still change though!if people would understand the that there's only one God, that human Beings are too small to defend God. God  defends man and not man fighting for God.Further more, you can be fighting for God by killing His creatures-His precious children and think God would be Happy. It boils down to knowledge!Not going to school!Again, people who are involved in preaching religions should mind their ulterances! we keep hearing 'no religion preaches violence' and everyday we see religious people planting bombs in places of worship in the name of God!If we say we are peaceful religion let us see it in practice not only in principle!There's hope that some day, someone will understand that we are all one in God's sight and that human blood is very sacred!
50300
My pet peeve is people that bash other religions, yet the religions they bash they think they know all about. Great question!
505959
Usually the religion has nothing to do with it. It's usually the ignorant people that take what the religion says and misinterpret the meaning. They try to force their beliefs onto other people and get pretty hostile about it. It's just ignorance!
790488
I think that is an excellent question.  I have often wondered how people can judge each other based on their religious beliefs without even knowing the person. A lot of people "hate" me just because I am not a Christian.  Other people hate any one who is a Muslim.  I don't hate anybody!  If I don't like someone it is not because of what they believe.  It is probably because of how they treat others!  But even then, I don't hate them, I just avoid them!
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Islam contains a large amount of intense venemous hatred for non-muslims. Quran and Hadith are filled with this hatred, which has always been easily tranformed into physical violence since the creation of Islam. Mohammed himself was a terrorist in his time, when he ordered to kill those who left Islam. He took part in many battles against people just for the reason they did not accept Islam...........So don't be afraid to question these fanatics. Your greatest weapon against them is TRUTH and they will try to prevent it by attacking you and your questions, or getting them removed as "abusive" people are getting fed up with these creeps. You will find many who will offer you their support.