If ALL religion teach love for God and neighbors, why do people fight and kill each other because of it?
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Religions seem to be full of contradictions. \n\nThe Qua-ran has many verses that Allah requires killing people. (04.089)\n\nThe Old Testament of the Bible and the Torah also have God commanding people to kill others.  The Ten Commandments say thou shalt not kill.\n\nChrist commanded his followers in the Sermon on the Mount to love God above all and your neighbor as yourself.\n\nI don't believe Christians or Jews are killing for their religion.  I believe it is self defense after an attack.  I think Muslim use the same self defense argument, to defend their land, their way of life. One kills another and its spirals.  In their case Allah rewards them for killing and martyrdom.   I think this philosophy is the weak link in the Muslim religion. Encouraging violence.\n\nI believe what Jesus taught as love your neighbor as absolute truth of what God wants.
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Religion is responsible for more war than anything else.  People believe that God is on their side and they think that others are wrong and therefore heretical and blasphemous.  It is an age old problem.\n\nWhen mankind lived on the African Savannah it was very important to identify with and support one's tribe or clan against all others, especially if they were different.  These traits are not as useful or necessary in today's world but they are there nonetheless.  Man has not learned to deal with them for what they are and kill each other unnecessarily.
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all the holy texts of ancient times have been changed over the years to fit political and social climates of different eras. but, that was man's fault. whether religion existed or not, there was still going to be violence over something. all religion is good until some nutcase takes things too far. its a shame that most ppl cant take the lessons that can be learned from any religion and apply them to their daily lives without going off the deep end and rejecting others that dont agree.
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It is obvious to me that the evil in the world does not come from following the teachings in the Bible, but come from ignoring those teachings.  If people loved one another, treated one another as they would like to be be treated, were kind and helpful and did not take advantage of one another, the world would be a wonderful place.  That is the Bible teaching.  Where the people live the commandments of God there is peace and harmony.  This is the God I believe in, love, and will follow.  Satan is the one who spreads dissent, hate, discord, war, and suffering.  Satan wants you to not believe in the Bible.  There is no doubt in my mind who the good guy is, and who is the evil one.
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gr8 question, gr8 way of thinking, good human nature. where r u from?? LoL\n\nwell the answer is not in religion coz all religions r the same but in the dark nature of the human race who likes always to be the boss the leader and to make everyone different than him under his control. so that's how they r acting both sides. they hate each other not becoz of god but becoz of their benefits. \nLove+respect+humanity+god=Islam+Christianity+jewism+humanism\n\nwish we live in another world..
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Humans have disagreed about religion since there was such a thing.Everyone wants to believe they are right.That is just human nature.Hate maybe a strong word for indifference's because when you move from that to hate then you not worshiping a higher power,, you are worshiping the devil and everyone agrees he's bad.
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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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No.... Ignorance is.  Religion is no more the cause of wars than peace, greed, hate, or the color of skin is.\n\nIf you love God and keep his commandments you love peace.
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The fact that religion, throughout our history, has mainly been used an excuse harm and abuse others. Be it Nazi's against Jews, or Islam against the western world (and vise versa) Catholics/Protestants we could go on forever. The killing, in the name of "God" (whichever your faith) never ends.
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People are not perfect. Nothing like religion for some people to believe they are better or feel they have the right to judge or force religion on other people because of this. Love is unconditional, it gives when it is still being rejected. It humbles itself for a selfless aim of helping others without glory or recognition. It comforts those who do not have any one to comfort. The love of the father is all this and much more...
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What a sorry way to live life.  If god is so forgiving, he would applaud my free thinking attitude.  My actions in life define myself more than believing is something as ridiculous as a god that kills his own people and then says "thou shall not kill".  There's no reason not to have good morals, regardless of religious faith.  In fact, it seems that religion is inspiring more and more hatred and greed every day!  Those aren't Atheists strapping bombs around their waists and running into a crowd of people.
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You get a rise out of stirring up strife in people's hearts? Because God loves us all remember? And if you seriously do not think so, you will be judged terribly. We all got separated into diff. nationallities when in ancient times people tried to make a human tower to reach God in heaven. God actually did this for a reason. Read the bible it will save your soul and fill your heart with love. And stop making you feel superior to others. Spread the love...Isn't that what Martin Luther King said???????????? I am white and proud, but also proud that you are black. I love all people, we all should. This was God's wish. "For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son"--- to save our souls---Jesus was a Jew........Think about it my friend. And stop the hate. It begins w/ just one. As the love spreads, it reaches 1,000,000,000's. Help save our people...Please don't condemn them.
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Yes, I totally agree that organized religion is divisive and exclusive.  And that our spirituality and quest for a relationship with God is personal.\n\nOrganized religions teach us to live fear-based lives in order to control the masses and advance their own agenda.  They teach people to be mindless sheep and just accept what they are told without question.  They teach us to hate people who follow other religions.  Hate is not God.  Love is God.  We are all on different paths and different points on those paths to the same place.  God.\n\nI feel that if we are really to follow Christ's teaching we will love our neighbour as ourself and leave the judgments to God.  I don't personally believe in a place called hell.  \n\nI think we create our own hell for ourselves within ourselves.  Hell is here on earth.  Where people kill in the name of God (or whatever name they give God).  \n\nI can never accept within my heart that God loves some and not others or that God loves some more than others.  No.  God created us all and loves all of her creations.  \n\nAs far as hell goes, I think that if people believe in hell, they will get it, because our beliefs are powerful creators of our own reality.\n\nI believe in God/Life/Love.  I am trying to live a love-based life, and not a fear-based one as taught by organized religion.
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It is human nature to fight, sad to say.  Jesus did say that it was harder to enter God's kingdom that it is to get a camel through the eye of the needle.  It is so simple really, but people just don't want to believe it.  Many people use their so called 'religion' as an excuse for there wars that are really all about hate and greed which goes agains any religion. Most people that claim to be Christian (or Catholic, or Muslim, or Jewish) are just saying that without knowing the true nature of the religion they are claiming.  The sad truth is, that the majority of humanity does not want to believe in God or salvation.  They want to do it on their own.  They also do not wish to think that there are consequences for their actions.  By eliminating God and/or Hell, they are free to do what they wish without consequences (or so they think).  In this case, the truth really DOES hurt.  This is why Jesus wept.
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I do not think so.....God or Allah does NOT want us to kill one another, he wants us to find a way to live in peace along side each other........and for the life of me I cannot figure out why humans make that so hard. every day in the US we do it!!!!!!!!! I hate no one, and if I did....it would be becuase of how that person treated me, it would NOT be because of that persons skin color or his religion!!!!!!!!!!!
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We need faith, not religion. Faith leads us to be better people, help others, find purpose in life, etc.\n\nReligion is what men kill each other over.\n\n...and by the way, Hitler was Catholic.
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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!