What thing(s) guarantee human atrocities inspired by religion such as Crusades/Inquisitiion wont happen again?
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No more than Atheism is.  Look at China, Russia, and every other State that banned religions.  Pogroms and slaughters of millions.\n\nYou are confused about the reasons for such slaughters.  Religion is the excuse, not the cause.\n\nThe desire to protect mankind from the ideas of others is the most common reason for such atrocities, such as you seem to be suggesting we do with the Religious Right.\n\nWhy not grant them the Free Speech they deserve, and actually argue the various points with them rather than try to silence them?\n\nOr would you prefer we ban all religion?  Kill the one's who won't give it up?  Thank goodness that we won't tolerate a socialist government in the United States!
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Religion and politics is the same hey. I wonder if they got murdered, of course religious people will use the words kill and make as if murdering and killing is not the same.
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the Holocaust and Christianity.
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There is no good excuse for any atrocity committed against one race, nationality, religion or people against another. There was no good excuse for Hitler, or Genghis Khan, Napoleon, Ted Bundy, John Wayne Gacy, or Attilla the Hun. Atrocity on any scale is unacceptable. What the Muslims are doing in the name of "religion" will surely condemn them to everlasting damnation and a fate far worse than they could ever inflict on their victims.
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Religions have a .000 percent batting average when it comes to getting prophecies correct.  The only "End of Days" that we need to fear is one of our own making by humanity's destruction of our planet through pollution and/or war.
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I think that you are a bit too worried. I do not believe that that is happening in such a degree that we have to be worried. I know that if it starts it has to be stopped while it is possible, but I do not see how it can catch on to everybody else. Yes, there are political leaders who are willing to create policy based on religion, but I believe that the majority in power will successfully oppose those voices.\nIf it would happen, then it will be theoretically like an Islamic state. Of course, because of Christian morals are far less aggressive than Islamic morals it will not look like an Islamic state, but it is scary to believe that it is not like that just because of the morals.
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This is very true. The problem is people using religion to justify their actions. It is very easy to say that I did what I did because God wanted that way; include a few bible verses that are compatible with your actions, and you are good to go. How can anybody that believes in God try to argue?\n\nBy the way, you see this all over the bible. God said attack and kill all. God said keep the virgins. God said to kill a bunch of kids. Some of the most terrible things in history were based on religious grounds. \n\nWe do not want to go back to those days, because then everyone will have a reason to go against everyone.
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Not sure ..looking how religion has been the bases for so many wars and deaths..it is something to think about
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I respect every religion out there, because it is amazing to see humans believe in something so completely, be it Christianity, Islam (which by the way does not in any way say to torture people, that is not a command in the Qur'an, just like the Bible did not tell the Christians to torture and kill  as they so fervently did during the crusades.
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More killing has been done in history in the name of religion than for any other reason.I believe in God without a doubt,but I wouldn't walk into a church if you paid me.It's funny that I find church goers to be the most intolerant folks I've come accross.The people in church may not be evil but yes ,religion is most definetly evil and you can bet satan is happy with the divisions that religion creates.All part of his evil plan.
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Well to answer the question posed by Julia\n\nLet’s see\n1) No Inquisition\n2) No Crusades\n3) No Holocaust (Yes it was most definitely related to Christians)\n4) No Priests raping Children\n5) No Blood Libel\n6) No Bonfire of the Vanities\n\n\nThat is off the top of my head in less then a minute, I am sure I could add hundreds of more given some time.
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god when not?\nIf anything can go wrong, it will!
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some religions may not accept such beliefs.
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"Religion is an insult to human dignity. without it good people do good things and evil people do evil things. Only with religion do good people do evil things"\n\nTo do something so vile as to kill another person, because of your faith (a belief based on the absence of proof or inspite of proof to the contrary), is absolutely abhorent.  The issue here is that as long as the person thinks he's doing it 'in gods name' he can rationalize something that is evil in the name of something that is 'good'.
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Thats what relgion is about. Look at the history of abuse, torture, inquistions, stonings, sharia, burnings, abuse in kids homes, magdelen laundries (look it up under uk and ireland), gay abuse and sexisim.
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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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Islam condemns all the violence which happened in the Crusades, in Spain, in WW II, or by acts of people like the Rev. Jim Jones, David Koresh, Dr. Baruch Goldstein, or the atrocities committed in Bosniaby the Christian Serbs. Anyone who is doing violence is not practicing his religion at that time. However, sometimes violence is a human response of oppressed people as it happens in Palestine. Although this is wrong, they think of this as a way to get attention. There is a lot of terrorism and violence in areas where there is no Muslim presence. For example, in Ireland, South Africa, Latin America, and Sri Lanka. Sometimes the violence is due to a struggle between those who have with those who do not have, or between those who are oppressed with those who are oppressors. We need to find out why people become terrorists. Unfortunately, the Palestinians who are doing violence are called terrorists, but not the armed Israeli settlers when they do the same sometimes even against their own people. As it turned out to be in the Oklahoma City bombing, sometime Muslims are prematurely blamed even if the terrorism is committed by non-Muslims. Sometimes those who want Peace and those who oppose Peace can be of the same religion. \n\nLastly I would like to quote from the Holy Quran\n\n[Chapter 5, verse 32], that "anyone who saves one life, it is as if he has saved the whole of mankind and anyone who has killed another person (except in lieu of murder or mischief on earth) it is as if he has killed the whole of mankind." \n\nIf you have any question please e-mail me at askmuslims1@yahoo.com or visit my site http://askmuslims.com and learn the basics of Islam.