How would you plan on ending religous and cultural conflicts without war or bloodshed?

Question

Since all these celebrities are coming in with their big questions about the world I decided to ask one myself. I expect to be sorting through the worse to find the best.

Answer 1

International Travel.

Unfortunately, most people don't want to talk to someone who's different than they are, or have any sort of appreciation for a different way of life. The most tolerant people I know are the most well travelled. If you see how other people live, you begin to understand that they're just people, and not monsters with three heads because they pray to a different God.

Answer 2

Let's just concentrate on the religious issue first.

The root of religious conflict and conflict that is caused by religious differences lies in the fundamental principle (or assumption) that I am right and you are wrong. This principle assumes that we can know religious truth (i.e., the nature of a god and characteristics thereof), and that I (who could be anyone) knows that truth. If you ally that assumption with the dualistic (two-sided) view that there are only two sides in every issue (A and not-A), then it is clear to see that (1) If I assert that I know the truth (A), then anyone who asserts the opposite must be non-A, and (2) Since A cannot be reconciled with or synthesized into a third view, then there is inevitable conflict or antagonism--not just difference. So, the Christians, for example, assert that Christianity is right (A), that all others (pagans, Jews, Muslims, all other religions) are wrong (non-A). Similarly, the Jews assert that Judaism is right and that all others are wrong. Similarly, the Muslims assert the same thing. Since difference (i.e., being other than the truth) is evil, then what does one do? One cannot allow evil to continue, so you must either convert all others to your point of view, or force them (through the barrel of a gun, as in Iraq, and elsewhere throughout Western history), to accept your point of view, or...do what St. Thomas and some of the other great theologians of the West suggested--exterminate them, wipe out everyone, men, women and children, if they do not believe your truth.

So, on the religious level, I would say that eliminating the principle of duality (and its allied logic based on the principle of excluded middle, that is, no third) is the first priority--and that's far easier said than done. How do you do it? Education? For how long? And if that isn't successful?

Culture is based on many things like geography, history, existential experiences, ethnicity, degree of contact with others, color of skin (sorry, but yes, that is involved), food, civil system, legal system, and so on. But at the root of culture is often to be found a philosophy of life, a belief system that may or may not be religious in nature. Of the religious systems that exist, there are three fundamental ones: polytheism (many gods), monotheism (one true god), and pantheism (all is god). Polytheism and pantheism can both be used, I think, as the basis for accepting difference as difference and not as evil. Monotheism inevitably leads to conflict.

So, on the cultural level, we need either a polytheistic or pantheistic worldview, belief system, philosophy of life. So that entails eliminating monotheism as a viable philosophy of life. How do you do that? By education? For how long?

So I have no answer for you. Eliminate monotheism and eliminate dualistic thinking. Do this and religious and cultural conflicts could be elimninated. But how to eliminate these things? That I don't have a clue.

Answer 3

These conflicts have be going on for thousands of years.
No one even has a clue what started them and it will not stop, ever.

Anyone stupid enough to try to stop these conflicts are just standing in the middle of two or more groups trying to kill each other and thus will get themselves killed in the process. If you try to aide any or all sides you will be labeled as assisting the enemy and you will be directly targeted.

Get over it, if they want to act like barbarians and kill each off they will, there is nothing that can be done to stop it.

Answer 4

Humans are, at their core, in general, frightened beings.
They create religion and culture, partly, to allow themselves meaning enough to deal with the fear.

If you take it away - the fear will cause bloodshed.
While it exists - avoiding the fear will cause bloodshed.

Answer: It cannot be done without a fundamental change in humanity so profound - they might not be "human" afterward.

Answer 5

Five simple words (sorry Halliburton):


TAKE PROFIT OUT OF WAR!

Answer 6

stop that question is best practice and best way to stop... beside do not much discuss about this kind of things wil help to stop conflicts