why blaming on religion when it is the "certain" people's faults?

Question

religion is only a tool so that we got to understand life better spiritually, to live morally and ethically, and so that we are able to find wisdom to handle the earth's natural suffering and resist temptations which will get us entangled into many troubles.

It is like a kitchen knife. People use it to cook.
But some strange, evil people use it to kill.
You can't blame on the kitchen knife when it happened?!?!?! If we banned all the knives then we cannot cook! People are the ones who take consequences of their actions. What's religion got to do with it?

administrations are PEOPLE.

shouldn't we focus on the holy texts? the teachings?

Nazi is not a religion.

Answer 1

Its the same as the adage: Guns don't kill people, people kill people.

In both cases, the "weapon" can be used for peace, security, and equality for all... but in both cases, there are the minority that abuse it and use it for all the wrong reasons.

Answer 2

In large part it is because so many atrocities are committed in the name of a religion. It becomes easier for many to view those who follow Islam as terrorists because they see the anti US / anti Christian activities and hear the rhetoric on TV.In truth it is the few who condemn the many. There are other troubling signs which cause distrust between religions. When a Minister is done with the sermon, most often the Christian church is closed, at least so far as sermons go. When an Imam finishes, all to often the message of intolerance and hate is broadcast by someone else. This implies that this is the Mosques position.
It is understandable that resentment will be there when one religious group sees that their civilization has collapsed. The answer is not to blame those who's civilization hasn't collapsed. Envy to the point of actively working to bring the downfall of another culture about is certainly not a sign of a re-invigoration of a collapsed civilization.
There are many things about organized religions that should be changed. Every religion has done wrong and claimed to have done it for the advancement of the "true religion". The thing that all people of every religion should most heed is "All that is required for evil to triumph is that the good do nothing" I can't remember the author of the quote, but those are words to live by.
Fight the preachers of hate and intolerance or they will win.

Answer 3

Zenrin Y, that is a terrific question (as well as a neat analogy). There is a marked difference between the practice of a religion, and the use of it as a political tool. The religious devout practice their faith as a personal devotion, and aren't afraid to say so. Nor should they be. Our country (and here I am referring only to the USA, for our non-USA brothers and sisters out there on the web) holds religious freedom as one of our most deeply ingrained rights - so ingrained, in fact, that we needed to include it in the original Bill of Rights.

But there are those in this country, and indeed around the world, who insist that religion should dictate laws and societal mores. In many spots around the world, there are people who think that Islam should be the rule of the land. Here in America, there are those who think that this is a Christian country, where predominantly Christian morals should hold sway. The political right tends to take the brunt of this criticsm, and often justifiably so, though the left is hardly guiltless of its expolitation.

At this point, I must make a distinction between those who hold fervent religious beliefs they believe should comprise a political agenda and those who practice terror to enforce their beliefs - I do not in any way, shape, or form equate these two groups. Those who practice terror quite simply practice terror - and that's all. These people suffer from the delusion that their terrorist acts will influence the world. All they actually accomplish is the focus of the world's anger on their cause. Murder accomplishes nothing. It only brings ruin upon the face of the Earth.

What I'm talking about about here are those who use religion as a means to a political end, rather than a spiritual end. The spiritual world is a personal one. It is a feeling inside the heart, and It should be kept as such. The world of the spiritual, whatever the religion behind it, should never intrude upon the world of the practical. To put it another way, you live your life the way you think it should be lived. That someone else should live their life (legally) in another way should be beside the point.

I'm going to link now to an article written by a devout Christian-one who doesn't seem to like it when one particular Christian school of thought is used politically to represent all of Christendom. (full disclaimer-I'm doing this on my own initative based on my own interpretations of his words and how they tie to my points, but if the author objects I'll immediately remove the link).

http://jmm.aaa.net.au/articles/17490.htm

Answer 4

I agree with you to an extent.

Religion is a tool used more often for negative things than positive. History has shown us that religion divides people. That division is often exagerated to the point of disaster. It is often compounded by religious works saying that "other" people are somehow evil for not being that religion.

Religion would not be a problem if people kept it in the church where it belongs. Once it is brought into the school/govt./social gatherings it becomes a weapon.

Answer 5

I don't know exactly what you're talking about. But in many cases, religion IS to blame. Unlike a knife, religions are institutions managed and administered by human beings, mostly with an economic or political interest involved in their management. So, they manage their religions so that it best serves their purposes. And this usually brings about the things some of us blame on religions (rather than on individuals).

Answer 6

Tools, like knifes, serve a purpose. Religion is based on a falsehood, and that never serves a good purpose.

It is a lie fostered upon us to control, to seek power over others. It is a hinderance to knowledge, a waste of resources, and easily the greatest cause of misery in the world today.

There are no gods. Grow up, and get over it. The irradication of religion will free the entire human race from this oppression, and empower us to unlease our full potential.

Answer 7

You are very right. people normally blame religions for atrocities. But the conflict is due to a fault in our mind, we still have animal instincts and everyone tries to be alpha male

some use religion, some use politics, some use nationality, some use color of skins

we are passing through a transition period, we are still half animal inside..

this conflict will stop with our next evolution ...Spirituality without religions

Answer 8

Some people are brain-washed by their religious teachings, so that they don't act in a civilized manner, or so that they begin to hate others because the others have different beliefs. Therefore, it is the fault of the religion, otherwise this person would never have become a hate-monger.

Answer 9

you're right! Religion should be judged according to its teachings not the shortcomings of some of its adherents. The follower must be judged according to principles of the religion he is following and not the religion blamed for the faults of a particular person.

Some attack the person in order to discredit the religion, especially if they can't find any flaws in its teachings.

Answer 10

In the 30's the Nazi "religion" was single-handedly built, preached, and forwarded by Hitler himself. Of course you can blame it all on Hitler but you always have to put some of the blame on the organization itself. The people are the organization and the organization is the people.

Answer 11

It IS those "certain" people, as you say, that started all these different religions, to divide people from one another so that they could be easily conquered. See? it worked. We are SO busy fighting about What religion is "right" that we cannot band together to fix the things that are truly wrong in the world.