If religion is good explain why relagious areas are so violent or abusive of women and gays?

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If relgion is so good why are relgious areas so violent...

Ie the Holy land, northern ireland, much of the islamic world, the not so nice deep south of america with alll those nice guys in white hoods, the human sacrifice worship the sun, volcano gods etc culutres, etc etc

Answer 1

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Answer 2

The issue there is primarily a cultural one that stems from years of violence in the region. The "religion" just gives the people there an illigitimate reason to continue fighting a fight that should have been given up long ago and given over to God to handle. Those violent sects of Christianity come from a very skewed view of scripture and are by no means supported by secure doctrines. There are some religions in the world that do incite violence, but that is the other religions. To me, and religion that that puches its members to be violent, even when their scripture and doctrines are rightly followed, is a false religion in every way and should be done away with totally. And, by the way, much of the violence in the world may be in religious areas, because almost any area is religious in some way, but that does not mean that the religions caused the violence. The only time you can justify that is when the religion openly teaches its followers to be violent. Otherwise, that is faulty logic. That is like believing that walking under a ladder is bad luck just because you walked under one one time and something bad coincidentally happened to you, it is called faulty cause and effect.

Answer 3

I think you're leaving out the most violent human institution on earth -- communism.

The death toll meted out by communist regimes stands at over 100 million and counting.

You're also forgetting that Northern Ireland is a political conflict, not a religious one -- even if everyone there became atheists, there would still be one group wanting to remain part of the UK and another group wanting to break off from it.

No offense, but you sound like just another person who feels the need to defame and discredit religion because it teaches moral things that you just don't want to hear. I've seen it time and time again.

Answer 4

Let's take Northern Ireland.

A couple of centuries after the Norman conquest of England, the Anglo-Normans decided to conquer Ireland. Unlike the the Anglo-Saxons, who pretty much accepted Norman rule, the Irish were a bit more stubborn. This started a cycle of ethnic violence and mistrust. At one point, England decided to do a little ethnic cleansing in Ireland. They decided to replace rebellious Irish inhabitants of Ireland with more tractable Scots settlers. This process was not entirely successful, but it was most successful in Northern Ireland.

So the position of the Scotch-Irish is: We have lived here for 400 years and we ain't leaving and we want to be citizens of the UK. The position of the Irish is: Northern Ireland is part of Ireland and should be joined to the Irish Republic.

Now it just so happens that the Irish tend to be Catholic and the Scots-Irish tend to be Protestant. But the real dispute isn't a religious one, but an issue of land, politics, and ethnicity.

Answer 5

Humans have used the name of God for centuries to justify their actions. They should not. Hatred for anyone is not acceptable behaviour in any religion, race or nation. Those of us that feel that way have to set the example.
Now, if you are talking about the intolerance of gays in the religious community; they are loved, but the behaviour is not allowed in a lot of religions. If those in the gay community want to be a part of those religions, they would have to change their lifestyles.
Women have come a long way in the religious community and are still working at it today. But, like I said before; in order to become a part of a religion, we have to be willing to take on the tenets of that religion.
Besides all of that; we also have to remember that what we think is right for others may not be so. Example.....the spanish and the aztecs. Imposing a belief of any kind can be worse than allowing someone to practice the way they want. Tolerance and love, setting examples, gentle teaching and helping each other; that is what it is all about.

Answer 6

Please think about it. I dont like atheist because the only believe what they see, yet the still notice something. Yeah, religion becomes violent because of man, all major religions say do not kill, and preach just being a good person. even if u dont believe in a higher being creating the universe and life having a perfect, it is meant to help people become more humane. It goes wrong when u think about it too much when u start twisting something meant to be pure good into something evil. Where does it say in the quran, bible, or torah to lynch black people, bomb buses, or kill children? Nowhere. the whole point of religion is to help make you a good person, and to not just believe what u see, to have faith in something. its allright if u dont believe in religion, thats allright i dont really care, cause thats ur choice. But remember it was never intended to hurt anyone, its a few sick people that mess it up.

Answer 7

The main problem here is that ALL of the basic religious books written for most of the major religions...)the Koran, the Veda, the Talmud and the Bible) were written hundreds or thousands of years ago by comparitively primitive cultures. Those cultures had deep predjudice against women, homosexuals, and against anyone different from themselves. Therefore, when their religious books were written, those attitudes were included. Unfortunately there has been no contemporary revision of the books that might reflect more modern, enlightened attitudes because all of those religions believe their holy book to be ABSOLUTE TRUTH and changing it would be beyond their capacity to accept.

Answer 8

First of all, those things exist with or without religion. It isn't religion that causes these things, it is people. Secondly, religion can mean many different things. It doesn't just mean Christians, it can mean any kind of belief that people follow, including atheism. (No offense to atheists intended, just making a point.) Can't we just stop pointing fingers at any groups and get to the real reason why these things happen. We all want the right to defend what we believe.

Answer 9

Did you know that the Bible has been translated several times over? The basic idea is that the word of God is one big, colorful picture, but different people see that picture different ways.
You know that saying, "A picture is worth a thousand words?" Same applies to religion. Different people have different ideas about the same concept and, unfortunately, some people are so devoted to that particular idea, that they willing to use religion as an excuse to at best, mistreat others, at worst, kill just to prove that their "light" is better than everyone elses.

Answer 10

It is not the worship of deity in general that does this. It is what man thinks an invented deity wants. So religion is not inherently the harm, it is abuse of religion. Need proof? If religion is so bad, why are there inherently good religious groups? They perform charities, they are kind, good neighbors and leaders in the community. There are countless groups like this. If religion was inherently bad, there would not be any. It is an abuse of religion.

Answer 11

The people who commit these crimes are not religious, they parade under a banner of religion in order to control people through fear, surely we already know this by now, surely we've already realised that there is no such thing as God unless YOU create him, and even then, your God is never gonna be the same as anyone else's. Listen to yourself, do not be indoctrinated, believe what you choose, always act in love and you are more religious and spiritual than half of the so-called religious population!