Why is religion so divicive?

Answer 1

Would you rather it be non decicive and "wishy washy?" God created man, and he created us to have freewill, which gives us flaws. so rather then say "there are things you can and cannot do, but I want you to figure it out. Oh and if your wrong, you go to hell. have fun!" He told us exactly what to do, and what not to do

Answer 2

I would say it has to do with nature of religion. Religion requires no proof or even common sense..all you need is a name of some entity and faith. This faith having basis in reality can hard to oppose since would be like trying to fist fight a cloud. The flaw in this faith is that with nothing to back it up in most people it becomes weak and the only way to show to themselves that they have faith is to attack others. This can be demonstrated throughout history as those of a faith will attack another faith and when no one of another faith is around to attack the "faithful" turn on each other and shred the community apart as long as one person opposes the "faith".
Religion is how a person deals with all that he or she cannot explain. This individual idea though always gets organized with a set of rules and a leader despite everyone usually believing different things. Now to hold this organization together the leader must establish punishment for those who break the rules and also keep the pack together by having the pack direct it's efforts to conquer others to prevent too many questions and keep the "faithful" from idle thoughts which could oppose the leader's version of the faith. Once a faith is organized all outsiders are the enemy and no discussion is permissable since the faith is now perfect and beyond reproach. An organized religion is the direct enemy of an established evolved society as the society should be directed towards individual freedom of expression which an organized religion tries to supress

Answer 3

It is never divisive. Since humans created religion, it is we humans only who perceive it to be. Prayers which are food for sustaining religion and religion thru which my faith gets affirmed on a daily basis are not divisive, so why should there be a doubt that religions are divisive?

Answer 4

Most religions are not divisive. Most teach of self love and love for mankind. People can be divisive. You would not believe how often church members uproot from their home church for which they have been apart since birth due to church politics not biblical teaching.

Just as we use race, sex, social class, education and natural ability, policy and laws, geographical positioning to divide, it follows we can and do distort religions for our own personal statisfaction.

Answer 5

Mostly every religion was Word of God it is not a fantasy Quran stil proves it in Light of modern science.

Answer 6

Any religion is kind of devicive, have its aim in its teachings.
Like Law and Order.
In evil there are devices as well, like with like, if spiritually done then spiritually said.

Answer 7

People do not realize the meaning of the word religion which comes from religare which means to bind together.

Answer 8

Religion evolved from the difference of opinion and disagreement in the way of living, so its divisive..

Answer 9

As far as Christianity is concerned, it can all be boiled down to the part about how you cannot enter the kingdom of heaven if you do not accept Jesus Christ as your lord and savior.

This is pure evil.

Answer 10

No human being has ever being killed in the name of Buddhism. I believe Confucianism and Bahai have also not killed people in the name of their religion