Religion a source of Tension!?

Question

Going through the books of History we come to know that religion has been a source (rather the biggest source) of tension and hostilites between societies. Do we really need to believe in the supernatural toay or should we wait till such a progress in the concerned field of science when we are sure about the things in which we believe.

Isn't it strange that the people are killing each other just for the things which are not even proven to them?

Answer 1

I'm not asking you to read the whole history but refer to WWII and see if Hitler and his allies were fighting for religion or for race..racism is the problem not religion..even the wars in the name of religion were against certain races..the crusades were for the purpose to control the middle east..religion was only used as a drive to bring soldiers .. Racism and Greed are the reason.

Answer 2

Not totally religion, it's an entire belief system and way of life.

Communism, for example, is by defination and nature devoid of any and all religions ("Religion is the Opiate of the People." -- Karl Marx) yet this was a MAJOR source of tension in the world, known as the Cold War which existed from 1947 to 1997.

Some of the primary causes of World War II was the Versialle treaty and the annexation of certain lands claimed by Germany, such as the Rein and Austria. At least that was the "excuse" Adolph Hitler gave the world.

Now, INTERNAL CONFLICTS, those can be defined by religious and other belief systems.

Take, for example, Northern Ireland, Yugoslavia that was previous and and since become Croatia, Bosnia and Serbia, take Greece and Massedonia, Take Italy and Sisily, take the American "Mason Dixon" line of North and South and the slave issue, take Iraq with the Sunni-Shiite-Kurdish issue.

All of these come from MINE is BETTER than YOURS, and as shown by the above it can be about religion, about leadership roots in relgion, or about an issues, such as slavery.

The true source of conflict is coveting. The desire for expansion, wealth and "slaves." Few nations fight a war with a country that has no weath or resources. What are the rewards! No, Gold, Oil, Uranium, Copper, not even Salt or Borax!

If we get down to this religous thing, then we are left with only one, Islam, that, through people like Osama Bin Laden, who really isn't a spokesman officially, declaring that fighting will continue until there is World Islam. NO other religion is actively doing this. The Pope is not declaring open warfare until all the world is Catholic, neither is any Protestant, neither is any Hindu, neigther is any Buddist.

The fighting in Northern Ireland was not about who God was righter to truer, but about civil rights for those oppressed by the majority will and independence from England.

The fighting in Iraq is centuries old blood feuds between tribes.

It certainly can't be about religion as both Sunni and Shiites are Islmaics!

And you certainly can't drive religion out of the people, Russia and China have both tried that and it don't work.

Try getting either Muslims or Christians to give up their faith, they won't!

Right there you are talking over 50% of the World.

If you take all religions into account you are talking over 80% of the world.

That's an awful lot of people to condem, what is your solution, GENOCIDE, puring 80% of the World's population to shed religion!

Answer 3

I don't think science will ever prove the supernatural. But the supernatural inspired the Bible. So by looking at what it says about the natural, and seeing that this is true, then we should believe what it says about the supernatural.

Answer 4

Odd but I find my faith relaxing. This world offers tension not my faith.