Do you think that religion is the primary cause of violence in this world?

Answer 1

If a body count is your unit of measure, then the anti-religious are waaay ahead on the violence scorecard. You need do no more than total the body count from Hitler, Stalin, and Mao, You don't even need the lesser ones like Pol Pot ,Castro, Kim Jung Il etc.etc.etc. Don't buy into all the rhetoric spouted by people with a pseudo-rational hostility toward religion.

Answer 2

If the religion represent an unrealistic philosophy.People can be deceived by false philosophy that teach mistrust of mankind rather than love. The ten commandments of the Bible are a good example about what man should do or not do. So here we have teaching of love and respect.
The wars and violence in the world has to do with man's failure to evolve into a one who acknowleges his Creator and does his Will.

Answer 3

I don't think it is the primary cause, but it has caused flair up in violence in different parts of the world at certain times.

Answer 4

Yes indeed--false Christianity and any theology claiming any understanding of the God of the Bible and is involved in the terror & hatred, is contributing or in fact any religion involved. A text in Revelation speaks about who the responsibility of all who have been murdered lies upon. Why is this so? Not only because of what religionists taught & teach- but what they did not teach(peace, love, tolerence etc.--without word & deed or example)
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(Revelation 18:1-24) “24 Yes, in her(Babylon the Great -false religious empire in & out of Christendom-MY NOTE) was found the blood of prophets and of holy ones and of all those who have been slaughtered on the earth.””

Answer 5

No, the base doctrine of all major religions recognizing a God as a supreme creator is rooted in peace and humanism as a process of progression toward enlightenment.

Unfortunately the writings of prophets in all religions are also riddled with the failings of man to grasp and hold firm to the teaching of their God.

God at times has used man to cleanse the earth of groups that were beyond redemption but more often than not, man in his quest to be "right" has used differences in "religion" or his particular set of beliefs as a basis to over run other men with different perceptions of religion or other matters of "rightness".

Religion is based in peace. Man's failure and struggle to prove his pitiful power (as if power equals rightness) is the cause of war.

Answer 6

No, I think that PEOPLE are the primary cause of violence; many of whom just like to blame it on religion, among other things.

Answer 7

Billy Graham's daughter was interviewed on the Early Show and Jane
Clayson asked her "How could God let something like this Happen?"
(regarding Katrina)

Anne Graham gave an extremely profound and insightful response. She
said, "I believe God is deeply saddened by this, just as we are, but
for years we've been telling God to get out of our schools, to get out
of our government and to get out of our lives.

And being the gentleman He is, I believe He has calmly backed out. How
can we expect God to give us His blessing and His protection if we
demand He leave us alone?"

In light of recent events...terrorists attack, school
shootings, etc. I think it started when Madeleine Murray O'Hare (she
was murdered, her body found recently) complained she didn't want
prayer in our schools, and we said OK.

Then someone said you better not read the Bible in school. The Bible
says thou shalt not kill, thou shalt not steal, and love your neighbor
as yourself. And we said OK.

Then Dr. Benjamin Spock said we shouldn't spank our children when they
misbehave because their little personalities would be warped and we
might damage their self-esteem (Dr. Spock's son committed suicide).
We said an expert should know what he's talking about and we said OK.

Now we're asking ourselves why our children have no conscience, why
they don't know right from wrong, and why it doesn't bother them to
kill strangers, their classmates, and themselves.

Probably, if we think about it long and hard enough, we can figure it
out. I think it has a great deal to do with "WE REAP WHAT WE SOW."

Answer 8

Not all religions, just the ones who beleive in one god and absolute truth and who beleive they do god's will by violence. Not all the violent do so in the name of religion. Not all religious people are violent. .

Answer 9

The interpretation of religion to mean anything other than protecting human life, than yes.

Answer 10

Yes, violence and ignorance.