in terms of religion i want an answer, but if its otherwise also its ok.
2007-01-22 00:13:03 · 14 answers · asked by natalia f 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
There's a great bit of correspondence on this between Einstein and Freud called "Why War?"
I'd highly recommend the read to anyone; most of the letters are publicly available if you google them.
2007-01-22 00:58:50 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
The world is full of people who know that they're going to die at some unknown time in the future. This tends to make them a bit anxious. They try to protect themselves against the inevitable by surrounding themselves with possessions. In order to secure the possessions they organize themselves into countries which attack other countries to take control of their resources.
They do this with the help of religion, which is another form of power-seeking activity and gets tangled up with governments.
2007-01-22 09:55:03 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
As to religion, you can't even achieve peace on one R&S forum, much less in the entire world.
Wake up!
I think there are some on this forum that get up in the morning and say to themselves, 'I wonder whose faith I can destroy today'.
As to Christians, Jews, and Muslims wanting to take over the world, the Jews own the world, some Muslims will not rest as long as there is a Jew or Christian still alive, and the Christians are waiting for their Lord to return to the earth to take it over.
We are not interested in trying to take over a world that belongs to our Lord in the first place.
All my comments are attempts to be helpful, not hateful.
grace2u
2007-01-22 08:20:54 · answer #3 · answered by Theophilus 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There is peace in the world. I'm feeling pretty peaceful right now. I don't hear any gunfire outside my window, not even a drunken fistfight.
But if you're asking, "Why isn't the entire world at peace?" then you may be setting your expectations too high.
2007-01-22 08:19:18 · answer #4 · answered by Lee Harvey Wallbanger 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The god of this world is the devil who come to steal, to kill and to destroy (2 Cor 4:4, John 10:10). Jesus, the Prince of peace, has come to bring peace to this world and this will truly happen when Jesus comes back at the end of the age and have complete rule in the new earth.
2007-01-22 08:25:20 · answer #5 · answered by seekfind 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Many religionists have attached themselves to the human form that revealed the Word of God, rather than to the Word of God alone. This is the root cause of all the religious wars today. If humanity would open their eyes to the fact that all the major Prophets have revealed the Word of God for a particular age, the cause for war would no longer exist and we would have peace.
“Know thou assuredly that the essence of all the Prophets of God is one and the same. Their unity is absolute. God, the Creator, saith: There is no distinction whatsoever among the Bearers of My Message. They all have but one purpose; their secret is the same secret. To prefer one in honor to another, to exalt certain ones above the rest, is in no wise to be permitted. Every true Prophet hath regarded His Message as fundamentally the same as the Revelation of every other Prophet gone before Him. …
The measure of the revelation of the Prophets of God in this world, however, must differ. Each and every one of them hath been the Bearer of a distinct Message, and hath been commissioned to reveal Himself through specific acts. It is for this reason that they appear to vary in their greatness. …
… God’s purpose in sending His Prophets unto men is twofold. The first is to liberate the children of men from the darkness of ignorance, and guide them to the light of true understanding. The second is to ensure the peace and tranquility of mankind, and provide all the means by which they can be established. …” -Baha'u'llah
2007-01-22 09:35:14 · answer #6 · answered by Linell 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is not peace in the world because we do not heed the words of the great prophet Bill S. Preston, Esq.
"Be excellent to each other."
2007-01-22 08:26:13 · answer #7 · answered by Infidelus_Prime 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
evry religious people see their religion the best and the only religion to follow other by marginalising other religions.this led the hatred against other religion and when any religion face the problem of hatred and marginalisation then this led the war in term of jihad,crusade etc.
2007-01-22 08:21:55 · answer #8 · answered by nawab allam 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
because of the Abrahamic three, they want to take over the world with thier religions.
2007-01-22 08:18:01 · answer #9 · answered by stinkythebadferret5 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Because of religion....other countries wanting to be better than others....many other things.
2007-01-22 08:16:26 · answer #10 · answered by Need Advice? 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋