Religious Violence?
One of the most commonly-held myths is that religion is, and has been, the major cause of violence and strife in the world. "Just look at Northern Ireland, Kashmir, Palestine," the Progressive says. "If we can just re-educate these people out of their superstitious beliefs, if we can make them enlightened as we are, such violence will surely end."
This comes from Islam: A Simple Man’s View, an article I linked to earlier:
Northern Ireland is a case in point. That's not a conflict between Catholics and Protestants; it's a 1500-year-old conflict over land. The same is true of the Middle East and the Balkans.
Ann Coulter, a writer I don't really care for, made a good point of noting that Atheism, with adherents like Hitler, Stalin, Mao, and Pol Pot, was the real cause of the 20th Century's unprecedented violence.
As Fyodor M. Dostoyevsky noted in The Brothers Karamazov, " If there is no God, everything is permissible."
One of the most commonly-held myths is that religion is, and has been, the major cause of violence and strife in the world. "Just look at Northern Ireland, Kashmir, Palestine," the Progressive says. "If we can just re-educate these people out of their superstitious beliefs, if we can make them enlightened as we are, such violence will surely end."
This comes from Islam: A Simple Man’s View, an article I linked to earlier:
- "So what’s the fighting about? Dietary differences?
"No. It’s political, as always. Keeping people unsettled and divided is always in the interest of political power. We’re living with the consequences of political deals that were cut decades ago, deals that pitted the identical values of designated groups against each other. Nobody wants interference with their religion, family, or business, so that’s what political government gives them. The ensuing melee serves the very criminals who caused it."
Northern Ireland is a case in point. That's not a conflict between Catholics and Protestants; it's a 1500-year-old conflict over land. The same is true of the Middle East and the Balkans.
Ann Coulter, a writer I don't really care for, made a good point of noting that Atheism, with adherents like Hitler, Stalin, Mao, and Pol Pot, was the real cause of the 20th Century's unprecedented violence.
As Fyodor M. Dostoyevsky noted in The Brothers Karamazov, " If there is no God, everything is permissible."
Redeemed by Our Savior, I work out my salvation with fear and trembling in Pohang, South Korea, where I live with my wife, daughter, and son and teach English at a science and technology university. Baptized a Methodist and raised a Missouri Synod Lutheran in Buffalo, NY, I spent six years as a guest of the Anglican Communion before being received by the Grace of God into the One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church on the Feast of Saint Andrew, my patron, anno domini 2002.
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