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Does religion serve as an instrument of peace or conflict?
It is often claimed that religion causes conflict and war. It is true that sometimes deeply held beliefs can lead to clashes, and there have been many wars that were caused by disputes over religion and beliefs. However, for many people religion can be a power for peace.
How religion can cause conflict?
Religious extremists often describe their actions as saving the world from evil out-groups. People who use religion to create conflict simply multiply this belief in their own superiority tenfold. The reason religious superiority leads to conflict is because it provides extremists a motivation for it.
Is secular religious?
Secular things are not religious. Non-religious people can be called atheists or agnostics, but to describe things, activities, or attitudes that have nothing to do with religion, you can use the word secular. Public schools are secular, but Catholic schools are not. Grocery stores are secular; a synagogue is not.
Do you think it is ironic that wars have been fought in the name of religion?
Although each of the world’s major faith traditions preaches compassion and justice, many of the most horrendous wars in human history have ironically been fought in the name of religion. Religion continues to be a catalyst for war in places as diverse as Yugoslavia, Nigeria, Ireland and Indonesia.
Is religion another form of politics?
Religion is another form of politics. Both are a practice used to control the masses. Even a religion that never shows its face is political in nature.
Are the interests of religion pure politics?
The interests of Religions are pure politics. They are the politics of capitalism: economic Government of the people, by the people, for the people. The foundations of most early governing religions are the business of hygiene upon the sacrificial altars producing meat protein.
Is religion a tool of the bourgeosie?
Likewise, all religions are quite different from each other and not all of them entirely fit the classic Marxist view that religion is a tool used by the bourgeosie to keep the poor in check the way European Christianity and organized Christianity did.