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Originally Posted by GiMpY-wAnNaBe
i may be wrong but 90% of all the for and against arguments are based on religion. Strangler is completely right when he stated that religion does much more harm than good in cases like these. Its one world, and scriptures from a thousand years ago is not gonna help today. i personally believe that both sides are victims of hate and prejudice. And i HATE people who say that ALL Jews are retards and violent people, or ALL Palastinians smell bad and will do anything to corrupt the world. The truth is that there are good people and assholes on each side, and each one can justify their actions in their own rights. Just how Hitler, although everyone hates him for his crimes, in his mind he was doing what he saw as best for his country. I by no means am justifying his attempts at genocide and various other crimes but try to encourage to see this war from the other point of view rather than just hate them for not agreeing with you.
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At the same time don't use a blanket excuse such as "religion" as a reason for violence and hate. Religion is not the root issue. Perversion of the religion by putting literal text before meaning is the issue.
As long as religions continue to carve up religious texts and quote excerpts to promote their own agendas, while ignoring the overall theme of the work, there will always be evil acts in the name of Religion. Islamic terrorists are a perfect example of this.