Because Religion is The Battleground of the 21st Century
Mumbai. 9/11. Chechnya. Sectarian violence in Iraq. Somalia. Afghanistan. Nigeria.
The man with the most military power in the history of the world is reported to have said, "I'm driven with a mission from God. God would tell me, 'George, go and fight those terrorists in Afghanistan.' And I did, and then God would tell me, 'George, go and end the tyranny in Iraq …' And I did."
It was called a Crusade.
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Tally up the greatest number of senseless acts of torture and war, and an appalling proportion of them are due to 'religion' mixed with politics. Isn't it ironic that we tend to criticize "religious fanatics" when they're from other faiths, yet OUR religious, um, zealots, are "persons of faith," or simply "fundamentalists." And we see their "patriots" as "terrorists," and vice versa. But in reality, a crime is a crime, whether motivated by religion or politics, or pure and simple greed. It is time we dropped the labels and the religious differences, saw each other as human beings, and practiced the universal teaching: the Golden Rule.