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Squishor · 04-03-2005, 10:10 AM

Well exactly, and it's kind of like the disagreements between the catholics and protestants I brought up. Folks can't see beyond their own sleeve as they raise their hand to kill their own brother. I don't know what it is about humanity that we are always in such a hurry to shrink our worlds, rather than expand them. Perhaps if they realized how closely related they are, it would change things? Then again there are plenty of family feuds to be found, or take gang wars for example - as important as they might feel their differences are, take a couple steps backwards and all you can see is the same type of people killing each other.

My view, in a nutshell (since you asked), is kind of like this: Some warlike, conquering tribes came into the desert and set up their supremacy there. They had a god modeled after their own warlike nature, who condoned and encouraged it (after all, you can't conquer and allow people to keep their own culture). They spawned a couple of offshoot sects, whose followers are determined to kill each other to this day. There will never be peace in this region of the world. Somehow people around the world have been talked into buying into the offshoot religions, perhaps because they are so aggressive and self-righteous. They say their god is peaceful, yet where they go, they bring conflict and war with them. Although all three of these traditions have been involved in great achievements, this cannot change the history I am aware of, such as the treatment the native americans suffered at the hands of the conquistadores. I encounter a fair number of neo-christians (at my workplace, mainly) who put forth the view that their religion is one of love, peace and acceptance - they seem unaware of history, or perhaps they don't think it matters. Personally, I see no reason to buy into this religion because, a) it is based on a set of codes for living for nomadic middle-eastern tribes in ancient times (has very little to do with my life today), and, b) it has a lengthy history of destructive behavior (see above).

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Squishor Frontal Lobe Location: California	Well exactly, and it's kind of like the disagreements between the catholics and protestants I brought up. Folks can't see beyond their own sleeve as they raise their hand to kill their own brother. I don't know what it is about humanity that we are always in such a hurry to shrink our worlds, rather than expand them. Perhaps if they realized how closely related they are, it would change things? Then again there are plenty of family feuds to be found, or take gang wars for example - as important as they might feel their differences are, take a couple steps backwards and all you can see is the same type of people killing each other. My view, in a nutshell (since you asked), is kind of like this: Some warlike, conquering tribes came into the desert and set up their supremacy there. They had a god modeled after their own warlike nature, who condoned and encouraged it (after all, you can't conquer and allow people to keep their own culture). They spawned a couple of offshoot sects, whose followers are determined to kill each other to this day. There will never be peace in this region of the world. Somehow people around the world have been talked into buying into the offshoot religions, perhaps because they are so aggressive and self-righteous. They say their god is peaceful, yet where they go, they bring conflict and war with them. Although all three of these traditions have been involved in great achievements, this cannot change the history I am aware of, such as the treatment the native americans suffered at the hands of the conquistadores. I encounter a fair number of neo-christians (at my workplace, mainly) who put forth the view that their religion is one of love, peace and acceptance - they seem unaware of history, or perhaps they don't think it matters. Personally, I see no reason to buy into this religion because, a) it is based on a set of codes for living for nomadic middle-eastern tribes in ancient times (has very little to do with my life today), and, b) it has a lengthy history of destructive behavior (see above).