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Originally Posted by RCAlyra2004
Charlatan... thats my point, in fact I think now that we actually agree.
It's like the British and French praying to Jesus for support during their battle against each other, The main problem is that according to the tenets of their beleif (both sides) they are allowed to kill each other and still make it to heaven. In essence their religion allows them to demonize and kill another group and NOT lose their own eternal life.
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While the religion may allow for the killing (and that is largely debatable) it is ultimatley not the cause of the violence in all cases.
Humans will use any form of persuasion to convince themselves that they are right. The Hutus didn't not turn to GOD for this absolution. They turned to racist propaganda that stated the Tutsies were traitorous or sub-human. Sound familiar? The Nazis used similar terms for the jews.
Again, in this case it was not a religious thing. The fact that the Jews were of a different religion is practically immaterial.
I agree with martin: isogesis.