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Originally Posted by phamtc
Now, when they burned those pages, did they stop a war?
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Yes. They stopped unnecessary killing in the name of yet another organized religion.
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Mankind was fighting before religion came to be. It is the nature of man to want what another has. A peaceful people would only last so long before they would be forced to defend themselves.
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Agreed. But fighting/killing for these reasons are beyond the scope of this post. This is focused on the zealousness of any particular organized religion and the inherent killing that takes place in the name of spreading/enforcing said religion.
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Would Richard or his wife have regrets if they went out into the world and saw that men were fighting each other over land, wealth, and power, anyways? They could stop it if they presented those pages.
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Really? Do you think so? Maybe they could have changed the reason for killing, but not the killing....which is the point of my post.
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Mankind has done a pretty good job of accepting other races and learning to live together. Now does that leave religion as what separates mankind from becoming 'one'?
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Oh really? Do you truly believe what you've postulated here? "Mankind has done a pretty good job of accepting other races and learning to live together?" Please give examples!
