In the long term we can hope that religion will change the nature of man and reduce conflict. But history is not encouraging in this respect. The bloodiest wars in history have been religious wars.
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All the religious wars that have caused blood to be shed for centuries arise from passionate feelings and facile counter-positions, such as Us and Them, good and bad, white and black.
Wars have always started over religion.
Religious conflict can be the bloodiest and cruelest conflicts that turn people into fanatics.
Religion has caused more misery to all of mankind in every stage of human history than any other single idea.
Religious wars are not caused by the fact that there is more than one religion, but by the spirit of intolerance... the spread of which can only be regarded as the total eclipse of human reason.
Religion has for too long been placed on the back burner of history, when it may be one of the driving forces in history.
Mr. Speaker, I am deeply concerned that many regions of this world are suffering from the effects of armed conflicts with religious aspects. I believe that the differences of faith are not the real reason for these conflicts.
We ought to recognize that religious strife is not the consequence of differences among people. It's about conflicts between creation stories.
Some scholars have been arguing that a civilizational clash between organized religions is the next step in human history.
We're all sick of holy wars and bloodshed because religion is supposed to give us life and a better life and is supposed to bring out our best self. When it results in mass destruction and hatred and anxiety, it's the antithesis I think of what religion was designed to do.
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