Throughout history religion and violence have gone together like peanut butter and jelly and it has been used to justify all sorts of heinous acts. Even today with terrorist groups such as the Ku Klux Klan, Al-Qaeda, and Isis use religion to justify their personal feelings of hatred and disdain towards those who they don’t like. In the United States, even though non-Christian religious group are for the most part tolerated and accepted there is an underbelly of prejudice and hatred that bubbles up every so often. There are three main reasons in my opinion why people use violence due to their religious beliefs. The 1st reason is because they use religion as a cover to justify acting their true feelings about certain social issues.…
One of the axioms of religion is there is no religion other than truth. Another is, religion is love. And as there can only be one religion, it follows that truth is love and love is truth. We shall find too, on further reflection, that conduct based on truth is impossible without love. Truth-force then is love-force. We cannot remedy evil by harboring ill will against the evildoer. -Mahatma Gandhi…
Islam teaches us to respect our fellow human beings, whether Islamic or not. “O humankind! We created you from a single pair of a male and female, and made you into nations and tribes, that you may know and deal with each other in kindness (not that you may despise each other). Verily the most honored of you in the sight of God (is he who is) the most righteous of you, and God is Knower, Aware.” (The Quran, Al-Hujurat 49:13) In ancient times, Muslims and non-Muslims used to live together in peace and harmony as one together. We do not judge other people and we do not dislike ones based on their religion.…
One of the big strengths of Islam, of which I was previously unaware, is that it can be a religion of peace. Even while he was something of a religious zealot, the author was appalled at the horror of the 9/11 attacks on the United States, and could not see how these fit into his Muslim religion. He was not only appalled at the lives lost, but also at the claim that these acts were done for Allah. This is a feeling we share when, for example, a right-wing Christian shoots up a church or a movie theater and claims they did so for God. I believe that most religions encourage a culture of peace and harmony. But with our selfish natures, some people corrupt the message and use out-of-context…
Religion is one of the factors that help to maintain balance in the world. There are many religions in this world. Every religion has its own beliefs and ways of following it. Religions may vary in many aspects. While some religions may have the same beliefs, some will have the exact opposite beliefs. I come from a place where even though there are many religions found I get to observe and practice only my own religion. Even if people are open about different religions, one religion being involved in another is not acceptable for my society. This is one of the reasons why I have always been curious about other religions and their ways of following and practicing it. This is why when I got a chance to go to a Jewish Synagogue as a part of a religious service…
If people in the world practiced what is taught by religion, then the world would be a better place. For example, Islam and Christianity preach peace and unity among human beings. Some are you argument suggests the claim that religion causes war is one based on opinion. That war would still occur even if religion did not exist. Human nature is one of greed, people always wanting more of of something else. But, when you Look at the crusades that went through Europe, look at the the inquisition in the colonies, all these are caused due to the fact that the churches want control by causing conflict through clash of opinions. In the general perspective, religion has a cause of war is a debatable issue as long as religion exist. So, If religion can’t be blamed for most wars and violence, then what is the primary cause? The same thing that triggers all crime, cruelty, loss of life, and other such things. Jesus provides the answer very clearly: “For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed the evil thoughts, fornications, thefts, murders, adulteries, deeds of coveting and wickedness, as well as deceit, sensuality, envy, slander, pride and foolishness. All these evil things proceed from within and defile the man” (Mark…
As I got older I started to ask questions about other religions and I wanted to see if these were any more factual and not just more, it’s this way because we say it is type of mentality. Not all of them did but most did. One religion that I did like was Buddhism; I’ve tried to install some of the basic teachings in the way I live my life now. As I’ve got older and learned more about the histories of many religions and how many have died because of their beliefs, and I found it kind of funny in sad way. Here people are fighting and killing for a religion that teaches peace and…
Some believe Buddhism is the most peaceful religion around. This may be because Buddhists believe every human is full of great worth but also contains evil habits. This religion teaches that every man is responsible for his own actions, and each individual can guide their own destiny. Although bad decisions are usually followed by consequence in most religious situations, Buddhism is slightly different.…
In the 21st century, the majority of people have started raising questions about Islam whether it condones or promotes violence against the innocent people or people who are not following this religion. There are so many debates going on about this issue in all over the world recently because people are trying to figure out if it is true and some people are trying to show that Islam never brings any trouble with itself to human’s life or prove that no actually Islam doesn’t even have any relationship with violence. Unfortunately, Islam has been associated with violence and aggression so many times as the terrorist groups which are unconsidered as an Islamic organization have killed or attempted on lots of innocent people so far. To be honest, most of the terrorist groups either in middle east or Africa are somehow related to Islam and that has been the biggest factor enables people to think about Islam in that way. In contrast with these conceptions which are not true and accurate, there will be three logical and coherent reasons in this essay explaining why Islam has nothing to do with violence or aggression. The first one is that religions do not affect people in bad ways which will make them turn into a violent person spreading aggression to the people in society and secondly the main purpose of Islam has always been to promote peace and justice in human’s life and lastly being violent depends on the people, if she or he is violent then she or he promotes violence, not their religion.…
We have many religions all over the world. Christianity, Buddhism, and Islam: the people who believe in these religions do share many similarities in their beliefs. Some attend church once a week and others go several times a week. All the people who believe in these religions have one thing in common; they all try to be and struggle with being perfect everyday of their existence. However, all religious practitioners are not perfect. They are human and still commit sin. Some of the main sins committed daily that keep religious practitioners from their goals are; jealousy, greed, and lying.…
Religion, which is a specific fundamental set of beliefs and practices, serves the purpose of establishing rules and principles in a society. When studying various religions, it becomes apparent that the principles instilled are those that are morally just. Each major religion specifically addresses the issue of violence, and the vast majority condemns such actions. Individuals following a particular religion are expected to follow the rules and principles established which theoretically should create a world that is morally righteous and free from violence. Such is not the case, however, and society must constantly correct immoral actions performed by certain individuals. These individuals originate from diverse backgrounds and religions, and therefore no specific religion can be solely liable. Therefore, it becomes necessary to determine how violence and religion can simultaneously exist because the natures of these two elements seem to be contradictory. Two particular explanations, which introduce historical examples, illustrate how these two entities can coexist. One explanation states that certain individuals feel that violence is relatively harmless, and therefore feel no remorse in performing violent acts. This explanation incorporates classical historical texts, which imply that violence is an essential element of life. Another explanation states that certain individuals feel that violent acts are justified as a means of propagating faith. This explanation points out that survival and expansion of religion through violent acts is acceptable. These two rationalizations help explain how such variance can exist between religious dictation and the actual practice of individuals in society.…
“Every major religion of the world has similar ideals of love, the same goal of benefiting humanity through spiritual practice, and the same effect of making their followers into better human beings.” This quote by the Dalai Lama was in response to a book written by Jeffrey Moses, titled Oneness: Great Principles Shared by all Religions. The book talks about sixty five different principles that most major religions share.…
Thousands of religions, one similarity, billions who are blind to this fact. If the whole world threw away their beliefs and focused on this one teaching then the ignorance, bigotry, and hate that the different beliefs cause would be no more. If people would believe in this one rule the crusades, holocaust, slavery, American Civil War, War on Terror, and the thousands of other terrible events that have happened in history would have never happened. All terrible things happen because of differences. Most differences are the differences of faith. Belief is what drives us, blinds us, and kills us. The one thing that could save us all is hidden in the texts of every church, mosque, synagogue, and any other place of…
Some are calling for a “ban” on the religion of islam for its extremist followers for the recent terrorist attacks from the terror groups from the middle east. Theses groups consist of ISIS, Al-Qaeda, and many more. One of the most recent terrorist attacks was in Damascus killing 74 from a twin bomb killing around 50 pilgrims and 20ish government fighters. With these attacks on the rise it only hurts the religion in real world. The aftermath of these violent crimes are usually multiple casualties, wars, and hate crimes; after the 2001 attack “9/11” the percentage of hate crimes for anti-islamic heritage shot up by over 4.5 percent , the past year it was 0.35 percent of all hate crimes reported then shot up to 4.9 percent. To the public this is not…
Religious diversity has been the cause of war, hate, and crime all throughout history. Nothing brings people together like sharing mutual passion for what they believe in. Similarly, it can tear even the strongest nations apart. At a time when most of us like to believe we are more tolerant than generations before, hate crimes and religious related incidents are actually on the rise in many places.…