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Originally Posted by Mutt
This is true, humans don't need religion to justify killing, history is filled with wars, conquering other people for the sake of conquering and enslaving, for dominance,for riches, for power, land and whatever else.
The Arab/Jew fight in the Middle East really isn't about religion. It's more politics. The Arabs fighting between each other is more religious/class based.
I still think religion has caused more harm than good. And the good it does could be achieved without religion.
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yeah, the argument pretty much fails when you peel it down another layer, organized religion's basic tenets are the same across all of them, try and do good, yet the body count doesn't really support that.