Originally Posted by TheSquealer

Any belief can be used in awful ways. Hitler wasn't exactly an agent of Buddha or Jesus. Do you honestly believe that radical Muslims are so, because of the Qu'ran? The Qu'ran is essentially The Old Testament.... largely verbatim,... teachings which are also at the core of Jewish and Christian faith. Assholes are assholes. Damaged people are damaged. Angry people are angry. People that want to fight and kill, want to fight and kill. The "why's" of their behavior are never actually addressed, instead pawned off on an easy, black and white, oversimplified explanation - which is exactly what our brains prefer. Our brain hate conscious thought. It's cumbersome, its taxing, it takes a great deal of energy. Much easier to arrive at a super simple, cause and effect, black and white conclusion and put it to rest than actually ponder very deep and multi-faceted and immensely complicated issues.