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Originally Posted by mardigras
I'm saying you're making sweeping generalizations that you apparantly know little about. Turn off your TV and look at the people in your actual life. Ask every one of them and probably 8 of 10 will tell you they hold some religious convictions. Do you see them acting in a fanatic way? You do realize the number of savages shown jumping up and down in the name of Allah when they show footage of bombings and such while maybe giving one impression is mooted by the fact that there are a billion+ muslims not acting in such a manner. They represent 22% of the world's population, including a couple million of Americans.
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thats why i put "extreme" in my first post.
But extremists all started their religion in a harmless way, probably like your, or my, next door neighbour or friend. I dont say everyone whos religious is a freak, its just the fact that religion is another word for cult. You see yourself as part of a group, and its a group believing stuff nobody can proof (a fantasy from people who wrote it down a very long time ago) and those groups are very easy to influence for people with power.
If you really need religion, keep it personal and to yourself.