why people belive in religions when it is oberved causes for riots every where in the world?
89223
don't u believe in religion?\ni  suppose those who realize the importance of believing in god,who realize dat after all dis hype u get in this life,there's gotta b sumthg more.....\nTHAT'S WHY THEY BLIEV IN RELIGION\nn personally,i find it extremely comforting dat i hav god 2 turn to when i hav no one else in dis world.\nit's important to bliev in god.n religion is d guideline u hav 2 follow if u really wanna follow ur god's wishes,how he wants mankind to live,\n2....riots,violence.those r NOT d result of religion.NO RELIGION IN DIS WORLD TEACHES IT'S FOLLOWERS TO CREATE VIOLENCE.violence is d result of all d ass holes who create propaganda , so dat others wuld bicker ovr small ishues n diffrences...it is all to d assholes' advantage\nAtleast dat's what i think.\nsorry it's a long answer
254984
I dont think its religious at all. Most hate and fighting amonst the world, religions and races all boil down to lack of undrstanding ones neighbors. This makes people scared, starts rumours and fears, and then all hell breaks loose. If you are on one side you are a terrorist (which is good propoganda and a VERY GOOD REASON to explain to the rest of the WORLD why they can kill innocent people) if you are on another side you are a hero. At the end of the day its all boiling down to Money and Control though. Africa is the forgotten continent by the west at the moment, why? because it doesnt have oil... oil makes the wheels of Industry move. And thus even with wars and genocide taking place.. not many actually gives a shit... Maybe thats why we dont get involved in other peoples wars. We have our own wars like hunger, famine, drought and racialism to sort out. Which we are doing our best at. The Rich get Richer and the Poor get nothing, exept maybe a bullet in the head, inexchange for oil ofcourse.
265873
Religion is the permanent boil on mankind's backside and the\nsource of more hate, violence, destruction and abuse than any other\nsingle force in the history of the world.\n.\nWake up! It's 2006 - Stop believing in fairy tales and ghost stories.
194339
Just about every religion has been made fun of in some way.  Ever watch South Park?  But I only see one group of people getting violent over it.  And no.  Peaceful protests would have been ok.  But rioting and killing is not.
791397
You want examples of non-religious governments not being peaceful?\n\nNazi Germany\nStalinist Russia\nImperialist Japan\nMao's China\nPol Pot's Cambodia\nCastro's Cuba\netc.\n\nBut, hey, don't let facts interfere with your firmly held belief that it is religion that is the cause of everything bad with the world.
447859
Religion divides people because it is just that: religion. Most of us have a faith and believe in a higher power, but because we are humans, we make mistakes and let our own interpretations affect our decisions. I believe there is a difference in division that results out of interpretation and division that results out of moral questions. It is inevitable that those will happen.
258507
Yes.  Religion is one of the top if not the top divisive issue in the world.  It has caused more war, hatred, intolerance and bigotry than anything else ever.  Most teach tolerance and love but their followers sure don't show it!  They use it as a weapon to judge and look down on people who don't believe as they do.  While it wouldn't stop all wars or problems, people will just find some other reason to be hateful, it would sure cut down on some of it!
316724
As you will find most wars happen because people are so passionate about what they belive in. that in my opinion is why.
595694
Because there are many ignorant people out there who let one incident decide their judgement about a religion.  There are also some narrow minded people who feel that their religion is what everyone should be.
355336
ALL religion causes violence and intolerance of others. Do away with all organized religion, not just Islam.
612453
Have you ever heard the expression, "practice what you preach"  They have never learned that.\nMost religion is a puppet of the country that it lives in and rulers like to cause war because they are greedy.\nThey find something wrong with some country, sees them as a threat.  That gets people stirrred up.  Then the leaders say let's takem.  They are going to fight, their familys don't go to fight.  But, when the battle is over and they have what they want.  Their happy and tell the people you saved the world, so their happy.  In other words people are real stupid and let religion be used by the government as a tool for war.  If they would study history.
106804
Dont be so paranoid...its the religious leaders that r to be blamed for instigating the ppl. I have'nt read any holy book of any religion but im sure that none would preach to hate ppl of other religions. If so then that wouldnt be a religion but a stupid cult.\n\nGo to a school and see this for urself. Kids of different religions play with eachother without any qualms. They are too young to differentiate between religions and hence their minds r pure and not biased.\n\n But once they get some sense.....WHAM !!! the world tells them that other religions r bad. The ignorant believe whatever is said to them....but thr are some who simply laugh at that point of view.\n\nSo u see my fren....not all ppl share the same hateful views towards other religions.
679480
people dont h8 on the ground of religion.  it is simply that certain individuals who enjoy hating others on the ground of difference use religion as a vehicle for their hate.  even if there were no religions, these individuals would find another vehicle to express their hate.\n\nconversely,there are a lot of religious/spiritual people who use their beliefs to promote love and tolerance of difference in others, and they remember that we are arl human, each of us with an equal right to an opinion.  truly religious folk make an effort to make life better for humanity and arl living things.  if there is a god of love, am sure he wants us to look after his creation, and not be divisive for the sake of it.
65096
All religions resort to hatred and violence. It just happens that Islam is the one doing it now. Christianity used to be the evil one, killing people who didn't "believe" for political reasons, invading the "holy land" for power grabs. Even today, Christianity still uses hatred for its unifying effect, labelling gays as evil, vile sinners - any religion gets stronger when it devises a common enemy. Religion is simply a way to control people, so violence and hatred go hand in hand with this - if you want to strengthen your hold on people, give them a common enemy - then they'll do anything you ask. Works for Islam, works for Christianity.
1006747
All religions have a dark and evil past. People have fought in the past and will fight in the future. All because my imaginary friend is better than your imaginary friend.
1084344
well it's all connected with history, and when jesus walked the earth, and when god would talk to prophets to deliver his message to the people. the reason why there are so many religions is because with time people have decided to go their own way and come up with what they think the RIGHT religion should be, but in reality there is only one, and that's CHRISTIANITY.
970580
Religion has been violent since the beginning of man's belief in many gods or one or just few gods. Religion has murder more people than armies have murdered.